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	MSN Encarta - Grand Canyon National Park
		In 1975 the park was nearly doubled in size by the inclusion of Grand Canyon National Monument (proclaimed in 1932) and Marble Canyon National Monument (proclaimed in 1969) and portions of Glen Canyon and Lake Mead national recreation areas.
		Located in northern Arizona, the park contains the world-famous Grand Canyon of the Colorado River and includes the river’s entire course from the southern end of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area to the eastern boundary of Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
		Grand Canyon National Park, national park established in 1919, originally a forest reserve established in 1893.
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	AllRefer.com - Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument, United States (U.S. National Park System) - Encyclopedia
		Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument: see Grand Canyon; National Parks and Monuments (table).
		Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument, U.S. National Park System
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	Grand Canyon
		The Grand Canyon was set aside by the U.S. government in 1908 as a national monument.
		Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument - Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument: see Grand Canyon; National Parks and Monuments...
		Hundreds of ancient pueblos dot the lower canyon walls and the rim, and the Havasupai people still occupy a part of the canyon.
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	Grand Canyon National...
		Grand Canyon Association is a nonprofit organization that supports education, research, and visitor services at Grand Canyon National Park.
		Grand Canyon National Park, Williams, Flagstaff, Sedona, Hopi, Navajo Nation...
		The Grand Canyon is more than a great chasm carved over millennia through the rocks of the Colorado...
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	Grand Canyon: Protecting a Wonder of the World
		This was the third time a new monument was established at Grand Canyon by presidential proclamation, and the second such act by a lame duck president.
		The monument was smaller than the Grand Canyon Forest Preserve, covering only the eastern portion of the canyon.
		The Grand Canyon is home to a great variety of plant and animal species from the common ponderosa pine to the rarely seen desert bighorn sheep.
	www.chrisupchurch.com /nonfiction/grandcanyonessay.html

	Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument on Encyclopedia.com
		Proclamation 7265--Establishment of the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument.
		see Grand Canyon ; National Parks and Monuments (table).
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	Grand Canyon
		Keywords: southwest paintings, art of the southwest, landscape paintings of the southwest,, national park paintings, zion canyon, bryce canyon, the grand canyon, canyon de chelly, sedona, niagara falls, arches, canyonlands, allegories
		Grand Canyon Quality Inn and Suites, hotels lodging accommodation, tour booking Arizona, Grand Canyon Quality Inn and Suites is one of the newest full-service hotels offering traditional home style hospitality in northern Arizona.
		'''Grand''' is a village in the FranceFrench ''département'' of Vosges, famous for its Roman amphitheatre, mosaics and aqueduct.
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	Grand Staircase/Escalante National Monument
		The monument lies to the west of the Colorado River and to the east of Bryce Canyon National Park and includes the Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits Plateau, and the Escalante Canyon.
		The President made the announcement on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, a national treasure which was preserved by President Theodore Roosevelt on January 11, 1908 using the 1906 Antiquities Act, the same law President Clinton used to set aside the Grand Staircase- Escalante National Monument.
		Even Grand Canyon National Park was opposed by many in the region, who said it was "a fiendish and diobolical scheme.
	clinton3.nara.gov /CEQ/Record/091896tp.html

	Ecological Resources of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
		Consequently, the connection the monument provides between Glen Canyon, Canyonlands, Grand Canyon, Capitol Reef, and Bryce Canyon National Park units increases the value of all these areas for protection of viability of plant and animal populations.
		She argues that the monument indeed represents the minimum area necessary to protect the ecological resources of this outstanding remnant of Colorado Plateau canyon lands.
		And of great importance, these substrates and elevational gradients are replicated within the monument, giving scientists the ability to speak much more confidently of their findings, as well as to extrapolate their results to a much larger area.
	www.suwa.org /newsletters/1998/spring/insert.html

	Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument - Wonderland Inn Capitol Reef
		Capitol Reef National Park is central to many other national parks and attractions in the Grand Circle region; Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, Lake Powell (Glen Canyon National Recreation Area), Grand Canyon National Park, and the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.
		Along this road are two national parks, a national forest, three state parks and a new national monument.
		Scenic Highway 12 extends South from Torrey, Utah to Bryce Canyon National Park and is rated one of the top ten Scenic Highways in America.
	www.capitolreefwonderland.com /grand-staircase-escalante-national-monument-t

	Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
		The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument captures the 7,000 foot rise in elevation and terrain from the floor of the Grand Canyon and the rim of Bryce Canyon.
		89's Whitehouse trailhead to Lees Ferry and the onset of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
		The Grand Staircase: A series of cliffs and plateaus, including the Pink Cliffs, Roan Cliffs, White Cliffs and Vermillion Cliffs, as well as the incredible beauty of the Kodachrome Basin, 2 miles south of Henrieville, just east of Bryce Canyon NP.
	www.hikingwithmike.com /grandstaircasenp.htm

	GORP - Grand Staircase/Escalante National Monument, Utah
		It's perhaps the world's most dramatic natural staircase: the rocks that form the steps of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument climb 5,000 feet to the rim of Bryce Canyon.
		Sitting in between Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Capitol Reef National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park, the monument is full of multi-hued cliffs, twisting canyons, expansive plateaus, and all sorts of buttes, pinnacles, and mesas.
		In fact, there are three distinct areas: the staircase itself, which is made up of steps of gray, white, vermilion and chocolate cliffs; the Kaiparowits Plateau, a broad mesa carved through with narrow canyons; and the Escalante Canyon area, where you'll find the Escalante River and the canyons it has created.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_nm/ut_escal.htm

	AllRefer.com - Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument, United States (U.S. National Park System) - Encyclopedia
		Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument: see Grand Canyon; National Parks and Monuments (table).
		Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument, U.S. National Park System
		AllRefer.com - Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument, United States (U.S. National Park System) - Encyclopedia
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/X/X-E-GrndCnynPrshNM.html (142 words)

	Canyon De Chelly National Monument
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		Canyon de Chelly National Monument American Southwest provides a description, hiking and access details and photographs.
		Includes Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Canyon De Chelly, Hovenweep National Monument, Soda Canyon, Telluride, Tyuonyi Pueblo Ruins, and the Acoma Pueblo.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Canyon_De_Chelly_National_Monument.html (320 words)

	Grand Staircase National Mounument
		The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah is an area of plateaus, sandstone canyon, unique rock formations and cliffs in southern Utah.
		The monument extends eastward from Bryce Canyon National park to Capitol Reef National Park and the and the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
		You then will be able to view activities in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah, Utah by category which include horseback riding, ATV tours, air tours, biking, entertainment, fishing, golf, guided tours, hunting, museums, paintball, ranch activities, rappelling, river running, shopping, snowmobiling and skiing.
	www.travelwest.net /parks/grandstaircase (320 words)

	Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Pictures
		From Bryce Canyon National Park, take Route 12 North into the monument area.
		It is divided into three distinct sections: the Grand Staircase, the Kaiparowits Plateau, and the canyons of the Escalante.
		There are very few facilities in the monument but there are a number of small towns along Rt.
	www.worldfromtheweb.com /Parks/Escalante/GSEscalante.html (320 words)

	Patricia's Arizona Various Day Hikes
		Grand Canyon - rim to rim Directions: From Flagstaff, I180 to the rim or I89 to 64 to the the lodge area.
		Grand Canyon - south rim Directions: From Flagstaff, I180 to the rim or I89 to 64 to the the lodge area.
		As with Walnut Canyon, this is a neat place to visit in that you can actually get right up to the ruins (again, please be respectful and do not disrupt or damage the ruins).
	www.eskimo.com /~pbender/hikes/arizona.html (3553 words)

	U.S. Department of the Interior Library: New Books List - September 2003
		Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota: final general management plan, environmental impact statement
		Polishing the jewel: an administrative history of Grand Canyon National Park
		A kid's guide to exploring Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
	library.doi.gov /new/sept03.html (3553 words)

	Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument, Utah
		This new National Monument, established in 1996, occupies 1.7 million acres (2656 square miles) of southern Utah, bordered by Capitol Reef National Park to the northeast, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area to the southeast, Utah State Road 12 to the north, Bryce Canyon National Park to the northwest and US89 to the southwest.
		Grand Staircase - Escalante is the first National Monument to be administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
		The western half of the National Monument contains large sections of the Grand Staircase.
	freespace.virgin.net /john.cletheroe/usa_can/natmons/gr_stair.htm (3553 words)

	Grand Staircase--Escalante National Monument : Introduction
		Those driving between Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef national parks should allow at least 4 hours for the trip, but we suggest you stop in the small community of Escalante, visit its fine state park, and investigate the wild areas in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and other nearby public lands.
		Even if it didn't have a beautiful national park at each end -- Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef -- the Highway 12 Scenic Byway, which passes by and through Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, would be well worth the drive.
		Grand Staircase--Escalante National Monument (Overview of Grand Staircase--Escalante National Monument)
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=1562&catID=1562010001 (3553 words)

	Energy and Mineral Resources, Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument - Utah Geological Survey
		The Grand Staircase is a broad feature which extends into the western half of the monument, and consists of a series of topographic benches and cliffs which, as its name implies, step progressively down in elevation from north to south.
		Outcrops of the Cambrian Tapeats Sandstone in the Grand Canyon consist of coarse- to medium-grained feldspathic and quartzarenite (Middleton, 1989).
		The Kaiparowits Plateau is centrally situated in the monument surrounded by the towns of Escalante, Henrieville, and Glen Canyon City.
	geology.utah.gov /online/c/c-93 (3553 words)

	Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument
		The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is a vast tract of land (1.7 million acres) that connects Glen Canyon National Recreation Area with Capitol Reef and Bryce Canyon National Parks.
		Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is a dramatic, multi-hued landscape that is rich in natural and human history.
		The nation's newest monument is largely desert wilderness.
	www.brycecanyoncountry.com /grand-staircase-escalante-national-monument/grand-staircase-escalante-national-monument.html (3553 words)

	Grand Staircase National Monument, Utah Travel & Vacation Guide
		The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument encompasses a vast area of multi-hued cliffs, twisting canyons, expansive plateaus and all manner of buttes, pinnacles and mesas.
		The Grand Staircase area starts from the edge of the pink cliffs of Bryce Canyon National Park and descends successive steps of gray, white, vermilion and chocolate cliffs to the Cockscomb Ridge, a striking 20 mile long ridge of rock thrust up from the earth.
		To the east is the Escalante Canyon area, through which runs the Escalante River and the canyons created by it and its tributaries.
	www.go-utah.com /Grand_Staircase_National_Monument (3553 words)

	Judge Upholds Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument
		The Grand Staircase region is a series of multi-colored cliffs which begin at the rim of the Grand Canyon, and ascend nearly 5,500 feet across the southwestern side of the monument, to end with a final stair of pink cliffs in Bryce Canyon National Park.
		The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah has been the subject of numerous lawsuits, and this decision is likely to be appealed.
		While there is nothing in the act that specifically authorizes the creation of national monuments for scenic purposes or for general conservation purposes, several Presidents have used the act to withdraw large land areas for these purposes, the judge wrote.
	www.libertymatters.org /newsservice/2004/faxback/2676_Monument.htm (3553 words)

	Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument
		The Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument is a large 1.7 million acre area of southern Utah situated between the Utah towns of Kanab and Escalante and the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
		Creation of the Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument was a controversial move made in 1996 by former President Clinton from the rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
		While other National Parks have particular notable natural features, such as the arches of Arches National Park or the canyons of Canyonlands National Park, the main feature of the Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument is being promoted as 'solitude'.
	www.dreambreeze.com /Pages/NPs/GSE_NM.html (3553 words)

	Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument Tours
		Let us take you on the newly formed Grand Staircase -Escalante National Monument to view some of the scenery that made Kanab a favorite with western film makers.
		This site is located on the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
		Views of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon that are normally denied to travelers who stay on the beaten path.
	www.americanparks.net /grand_staircase_tours.htm (3553 words)

	Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument
		the monument; Capitol Reef National Park is to the North and Glen Canyon National Recreation area (Lake Powell) is to the East.
		This area, which comprises 1.7 million acres, was designated a National Monument just recently in 1996 and is considered to be one of the last explored areas of the continental United States.
		Scenic Highway 12, one of the top-ten scenic byways in America (Car and Driver Magazine) passes through the Grand Staircase and is the major access road for the monument.
	www.stonecanyoninn.com /GrandStaircaseandKodachromePage.html (3553 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Trail Guide to Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument
		Topographic Map of Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument (Canyon Country Series, 52) by F.
		Of all the national parks and monuments in the United States, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is the only one where a high-clearance four-wheel drive is essential for exploring large areas of the backcountry.
		Hiking Grand Staircase-Escalante and the Glen Canyon Region by Ron Adkison
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0879058854?v=glance (3553 words)

	Anasazi Inn - Arizona
		The Anasazi Inn Tsegi, 57 rooms, is located at the mouth of Tsegi Canyon on the Navajo Reservation, the beginning of Navajo National Monument, and near Monument Valley Tribal Park on Highway 160.
		Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, South Rim or North Rim of the Canyon, Sedona, Page/Lake Powell, Bryce, Zion, Las Vegas or Phoenix.
		The Anasazi Inn Gray Mountain, 112 rooms, is located close to the east entrance to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and adjacent to the Navajo (Dine') Reservation north of Flagstaff, AZ, on U.S. Highway 89.
	www.anasaziinn.com (301 words)

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