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Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

"We are saying very simply, our parents and grandparents saved the Grand Canyon for us; today, we will save the Grand Escalante Canyons and the Kaiparowits Plateaus of Utah for our children."

-- President Clinton, 9/18/96

Sitting at the rim of the Grand Canyon, President Clinton signs the proclamation
creating the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

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