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- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument abstract "John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is a U.S. National Monument in Wheeler and Grant counties in east-central Oregon. Located within the John Day River basin and managed by the National Park Service, the park is known for its well-preserved layers of fossil plants and mammals that lived in the region between the late Eocene, about 45 million years ago, and the late Miocene, about 5 million years ago. The monument consists of three geographically separate units: Sheep Rock, Painted Hills, and Clarno.The units cover a total of 13,944 acres (5,643 ha) of semi-desert shrublands, riparian zones, and colorful badlands. About 150,000 people frequented the park in 2012 to engage in outdoor recreation or to visit the Thomas Condon Paleontology Center or the James Cant Ranch Historic District.Before the arrival of Euro-Americans in the 19th century, the John Day basin was frequented by Sahaptin people who hunted, fished, and gathered roots and berries in the region. After road-building made the valley more accessible, settlers established farms, ranches, and a few small towns along the river and its tributaries. Paleontologists have been unearthing and studying the fossils in the region since 1864, when Thomas Condon, a missionary and amateur geologist, recognized their importance and made them known globally. Parts of the basin became a National Monument in 1975.Averaging about 2,200 feet (670 m) in elevation, the monument has a dry climate with temperatures that vary from summer highs of about 90 °F (32 °C) to winter lows below freezing. The monument has more than 80 soil types that support a wide variety of flora, ranging from willow trees near the river to grasses on alluvial fans to cactus among rocks at higher elevations. Fauna include more than 50 species of resident and migratory birds. Large mammals like elk and smaller animals such as raccoons, coyotes, and voles frequent these units, which are also populated by a wide variety of reptiles, fish, butterflies, and other creatures adapted to particular niches of a mountainous semi-desert terrain.".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument city Dayville,_Oregon.
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument city Fossil,_Oregon.
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument city Mitchell,_Oregon.
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument elevation "683.9712".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument foundingDate "1975-10-08".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument geology "Eroded layers of volcanic ash".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument location Dayville,_Oregon.
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument location Kimberly,_Oregon.
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument management National_Park_Service.
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument maximumElevation "1371.6".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument minimumElevation "609.6".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument region Grant_County,_Oregon.
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument region Wheeler_County,_Oregon.
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument state Oregon.
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- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument type List_of_National_Monuments_of_the_United_States.
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument visitorsPerYear "148000".
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- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument area1Imperial "8843".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument area1Type "Sheep Rock Unit".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument area2Imperial "3132".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument area2Type "Painted Hills Unit".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument area3Imperial "1969".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument area3Type "Clarno Unit".
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- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument category List_of_National_Monuments_of_the_United_States.
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument categoryIucn "III".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument city Dayville,_Oregon.
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument city Fossil,_Oregon.
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument city Mitchell,_Oregon.
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument country "United States".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument date "July 2011".
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- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument established "1975-10-08".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument establishedType "Established".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument etymology "the John Day River, which was named for early 19th-century fur trader John Day".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument etymologyType "Named for".
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- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument geology "Eroded layers of volcanic ash".
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- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument highestElevationImperial "4500".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument imageAlt "A conical mountain composed of many buff and pink rock layers rises above a small river bordered on one side by a green field. Black rock layers cap the mountain.".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument imageCaption "Sheep Rock near sunset".
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- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument latNs "N".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument latS "21".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument location "Between Kimberly and Dayville".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument location "Mitchell, Oregon".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument locationType "Cant Ranch".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument longD "119".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument longEw "W".
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- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument lowestElevationImperial "2000".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument managementBody "National Park Service".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument map "Oregon map with national inset.plus JODAdots.png".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument mapAlt "Oregon is a northwestern U.S. state. The park is in the north-central part of the state.".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument mapCaption "(Location of the units of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon: 7px Sheep Rock; 7px Painted Hills; 7px Clarno. Inset: Oregon in the United States)".
- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument mapLocator "Oregon".
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- John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument marHighF "54".