Washington Man Banned From Parks For Digging Up Fossil

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Longview, Wash., man accused of digging up the skull of a hog-like animal that predated humans by 20 million years has been banned from national park lands for a year.

The Oregonian reports ( http://bit.ly/oWBYtN) that 48-year-old David Wixon also must pay $4,500 in restitution for the misdemeanor crime of depredation of government property.

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