Resource Bank
Below is a collection of resources for your use, many of which are included on other pages. Learn more about specific facts regarding the monument, as well as gain insight from the various newspaper articles reporting on the matter. It is all below!
- 9 Things to Know About Grand Staircase National Monument – San Juan Record (May 21, 2017)
- Facts and Talking Points – GSENM Partners
- 1996: Clinton takes a 1.7 million-acre stand in Utah – High Country News (September 30, 1996)
- Most Visited Parks: About GSENM – VisitUtah.com
- GSENM Managers Report, 2014
- A Summary of Coal Distribution and Geology in the Kaiparowits Plateau, Utah – U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
- H.C.R. 12 – Concurrent Resolution Urging Federal Legislation to Reduce or Modify the Boundaries of Grand Staircase-Escalante
- Rep. Noel wants President Trump to reduce size of Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument – Utah Policy (January 26, 2017)
- America’s National Monuments Contribute to the Economy, Support Small Businesses – Morning Consult (April 27, 2017)
- Outdoor Industry Association Statement on President Trump’s Executive Order
- Economic Importance of National Monuments to Local Communities – Headwaters Economics study (Spring 2017)
- Op-ed: Grand Staircase is a huge economic driver in Garfield County, and it shouldn’t shrink – Salt Lake Tribune (March 7, 2017)
- Op-ed: Escalante is on the rise, and Grand Staircase is driving it – Salt Lake Tribune (September 5, 2015)
- Bureau of Land Management – grazing allowed to continue with current park rules:
- Grand Staircase Escalante: The Winners and Losers – E&E News (Jul7 14, 2016)
The Economics of Escalante Part 1 (Ep 9.1)
- Utah Foundation Report on Coal Use:
- If You Really Respect Trump Voters Tell Them the Truth – Vox (April 24, 2017)
- Today’s Energy Jobs are Solar Not Coal – New York Times (April 25, 2017)
- Reconsidering the Bears Ears National Monument Designation is Unacceptable, Says President Begaye – press statement from the Navajo Nation (April 26, 2017)
- Letter to Sec. Zinke on NM Review – from Tribal Leaders of Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition (April 26, 2017)
- Tribal Leaders Outraged Over Executive Order to Undermine Bears Ears National Monument – press statement from Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition (April 26, 2017)
- Escalante business owners rebel against anti-monument resolution – Salt Lake Tribune (February 15, 2017)
- Hatch tells state lawmakers Trump looking at Bears Ears, Grand Staircase – Deseret News (February 22, 2017)
- Garfield votes for a smaller Grand Staircase despite divided constituency – Salt Lake Tribune (March 14, 2017)
- Grand Staircase impact: Boon or drag? – Salt Lake Tribune (February 07, 2017)
- Utah business owners visit state capitol to tout Grand Staircase National Monument – Fox 13 News (March 1, 2017)
- Trump orders review of national monuments, vows to ‘end these abuses and return control to the people’ – Washington Post (April 26, 2017)
- Grand Staircase Escalante winners and losers – E&E News (July 14, 2016)
- Andalex Coal Mine Would Be a Nightmare – Deseret News (April 22, 1996)
- OpEds:
- Grand Staircase is a huge economic driver in Garfield County, and it shouldn’t shrink – Salt Lake Tribune (March 7, 2017)
- Escalante is on the rise, and Grand Staircase is driving it – Salt Lake Tribune (September 5, 2015)
- America’s National Monuments Contribute to the Economy, Support Small Businesses – Morning Consult (April 27, 2017)
- Coal mining in Grand Staircase makes no sense – Salt Lake Tribune (May 27, 2017)