MORE MONEY WILL HAVE TO BECOME AVAILABLE BEFORE ADDITIONAL EXPLORATION WORK IS DONE AT THE GRAY FOSSIL SITE. GRANT FUNDING FOR THE EXCAVATIONS EXPIRED YESTERDAY. DIGS AT THE SITE FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY AN EIGHT MILLION DOLLAR FEDERAL TRANSPORATION GRANT AND TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN MATCHING MONEY FROM EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY AND BENEFACTORS. THE GRANT WAS ALSO USED TO CONSTRUCT THE SITE’S NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM THAT OPENED AT THE END OF AUGUST. LEAD PALEONTOLOGIST AT ETSU, DR. STEVEN WALLACE SAYS DESPITE THE SHORTAGE IN FUNDING, DIGS WILL STILL OCCUR AT THE SITE, BUT ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE.