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Waco Mammoth site could become national park

By Zach Lozano
April 7th. 2015

WACO, Texas (KXAN) – The federal government seems to be interested in creating a national park near Waco.

The director of the National Park Service met city leaders and researchers from Baylor University Tuesday to discuss permanent reservation of the Waco Mammoth Site.

“The Waco Mammoth Site offers an exciting opportunity to engage students, visitors and scientists alike with the story of these extinct mammoths,” said National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis. “As the National Park Service looks toward our centennial next year, places like the Waco Mammoth Site provide great opportunities for more Americans to develop a lifelong relationship with parks as places where they can play and learn about amazing stories contained at sites like this.”

The bones stumbled upon almost four decades ago revealed one of the most complete fossil records of mammoths in the world. Twenty-four animals in all, Waco is one of the few places where we families of mammoths were discovered, some as young as 3 years old.

In a report to Congress, The National Park Service concluded that the fossils were “nationally significant, worthy for permanent preservation, and feasible for inclusion into the National Parks system.”

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