ESCALANTE, Utah — On the eastern end of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, narrow slot canyons shoot through the rocks in shades of terra-cotta red and pale peach. To the west stand ...

President Bill Clinton's decision in 1996 to create the sprawling Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah was so incredibly controversial that he couldn't even set foot in the state to ...

The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is a U.S. National Monument protecting of land in southern Utah. There are three main regions: the Grand Staircase, the Kaiparowits Plateau, and the ...

My legs and shoulders ache near the end of a 70-mile backpacking hike in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah. This is the reward for exploring remote places: ...

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah is the undisputed champ of America’s national monuments. ... compass and a topographic map, there are numerous possibilities.

A clear clash of cultures was at play Wednesday as the two sides of a 20-year-old debate over the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument tried to make ... surrounding high-profile attractions.

BEARS EARS Created Dec. 28, 2016 by President Obama in southern Utah.Named for two buttes that jut above the ridgeline, the monument encompasses 1.35 million acres of Utah’s spectacular red-rock ...

President Trump holds up a signed proclamation to shrink the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments at Utah’s state Capitol in Salt Lake City on Dec. 4, 2017.

Kane County officials suggested to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke that the 1.9 million acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah could be shrunk to about one-tenth the size ...

A Canadian mining firm says it will move forward with plans to mine minerals from land that was previously part of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. Glacier Lake Resources ...