Grand Staircase-Escalante split and reduced

Formerly a 1.9 million-acre monument designated by President Bill Clinton in 1996, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument will now be three monuments: Grand Staircase (209,993 acres), Kaiparowits (551,034 acres), and Escalante Canyons (242,836 acres).

Grand Staircase-Escalante and shrinkage

points of interest

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior