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Why Visit Hovenweep National Monument in Utah. For all the historic sites and ruins we visit, you’d think that they’d start ...
Hovenweep National Monument, situated on the border of Utah and Colorado, protects a group of ancient villages constructed by the ancestral Puebloan people. These stone structures are perched on ...
Founded in 1908, Natural Bridges National Monument is Utah’s first national monument, but it’s tucked far away from any urban area. It sits roughly 35 minutes west of the small town of Blanding, Utah, ...
Tuesday marks the 90th anniversary of the Cedar Breaks National Monument in Brian Head, Utah. “Happy 90th Birthday Cedar Breaks National Monument!” the Cedar Breaks National Park Service wrote ...
Many U.S. national parks started as national monuments, including four of the “Mighty Five” national parks in Utah, and there more than 130 monuments across the country.
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is a hidden treasure trove of adventure and desert beauty in southern Utah. Here’s how to do it right.
If you’re driving to Southern Utah this summer, it’s going to cost you a little bit more to visit one national monument. Cedar Breaks National Monument has raised its entrance and entrance ...
A possible 1.1 million-acre monument designation in northern Arizona is being sought by Native American tribes and conservation organizations, but it has the potential to impact Utah ranchers.
In the past, Congress has restrained the president’s power to protect federal land under the Antiquities Act , Nufffer wrote, once when President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed the Jackson Hole ...
The state of Utah is suing the Biden administration over its decision to restore the size of two national monuments that were shrunk by then-President Trump. The size of the Grand Staircase ...
Chris Heaton, a Kanab City, Utah Council member and rancher, discussed how the impact of Biden’s plans for a national monument, Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni, have put his private water rights in ...
In early 1908, frustrated by Congress’s failure to protect the canyon as a national park, Roosevelt used the act to protect more than 800,000 acres as the Grand Canyon National Monument.