Grand Staircase Escalante N P # 5
by Allen Beatty
Title
Grand Staircase Escalante N P # 5
Artist
Allen Beatty
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
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Grand Staircase Escalante NP# 5 by Allen Beatty
The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) is a United States national monument that originally designated 1,880,461 acres of protected land in southern Utah in 1996. The monument's size was later reduced by a succeeding presidential proclamation in 2017. The land is among the most remote in the country being 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.
On December 4, 2017, President Donald Trump ordered that the monument's size be reduced by nearly 47 percent to 1,003,863 acres , with the remainder broken up into three separate areas, two of which border one another along the Paria River. Conservation, angling, hunting, and outdoor recreation groups have filed suit to block any reduction in the national monument, arguing that the president has no legal authority to materially shrink a national monument.
Here we see some toadstools which are prevalent in Grand Staircase. A toadstool is a spire-like feature with a boulder perched atop a pedestal rock, like a mushroom or "toadstool." It forms when softer rock erodes away, leaving a column sheltered from wind and water.
This image is Featured in the following FAA Groups:
All Red Rock Country,
World Landscape Lovers of Art,
10 Plus,
Bedroom Art Gallery,
Nature Landmarks Landscapes Wildlife,
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August 31st, 2018
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Comments (34)
Allen Beatty
Karen, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Nature Landmarks Landscapes Wildlife Group
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your beautiful artistic work is Featured in the "Bedroom Art Gallery" group 10/1/18 l/f/pin
Allen Beatty replied:
Lyric, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Bedroom Art Gallery Group
Allen Beatty
Ludwig, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the All Red Rock Country Group
Allen Beatty
Carole, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the World Landscape Lovers of Art Group
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