Dinosaur prints spark row - The West Australian

Dinosaur prints spark row - The West Australian:

Woodside Petroleum has brushed off claims of protesters at its proposed gas hub at James Price Point that scientists surveying dinosaur footprints were there to destroy them.

A traditional owner confronts the survey workers. Picture: Damian Kelly

Mr McCrea said he had seen development and dinosaur prints co-exist, notably at open pit coal mines in western Alberta and in the north east and south east of British Columbia. "That's one of the things we are going to be taking a look at," he said. "There are certain cases I have experienced in which a development would have a huge negative impact on a (dinosaur) track site and for others it was negligible." Mr McCrea said, speaking generally, individual prints could be moved if they were found to be at risk from erosion or a development. A single trackway could also be moved, though it involved huge expense. But a site with multiple trackways was a different proposition, he said.

"These things can be as big as parking lots and it's just not feasible," he said. Mr McCrea said it was possible to make replicas which meant potentially losing the originals to the weather or the effects of the development that was nearby. "It's a difficult thing," he said.

Meanwhile, on the main highway entrance into Broome, the community continues to let their thoughts be known to Woodside.

On one side of the Banner states: Woodside destroying Community and on the other side, Woodside Destroying Culture.

Do you think Woodside's security vehicle, pictured here, noticed it?