Malta might become owner of dinosaur museum

SUSAN GALLAGHER Associated Press Writer HELENA

The town of Malta might soon own the new dinosaur museum that celebrated a grand opening in June and draws tourists to the northern Montana community of about 2,000 residents. The state Land Board is scheduled to decide Monday whether ownership of the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum should transfer from the state to Malta. The farm town near the fossilrich Judith River Formation gained attention in 2000 when an ex t r a o r d i - nary duckbilled dinosaur fos s i l was found on an area cattle ranch. "He's on loan to the Houston Museum of Natural Scien...