Not listed AWARD PURPOSEFUNDING ASSISTANCE WILL BE USED TO HIRE A FOSSIL PREPARATION CONTRACTOR TO REMOVE ROCK MATRIX FROM EXCEPTIONAL DINOSAUR FOSSILS FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS JUDITH RIVER FORMATION OF MONTANA. ALL FOSSILS WERE RECENTLY COLLECTED (2018-2025) FROM LANDS ADMINISTERED BY THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (BLM), AS PART OF THE ONGOING JUDITH RIVER PROJECT LED BY BADLANDS DINOSAUR MUSEUM, DICKINSON MUSEUM CENTER, DICKINSON, ND.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMEDTHE FOSSILS WILL BE CLEANED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY UNDER STEREO MICROSCOPES, USING VIBRATING AIR SCRIBES, AN AIR ABRASIVE UNIT, AND PRESERVED USING ARCHIVAL GLUES. THE SPECIMENS WILL THEN BE STUDIED, CURATED, AND PUBLICLY EXHIBITED AT BADLANDS DINOSAUR MUSEUM, A FEDERAL FOSSIL REPOSITORY IN DICKINSON, NORTH DAKOTA.SPECIFIC PROJECTS FOR THE CONTRACTOR PREPARATOR INCLUDE ALL OF THE MOST DELICATE FOSSILS FROM THE EXCEPTIONAL MULTI-TAXON BONEBED JACK S BONEBED . THIS INCLUDES NEW MATERIAL FROM SEVERAL UNIQUE OR EXEMPLAR SPECIMENS:- THE MOST COMPLETE PTEROSAUR FROM MONTANA,- A TROODONTID RAPTOR THEROPOD DINOSAUR- AN OVIRAPTOROSAUR THEROPOD DINOSAUR- BIRD BONES- MAMMAL JAWS WITH TEETH- NUMEROUS OTHER ISOLATED BONES OF SMALL TAXA.- A SKULL ROOF FROM A C.F. PROSAUROLOPHUS DUCKBILL DINOSAUREXPECTED DELIVERABLES AND OUTCOMESDISCOVERY, EXCAVATION, AND COLLECTION OF HAVRE LAMBEOSAURUS AND JACK S BONEBEDPREPARATION OF JACK S BONEBED MATERIAL BY MUSEUM STAFF AND VOLUNTEERSPREPARATION OF JACK S BONEBED MATERIAL BY PROPOSED CONTRACTOR PREPARATORREFURBISHMENT OF EXHIBIT HALLDESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF JACK S BONEBED EXHIBITINTENDED BENEFICIARIESTHE FOSSILS FROM JACK S BONEBED ARE ALL IMPORTANT FOR RESEARCH AS MANY REPRESENT THE MOST COMPLETE KNOWN EXAMPLES OF THEIR KIND FROM MONTANA, THE JUDITH RIVER FORMATION, OR REPRESENT RARE TAXA.NOTHING CAPTURES THE PUBLIC IMAGINATION MORE THAN LARGE DINOSAURS, MAKING THEM SUPERB AMBASSADORS FOR PUBLIC LANDS. THE RECIPIENT WILL BUILD PUBLIC PROGRAMMING AROUND THE SPECIMENS. CASTS OF THE FOSSILS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE RECIPIENT S SCHOOL VISIT PROGRAM. THIS ALIGNS WITH THE RECIPIENT S EXHIBIT, WHICH WILL USE UNIQUE FOSSILS THAT PRESENTS EVIDENCE OF DINOSAUR PALEOBIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, EMPHASIZING THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND THE NATURE OF EVIDENCE IN THE FOSSIL RECORD.ALL SPECIMENS WILL EVENTUALLY BE PUBLICLY EXHIBITED AND WILL BECOME AMBASSADOR FOSSILS SHOWCASING THE CONTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC LAND TO UNDERSTANDING THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE US. $0 1/27/26 Not listed THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPORT A FOSSIL PREPARATION CONTRACTOR TO REMOVE ROCK MATRIX FROM EXCEPTIONAL DINOSAUR FOSSILS FROM LATE CRETACEOUS JUDITH RIVER FORMATION OF MONTANA. FOSSILS WILL BE CLEANED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY UNDER STEREO MICROSCOPES, USING VIBRATING AIR SCRIBES, AND AIR ABRASIVE UNIT, AND PRESERVED USING ARCHIVAL GLUES. SPECIMENS WILL THEN BE STUDIED, CURATED, AND PUBLICLY EXHIBITED AT BADLANDS DINOSAUR MUSEUM, A FEDERAL FOSSIL REPOSITORY IN DICKINSON, NORTH DAKOTA. $29.9k 9/24/25