Authorities this week said they want to find anyone involved in the installation of climbing bolts at the site of an ancient outdoor engraving in northeastern Utah.
The sheriff’s office characterized the installation as having taken place on the petroglyph panel.
Collaborator Steven Simms, a Utah State University anthropologist, is quoted by the museum as stating some of the state's petroglyphs represent "persistence, reformulation, and integration of art, iconography, and ideology among peoples."
The federal public defender's office for Utah did not immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday night.
"BLM law enforcement is asking the public to report any information they may have identifying the person(s) responsible for this incident," the sheriff's office there said in its Thursday statement.
Persons:
Colorado State University geomorphologist Joel Pederson, Steven Simms, Gillard, ”, Utah's, Harry Barber, Barber
Organizations:
Sheriff's, U.S . Bureau of Land Management, Dinosaur, Facebook, Colorado State University, of Utah, Utah State University, NBC, KSL, Fund, Congress, National, Service, of Land Management
Locations:
Utah, Uintah, Colorado, Wayne County , Utah, Tribe, Salt Lake City, Utah's Kane, Wire, Uintah County