Allen L. Cook Spring Creek Preserve

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Allen L. Cook Spring Creek Preserve is a {{convert|4700|acre|km2|adj=on}} nature reserve considered to be one of the richest cache of undisturbed dinosaur fossils in North America.{{cite news|url=https://trib.com/lifestyles/home-and-garden/another-jurassic-park/article_57b5e58c-8402-5fc0-bffd-b727d98bdaf3.html|title=Another Jurassic park?|first=Kristy|last=Gray|newspaper=Casper Star-Tribune|location=Casper, Wyoming|date=October 12, 2019|access-date=March 16, 2019}} It is located near the village of Rock River, Wyoming some {{convert|40|mi|km}} northwest of Laramie. The Preserve contains the outcrops of the Morrison, Sundance, and Cloverly formations.{{cite news|url=http://www.umc.pitt.edu/media/pcc060130/land_donation_main_2006JAN30.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626130216/http://www.umc.pitt.edu/media/pcc060130/land_donation_main_2006JAN30.html|archive-date=June 26, 2007|title=Pitt Honors College Receives 4,700 Acres of Wyoming Land Teeming With Dinosaur Fossils|newspaper=Pitt Chronicle|date=January 30, 2006|access-date=March 16, 2019|url-status=unfit}}

The preserve was established in December 2005 when rancher Allen L. Cook donated the land to the University of Pittsburgh,{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080800983.html|title=Jurassic Park|first=Guy|last=Gugliotta|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=August 13, 2016|access-date=March 16, 2019}} which uses it for research and educational purposes, in partnership with the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the University of Wyoming.{{cite news|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/news/science/2007/06/23/Dinosaurs-are-gone-but-their-bones-are-all-about/stories/200706230098|first=Don|last=Hopey|title=Dinosaurs are gone, but their bones are all about|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=June 24, 2007|access-date=April 21, 2024}}

The University of Pittsburgh Honors College typically offers field study in paleontology, ecology, and archaeology as well as intensive are courses in conjunction with the Department of Studio Arts.{{cite web|url=http://www.honorscollege.pitt.edu/wyoming-field-studies|title=Wyoming Field Studies|publisher=University of Pittsburgh|access-date=August 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821042712/http://www.honorscollege.pitt.edu/wyoming-field-studies|archive-date=August 21, 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite press release|url=http://www.news.pitt.edu/news/pitt-presents-studio-arts-wyoming-field-study-exhibition-jan-12-28|title=Pitt Presents Studio Arts Wyoming Field Study Exhibition Jan. 12-28|publisher=University of Pittsburgh|date=January 7, 2011|access-date=August 26, 2013}}