Shrinking Grandstaircase Escalante Monument is Bad for Business

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Shrinking Grandstaircase Escalante Monument is Bad for Business

Shrinking Grandstaircase Escalante Monument is Bad for Business

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 4 2017 Contact: Suzanne Catlett 801-836-1280 suzannejcatlett@gmail.com Southern Utah Businesses United in Opposition to Trump Executive Order Shrinking Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument is bad for business Escalante, Utah — December 4 — Today’s announcement from President Trump is another nonconsensual grab by the Trump administration. This time it’s a land…
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MEMO to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke

MEMO to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke

  MEMO to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke: An Invitation to Speak with us about Utah’s National Monuments A few days ago, President Trump made his displeasure with our national monument system and the legality of the Antiquities Act official -- calling for a review of national monument designations and issuing an Executive Order that threatens…
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Pronouncing “Escalante”: Chances Are, You’re Saying it Wrong

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Pronouncing “Escalante”: Chances Are, You’re Saying it Wrong

  The town Escalante probably has a dozen different pronunciations, and there is no agreement on what is correct. Sometimes, people clash over the "true" pronunciation. Some get fired up and even offended. I've quite nearly been yelled at over my pronunciation. But, however you pronounce it, chances are, you’re still saying it “wrong.” So, lets solve it…
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Hiking Devil’s Garden

Hiking Devil’s Garden

Devil’s Garden in Escalante  is a unique desert playground of hoodoos and arches (not to be confused with the other Devil’s Garden in Arches National Park, Moab). Carved by wind and water over the centuries, the formations stand out in a stark landscape of sand and heat. Devil’s garden is like a miniature Goblin Valley,…
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