A paleontological survey is required for any new construction of roads, well pads, or pipelines. So that's what I do. To do a paleo survey you need a 4WD vehicle. The gas fields are about an hour from Vernal but often you drive two to get to the site for a survey. You keep track of time and miles driven for each job and have to take notes and pictures. You take notes on the legal description (where the project is located and where it goes and stuff), notes on the geology (what rocks and stuff are there), and notes on the paleontology (what fossils are there). The pictures are taken to prove that you were there. First you take a picture of the beginning of the access road.
Then you take a picture of the pipeline tie-in.
Then you take a picture where the access road enters the well pad.
You take a pictures of any fossils you might find. If it's not on Indian reservation land, you can collect anything that might be significant. It will end up in a museum, most likely BYU's Earth Science Museum.
Finally, you take a picture of the center stake and sign it as further evidence that you were there so you can move onto the next thing.
This is the most basic and common thing I do for work besides monitor construction which is another story. A much longer, more boring, and dangerous one.
He kicked my caboose every which way but loose,
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There's nothing in this photo for scale, but the abdomen is about an inch long.
Come, come ye saints,
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to be monitoring construction on a well pad when they had to use explosives to break up the bedrock in order to dig deeper. Everyone on site had to move away about a quarter of a mile. I wanted to film the action so I climbed a hill with a couple other guys to get a better view. One of the trucks from the construction company drove back towards the well pad and I assumed they wouldn't blow everything up until they came back so I turned around to take in the scenery. My assumption was wrong. No sooner had I turned my back when a sound like a hundred cannons going off at the same time erupted from what seemed like directly behind me. I nearly peed my pants. One of the guys there said "I don't care how many times you've seen that or how old you are, that's still cool."
This week, I was on another monitor. Unknown to me, a nearby well pad was also being blasted. I wasn't ready for that one either. Once again, peeing in my pants was a possibility. Once again, I didn't get to film it. 
About a half hour later, I noticed small tan spots all over my shirt, pants, and hat. That dust was solid rock not too long ago.
Tear the roof off the sucka,
Crocodile scutes (aka. dermal armor, dermal ossicles, or osteoderms)
Crocodile jaw fragments (see the tooth in the upper right corner?)
Fish centra (aka. vertebrae, backbones)
Brontothere cervical vertebra 4 (aka. rhino-type neck bone)
A Great place to live,
Alice the camel has four humps,
I had to hold her still so Faith could snap the photo. If you know Grace, she hates being confined in any way.
Then you take a picture of the pipeline tie-in.
Then you take a picture where the access road enters the well pad.
You take a pictures of any fossils you might find. If it's not on Indian reservation land, you can collect anything that might be significant. It will end up in a museum, most likely BYU's Earth Science Museum. 
Finally, you take a picture of the center stake and sign it as further evidence that you were there so you can move onto the next thing.
This is the most basic and common thing I do for work besides monitor construction which is another story. A much longer, more boring, and dangerous one.
