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	Grand Staircase - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Grand Staircase is an immense sequence of sedimentary rock layers that stretch south from Bryce Canyon National Park through Zion National Park and into the Grand Canyon.
		Unfortunately, the Grand Staircase is such a vast region of rock that no matter where you stand on its expanse, most of it will be hidden behind the curvature of Earth.
		The major sedimentary rock units exposed in the Grand Canyon range in age from 2000 million to 600 million years and were deposited in warm shallow seas and near-shore environments.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Staircase (610 words)

	Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are three main regions: the Grand Staircase, the Kaiparowits Plateau, and the Canyons of the Escalante.
		The western part of the Monument is dominated by the Paunsaugunt Plateau and the Paria River, and is adjacent to Bryce Canyon National Park.
		The declaration ceremony was held at Grand Canyon National Park in the adjacent state of Arizona, and the Utah congressional delegation and state governor were notified only 24 hours in advance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Staircase-Escalante_National_Monument (942 words)

	Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument joins three distinct and gorgeous areas: the Grand Staircase, the Kaiparowits Plateau and the Canyons of the Escalante, and is the second largest National Monument in the lower 48.
		The Grand Staircase terraces rise in technicolor cliffs aptly named Vermilion, White, Gray and Pink, and illuminate 200 million years of the earth's history.
		The Monument is particularly vulnerable because much of the ground cover in Grand Staircase is "microbiotic crust," comprised of cyanobacteria, soil mosses and lichens, algae, fungi and bacteria.
	www.discovernlcs.org /TheNLCS/Monuments/GrandStaircaseEscalante.cfm (732 words)

	The Great Catherine Palace - The Grand Staircase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Grand Staircase is situated in the centre of the enormous palace.
		Before the rebuilding of it, undertaken by the Empress Catherine II in 1779, the principal staircase was situated in the southern wing of the palace, and the centre was occupied by the luxurious Chinese Hall, to which led small wooden staircases with issues on to the square and into the garden.
		The walls and the ceiling of the staircase are decorated with a slight modeling in the style of Louis XV and all is painted in white.
	www.alexanderpalace.org /tsarskoe/staircase.html (302 words)

	Grand Staircase :: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The idea of constructing a "Grand Staircase" leading from the St. Louis levee up to the base of the Gateway Arch originated in 1957 with the Gateway Arch's designer, architect Eero Saarinen.
		The large Grand Staircase, however, had to wait until funding was available in 1976.
		Construction on The Grand Staircase was finished as scheduled.
	www.nps.gov /jeff/grand_staircase.html (588 words)

	GRAND STAIRCASE WILDERNESS
		Between the floor of the Grand Canyon and the rim of Bryce Canyon, the land rises 7,000 feet in a series of great cliffs and plateaus.
		This is the "Grand Staircase," a masterpiece of geologic and biological innovation, a world where time itself lies suspended in horizontal and vertical planes.
		Bryce Canyon National Park is renowned for its expansive vistas across the canyons and mesas of the Grand Staircase.
	www.suwa.org /WATE/grandstaircase.html (5549 words)

	Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument: the politics of environmental preservation.
		Up the down (Grand) Staircase (Monument).(the actions of Kathleen McGinty of the Council of Environmental Quality, and others in the Clinton administration, during the planning of the Grand Staircase-Escalante...
		Remarks announcing the establishment of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-G1rdS1trcsE1N1M1.asp (295 words)

	Sunset: Utah's grand new monument. (Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument)@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is a 1.7 million acre federal land encompassing Utah's national parks and Grand Canyon across the border in Arizona.
		While it has initially met with objection from locals, it is now seen as a way to protect Utah's canyons, arches and slickrock.
		Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument finally protects southern Utah's canyons, arches, and vast expanses of slickrock
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:19580006&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (168 words)

	Max Bertola's southern Utah - Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument
		The Grand Staircase can be seen from the flats by Kanab, where looking to the north, you see layers of mountain ranges going to the tops of Bryce Canyon.
		The staircase represents ages of time and geologically tells the story of the area.
		Many of the residents of the lands in and by the park were upset that the park would lock up natural resources from development and therefore hinder their ability to make a living.
	www.so-utah.com /stair/homepage.html (446 words)

	Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Publications - Natural Resources Map & Bookstore
		Paleontological studies have been conducted within the area of the monument and vicinity since the middle 1800s, so some idea of the richness of the fossil record can be stated.
		The archeological resources of the area are so poorly known that it will be difficult to determine a viable management strategy, but surveys to date (extrapolated) indicate there may be about 11,000 sites (varying from lithic scatters, through campsites, to ruins) on the Utah State trust lands alone.
		Boundary of the Monument is shown, and roads from the base maps are highlighted in red.
	www.ugs.state.ut.us /bookstore/ugs/gsenmpub.htm (382 words)

	Destination Grand Staircase/Escalante \| Utah.com
		Grand Staircase/Escalante National Monument includes land with a wide variety of topographical features.
		This geologic wonder consists of three major sections; Escalante Canyons, Kaiparowits Plateau, and the Grand Staircase, a huge area of pink, gray, white and vermilion cliffs beginning at the Grand Canyon and ending at this national monument.
		Additional information about the Grand Staircase Escalante region can be obtained by contacting Escalante/Boulder Chamber of Commerce at 435-826-4810, or Kane County Travel Council at 800-733-5263.
	www.utah.com /escalante (1217 words)

	Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument \| Utah.com
		The Grand Staircase is a geological formation spanning eons of time and is a territory of multicolored cliffs, plateaus, mesas, buttes, pinnacles, and canyons.
		At the top of the Grand Staircase, the limey siltstone Pink Cliffs were deposited by an ancient freshwater lake and now lie mostly in Bryce Canyon National Park.
		Into this staircase of cliffs and terraces, the Paria River and its tributaries have carved a landscape of isolated mesas, valleys, buttes, and narrow canyons.
	www.utah.com /nationalsites/grand_staircase.htm (774 words)

	The Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Grand Staircase-Escalante is made up of canyons, cliffs, and stone formations and covers nearly 2 million acres, which means that it's one of the largest pieces of intact wilderness left in America.
		More tourists began visiting Grand Staircase-Escalante, and people started building homes and vacation houses in the area.
		According to one resident, "If you're a rancher ro someone like me who liked it here the way it was, then you probably don't care for the monument because you know it's going to change this place." Jim Doherty was among those who wanted to see the place while it was still wild.
	www.kidscastle.si.edu /channels/worldwide/articles/worldwidearticle9.html (196 words)

	A grand, forbidding staircase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Clarence Dutton, the geologist who accompanied John Wesley Powell on his explorations of the Grand Canyon, recognized a geologic stairway comprised of different colored cliffs when the exploration party wintered in the area in 1872.
		The levels -- the Vermilion, White, Grey and Pink cliffs -- eventually rise 5,500 feet to the rim of Bryce Canyon in a continuous sequence of Technicolor cliffs and plateaus.
		To environmentalists' pleasure, the monument status closed the lid to any new mining claims or oil leases on the land, and one company scrapped plans to develop an extensive mining operation on the Kaiparowits Plateau.
	www.jsonline.com /news/sunday/travel/0920stair.stm (1460 words)

	Utah - Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument - the Burr Trail
		Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument > The East > The Burr Trail
		A few years ago the BLM paved most of the route, from the west end 30 miles to to the Capitol Reef boundary, which has taken a little adventure out of the journey and increased traffic significantly.
		There are several side roads in this section; one follows alongside two creeks to the Wolverine Petrified Wood Natural Area which is visited because of two good slot canyons (Little Death Hollow and Wolverine Creek) as well as the many petrified wood samples that are widespread across this region.
	www.americansouthwest.net /utah/grand_staircase_escalante/burr_trail.html (231 words)

	Virtual tour of 10 Downing Street - The Staircase
		The Grand Staircase is one of the most well known features of Downing Street.
		The original 18th Century staircase is in the older part of the house, to the rear, and connects the ground floor to the first.
		The Grand Staircase is built to an impressive cantilever design, with no visible supports.
	www.pm.gov.uk /output/Page3031.asp (268 words)

	Saint Martin's University - About Us - Campus tour Grand Staircase
		The memorable Grand Staircase is the gateway for students entering Saint Martin's University from its main entrance on Pacific Avenue.
		Built in 1925, the Grand Staircase is a familiar area landmark.
		A commencement processional from the Grand Staircase to the nearby Pavilion is one of the most popular Saint Martin's traditions, weather permitting.
	www.stmartin.edu /about/tour/tour02.htm (132 words)

	Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is a dramatic, multi-hued landscape that is rich in natural and human history.
		These strikingly beautiful and scientifically important lands are divided into three distinct regions: the Grand Staircase, the Kaiparowits Plateau, and the Canyons of the Escalante.
		This Grand Staircase-the Chocolate, Vermilion, White, Gray, and Pink Cliffs--spans five different life zones from Sonoran desert to coniferous forests.
	www.americanparks.net /grand_staircase_information.htm (328 words)

	GSENM - Utah - Arizona - highway 89 - grand staircase escalante (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The risers in the staircase are chocolate, vermillion, white, gray and pink.
		From Zion National Park the closest entrance to the Staircase GSENM is from Glendale, Utah.
		The Hadrosaurian Dinosaur dig was located in Kane County in the Grand Staircase and conducted in 2001.
	www.eastziontourismcouncil.org /gsBLM.htm (569 words)

	Canyon DeChelly & The Grand Staircase
		The Grand Staircase and the Grand Staircase National Monument are two very different things.
		The top of the "lowest" step, the Grand Canyon north rim, and the top of the "highest" step, the Bryce Canyon south wall, are at nearly equal elevations.
		This major west sloping uplift is in the Grand Staircase and runs north and south through southern Utah and northern Arizona for over sixty miles.
	www.austintx.net /JStroman/JRS_RRC/chelly.htm (647 words)

	Capital Reef and The Grand Staircase Hiking Vacation
		In contrast, the vast expanse of the Grand Staircase/Escalante National Monument is daunting, to say the least.
		With the inclusion of Capitol Reef National Park because of its geographical proximity and geological affinity with the Grand Staircase, the hiking options are without limits.
		Creation in 1996 of the Grand Staircase/Escalante, one of our newest national monuments, has provided a partial cloak of protection (falling well short of wilderness designation protection) over some of our nation's most precious remaining wildlands in an area that has been a fierce battleground between developers and environmentalists.
	www.timbertours.com /SWCCC_CRGS.html (595 words)

	Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		President Clinton proclaimed the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in September 1996, the first of a series of new national monuments to be managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
		Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is a dramatic landscape rich in natural and human history, a unique combination of archaeological, historical, paleontological, geological, and biological resources.
		Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument was the first given to the BLM to manage; a number of others have since joined it as part of a new National Landscape Conservation System within the agency.
	www.wilderness.org /WhereWeWork/Utah/escalante.cfm (962 words)

	Grand Staircase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		At the far end of the Grand Lobby is an impressive staircase graced with an arch similar to the one found on the oppostie wall around the Coronado painitng.
		To the left of the staircase in an alcove is a stuffed parrot of varigated colors perched on a circular ring.
		Originally a live parrot was used in keeping with the outdoor motif, but the real bird became impractical.
	www.neo.rr.com /Civic/html/grand_staircase.html (105 words)

	Grand Staircase National Mounument
		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.
		You will be able to send a postcard of Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah to your friends and family.
		When you visit Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah you will want to visit all of the other National Parks nearby.
	www.travelwest.net /parks/grandstaircase (544 words)

	GCT/CPA September 1996 : Grand Staircase-Escalante, our NEW National Monument (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The strength of character, integrity, good science, and understanding that we bring to the process for determining the management of the Grand Staircase- Escalante National Monument will test, in the words of Wallace Stegner, whether we truly can "create a society to match the scenery" of this beautiful land.
		We are saying very simply, our parents and grandparents saved the Grand Canyon on for us; today, we will save the Grand Escalante Canyons and the Kaiparowits Plateau of Utah for our children.
		In 1903 Teddy Roosevelt came to this place and said a few words from the rim of the Canyon I'd like to share with you as we close today: 'Leave the Grand Canyon as it is. You cannot improve upon in.
	www.kaibab.org /gc/gct/gct_cpa3.htm (948 words)

	Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Upheld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In particular, the decision confirmed President Clinton’s use of the Antiquities Act to establish the Monument, stating that “[i]t is evident from the language of the Proclamation that the President exercised the discretion lawfully delegated to him by Congress under the Antiquities Act...”
		The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument protects an array of natural and historic treasures in a broad expanse of arid wilderness in Utah’s canyon country.
		Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument joins three distinct areas: the Grand Staircase, the Kaiparowits Plateau and the Canyons of the Escalante, and at 1.7 million acres is the second largest national monument in the lower 48 United States.
	www.wilderness.org /NewsRoom/Release/20040420.cfm (606 words)

	Grand Staircase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		At the Grand Canyon, one will be led by David Franklin which will go down the North Kaibab and across up the Bright Angel and one will be led by Cary Simms which will do the opposite going South to North.
		According to trip #39 in Ron Adkison’s “Hiking the Grand Staircase” this standard entry to Coyote Gulch is an excellent hike.
		The Bright Angel Trail is one of the two superhighways of the Grand Canyon, the other being the South Kaibab Trail.
	www.oktrails.com /trip_info.htm (2425 words)

	Grand Staircase of the Escalante National Monument
		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 learn more about the Grand Staircase, select one of the topics from the links to the left.
	www.go-utah.com /utah/grand-staircase/escalante.html (230 words)

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