Royalty-free images by Mike1 — No. 109 of over 1200 images
Barbed Wire–Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, October 9, 2015
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument2
The Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument (GSENM) is a United States national monument originally designated in 1996 as 1,880,461 acres (7,610 km2)[1] of protected land in southern Utah. In 2017, the monument’s size was reduced by half in a succeeding presidential proclamation. The land is among the most remote in the country; it was the last to be mapped in the contiguous United States.
There are three main regions: the Grand Staircase, the Kaiparowits Plateau, and the Canyons of the Escalante (Escalante River). All regions are administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as part of the National Conservation Lands system. President Bill Clinton designated the area as a national monument in 1996 using his authority under the Antiquities Act. Grand Staircase–Escalante is the largest national monument managed by the BLM.
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- Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument (GSENM) – Wikipedia
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