Modifying the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 235 (Friday, December 8, 2017)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 58089-58096]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2017-26714]

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Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 235 / Friday, December 8, 2017 /

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Proclamation 9682 of December 4, 2017

Modifying the Grand Staircase-Escalante National

Monument

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

In Proclamation 6920 of September 18, 1996, and

exercising his authority under the Act of June 8, 1906

(34 Stat. 225) (the ``Antiquities Act''), President

William J. Clinton established the Grand Staircase-

Escalante National Monument in the State of Utah,

reserving approximately 1.7 million acres of Federal

lands for the care and management of objects of

historic and scientific interest identified therein.

The monument is managed by the Department of the

Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM). This

proclamation makes certain modifications to the

monument.

Proclamation 6920 identifies a long list of objects of

historic or scientific interest within the boundaries

of the monument. In the 20 years since the designation,

the BLM and academic researchers have studied the

monument to better understand the geology,

paleontology, archeology, history, and biology of the

area.

dentifies a long list of objects of

historic or scientific interest within the boundaries

of the monument. In the 20 years since the designation,

the BLM and academic researchers have studied the

monument to better understand the geology,

paleontology, archeology, history, and biology of the

area.

The Antiquities Act requires that any reservation of

land as part of a monument be confined to the smallest

area compatible with the proper care and management of

the objects of historic or scientific interest to be

protected. Determining the appropriate protective area

involves examination of a number of factors, including

the uniqueness and nature of the objects, the nature of

the needed protection, and the protection provided by

other laws.

Proclamation 6920 identifies the monument area as rich

with paleontological sites and fossils, including

marine and brackish water mollusks, turtles,

crocodilians, lizards, dinosaurs, fishes, and mammals,

as well as terrestrial vertebrate fauna, including

mammals, of the Cenomanian-Santonian ages, and one of

the most continuous records of Late Cretaceous

terrestrial life in the world. Nearly 2 decades of

intense study of the monument has provided a better

understanding of the areas with the highest

concentrations of fossil resources and the best

opportunities to discover previously unknown species

of

the most continuous records of Late Cretaceous

terrestrial life in the world. Nearly 2 decades of

intense study of the monument has provided a better

understanding of the areas with the highest

concentrations of fossil resources and the best

opportunities to discover previously unknown species.

While formations like the Wahweap and Kaiparowits occur

only in southern Utah and provide an important record

of Late Cretaceous fossils, others like the Chinle and

Morrison formations occur throughout the Colorado

Plateau. The modified monument boundaries take into

account this new information and, as described in more

detail below, retain the majority of the high-potential

areas for locating new fossil resources that have been

identified within the area reserved by Proclamation

6920.

Proclamation 6920 also identifies a number of unique

geological formations and landscape features within the

monument boundaries. These include the Grand Staircase,

White Cliffs, Vermilion Cliffs, Kaiparowits Plateau,

Upper Paria Canyon System, Upper Escalante Canyons,

Burning Hills, Circle Cliffs, East Kaibab Monocline,

Grosvenor Arch, and Escalante Natural Bridge, all of

which are retained in whole or part within the revised

monument boundaries. The Waterpocket Fold, however, is

located mostly within the Capitol Reef National Park

and the portions within the monument are not unique or

particularly scientifically significant

Grosvenor Arch, and Escalante Natural Bridge, all of

which are retained in whole or part within the revised

monument boundaries. The Waterpocket Fold, however, is

located mostly within the Capitol Reef National Park

and the portions within the monument are not unique or

particularly scientifically significant. Therefore, the

boundaries of the monument may be modified to exclude

the Waterpocket Fold without imperiling the proper care

and management of that formation. The more general

landscape features discussed in the proclamation, such

as serpentine

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canyons, arches, and natural bridges, are common across

the Colorado Plateau both within and outside of the

modified boundaries of the monument described below.

Archeological and historic objects identified within

the monument are more generally discussed in

Proclamation 6920, which specifically identifies only

the Hole-in-the-Rock Trail, the Paria Townsite, and

Dance Hall Rock as objects of historic or scientific

interest, all 3 of which will remain within the revised

monument boundaries, although a portion of the Hole-in-

the-Rock Trail will be excluded. Proclamation 6920 also

describes Fremont and Ancestral Puebloan rock art

panels, occupation sites, campsites, and granaries, as

well as historic objects such as those left behind by

Mormon pioneers, including trails, inscriptions, ghost

towns, rock houses, and cowboy line camps

the-Rock Trail will be excluded. Proclamation 6920 also

describes Fremont and Ancestral Puebloan rock art

panels, occupation sites, campsites, and granaries, as

well as historic objects such as those left behind by

Mormon pioneers, including trails, inscriptions, ghost

towns, rock houses, and cowboy line camps. These are

artifacts that are known to generally occur across the

Four Corners region, particularly in southern Utah, and

the examples found within the monument are not, as

described, of any unique or distinctive scientific or

historic significance. In light of the prevalence of

similar objects throughout the region, the existing

boundaries of the monument are not ``the smallest area

compatible with the proper care'' of these objects, and

they may be excluded from the monument's boundaries.

Further, many of these objects or examples of these

objects are retained within the modified boundaries

described below.

Finally, with respect to the animal and plant species,

Proclamation 6920 characterizes the area as one of the

richest floristic regions in the Intermountain West,

but it identifies only a few specific species as

objects of scientific or historic interest. The revised

boundaries contain the majority of habitat types

originally protected by Proclamation 6920.

Proclamation 6920 characterizes the area as one of the

richest floristic regions in the Intermountain West,

but it identifies only a few specific species as

objects of scientific or historic interest. The revised

boundaries contain the majority of habitat types

originally protected by Proclamation 6920.

Thus, many of the objects identified by Proclamation

6920 are not unique to the monument, and some of the

particular examples of those objects within the

monument are not of significant historic or scientific

interest. Moreover, many of the objects identified by

Proclamation 6920 are not under threat of damage or

destruction such that they require a reservation of

land to protect them; in fact, many are already subject

to Federal protection under existing law and agency

management designations. The BLM manages nearly 900,000

acres of lands within the existing monument as

Wilderness Study Areas, which the BLM is already

required by law to manage so as not to impair the

suitability of such areas for future congressional

designation as Wilderness.

A host of laws enacted after the Antiquities Act

provide specific protection for archaeological,

historic, cultural, paleontological, and plant and

animal resources and give authority to the BLM to

condition permitted activities on Federal lands,

whether within or outside a monument. These laws

include the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of

1979, 16 U.S.C. 470aa-470mm, National Historic

Preservation Act, 54 U.S.C

ogical, and plant and

animal resources and give authority to the BLM to

condition permitted activities on Federal lands,

whether within or outside a monument. These laws

include the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of

1979, 16 U.S.C. 470aa-470mm, National Historic

Preservation Act, 54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq., Bald and

Golden Eagle Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. 668-668d,

Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.,

Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1988, 16

U.S.C. 4301 et seq., Federal Land Policy and Management

Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., Migratory Bird

Treaty Act, 16 U.S.C. 703-712, Native American Graves

Protection and Repatriation Act of 1976, 25 U.S.C. 3001

et seq., and Paleontological Resources Preservation

Act, 16 U.S.C. 470aaa-470aaa-11. Of particular note,

the Paleontological Resources Preservation Act, enacted

in 2009, imposes criminal penalties for unauthorized

excavation, removal, damage, alteration, or defacement

of paleontological resources. Federal land management

agencies can grant permits authorizing excavation or

removal, but only when undertaken for the purpose of

furthering paleontological knowledge. The

Archaeological Resources Protection Act contains very

similar provisions protecting archeological resources.

And the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Endangered

Species Act protect migratory birds and listed

endangered and threatened species and their habitats.

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urthering paleontological knowledge. The

Archaeological Resources Protection Act contains very

similar provisions protecting archeological resources.

And the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Endangered

Species Act protect migratory birds and listed

endangered and threatened species and their habitats.

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Especially in light of the research conducted since

designation, I find that the current boundaries of the

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument established

by Proclamation 6920 are greater than the smallest area

compatible with the protection of the objects for which

lands were reserved and, therefore, that the boundaries

of the monument should be reduced to 3 areas: Grand

Staircase, Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyons. These

revisions will ensure that the monument is no larger

than necessary for the proper care and management of

the objects.

The Grand Staircase area is named for one of the iconic

landscapes in the American West. An unbroken sequence

of cliffs and plateaus, considered to be the most

colorful exposed geologic section in the world, has

inspired wonder in visitors since the days of early

western explorers.

the objects.

The Grand Staircase area is named for one of the iconic

landscapes in the American West. An unbroken sequence

of cliffs and plateaus, considered to be the most

colorful exposed geologic section in the world, has

inspired wonder in visitors since the days of early

western explorers.

The White Cliffs that rise more than 1,500 feet from

the desert floor are the hardened remains of the

largest sand sea that ever existed. The deep red

Vermilion Cliffs, once the eastern shore of the ancient

Lake Dixie, contain a rich fossil record from the Late

Triassic period to the early Jurassic period, including

petrified wood, fish, dinosaur, and other reptilian

bones. Fossil footprints are also common, including

those at the Flag Point tracksite, which includes

dinosaur fossil tracks adjacent to a Native American

rock art panel depicting dinosaur tracks. This area

also contains a number of relict vegetative communities

occurring on isolated mesa tops, an example of which,

No Mans Mesa, was identified in Proclamation 6920.

The archaeology of the Grand Staircase area is

dominated by sites constructed by the Virgin Branch of

the Ancestral Puebloans--ancient horticulturalists and

farmers who subsisted largely on corn, beans, and

squash, and occupied the area from nearly 2000 B.C.E.

to about 1250 C.E. The landscape was also the home of

some of the earliest corn-related agriculture in the

Southwest, and it continues to hold remnants of these

early farmsteads and small pueblos

farmers who subsisted largely on corn, beans, and

squash, and occupied the area from nearly 2000 B.C.E.

to about 1250 C.E. The landscape was also the home of

some of the earliest corn-related agriculture in the

Southwest, and it continues to hold remnants of these

early farmsteads and small pueblos. The evidence of

this history, including remnants of the beginning of

agriculture, development of prehistoric farming

systems, and the final abandonment of the area, is

concentrated in the lower levels of the Grand

Staircase. The higher cliffs, benches, and plateaus

hold evidence of occupation by Archaic and Late

Prehistoric people, including Clovis and other

projectile points and residential pit structures that

indicate occupation by hunter-gatherers starting about

13,000 years ago.

Following the abandonment of the area by Ancestral

Puebloans, the area was re-occupied by a new population

of hunter-gatherers, the people known today as the

Southern Paiute Indians. The Southern Paiute Indians

identify this area as part of their ancestral homeland.

Still later Mormon pioneers settled the area, as

evidenced by remnants of roads, trails, line shacks,

rock houses, and abandoned town sites.

The Kaiparowits area is dominated by a dissected mesa

that rises thousands of feet above the surrounding

terrain. These vast, rugged badlands are characterized

by towering cliffs and escarpments that expose tiers of

fossil-rich formations.

rails, line shacks,

rock houses, and abandoned town sites.

The Kaiparowits area is dominated by a dissected mesa

that rises thousands of feet above the surrounding

terrain. These vast, rugged badlands are characterized

by towering cliffs and escarpments that expose tiers of

fossil-rich formations.

In addition to striking scenery, the area is world-

renowned for rich fossil resources, including 16

species that have been found nowhere else. The plateau

is considered one of the best, most continuous records

of Late Cretaceous life in the world. It includes

fossils of mollusks, reptiles, dinosaurs, fishes, and

mammals, as well as the only evidence in our hemisphere

of terrestrial vertebrate fauna from the Cenomanian

through Santonian ages. Since 2000, nearly 4,000 new

fossil sites have been documented on the plateau. The

Dakota, Tropic Shale, Wahweap, and Kaiparowits

formations in the area have been found to contain

numerous important fossils, including those of early

mammals and reptiles (Dakota); marine reptiles,

including 5 species of plesiosaur and North America's

oldest mosasaur (Tropic Shale); and multiple new

species of dinosaurs (Wahweap and Kaiparowits),

including the Diabloceratops eatoni, a relative of the

Triceratops named for its devil-like horns, and the

Lythronax argestes, whose name means ``Gore King of the

Southwest.''

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America's

oldest mosasaur (Tropic Shale); and multiple new

species of dinosaurs (Wahweap and Kaiparowits),

including the Diabloceratops eatoni, a relative of the

Triceratops named for its devil-like horns, and the

Lythronax argestes, whose name means ``Gore King of the

Southwest.''

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The Kaiparowits area also includes objects of geologic

interest, which Proclamation 6920 identified. The

rugged canyons and natural arches of the Upper Paria

River expose the colorful and varied Carmel and Entrada

formations that draw visitors to the area. One of the

most famous arches, Grosvenor Arch, is a rare double

arch that towers more than 150 feet above the desert

floor. The area also contains ``hydrothermal-collapse''

pipes and dikes that have revealed to researchers a

fascinating story of a geologic catastrophe triggered

by either a massive earthquake or an asteroid impact.

The western side of the Kaiparowits area includes the

majority of the East Kaibab Monocline, which features

an erosional ``hogback'' known as the ``Cockscomb,'' as

well as broad exposures of multicolored rocks and

intricate canyons. It is considered one of the true

scenic and geologic wonders of the area. On the east

side of the plateau, the scorched earth of the Burning

Hills is a geologic curiosity: a vast underground coal

seam that some researchers believe has been burning for

eons, sending acrid smoke up through vents in the

ground and turning the hillsides brick red

scenic and geologic wonders of the area. On the east

side of the plateau, the scorched earth of the Burning

Hills is a geologic curiosity: a vast underground coal

seam that some researchers believe has been burning for

eons, sending acrid smoke up through vents in the

ground and turning the hillsides brick red. Finally,

along the eastern edge of the Kaiparowits Plateau is a

series of oddly shaped arches and other rock formations

known as the Devil's Garden.

The Kaiparowits area also contains a unique record of

human history. The overall archaeology of the

Kaiparowits Plateau is dominated by Archaic and Late

Prehistoric era sites. There are, however, a few

important sites that tell the story of occupation first

by the Fremont, who came from an area to the east, and

later by Virgin and Kayenta Ancestral Puebloans. These

sites show new types of architecture and pottery that

mixed traditional Fremont and Ancestral Puebloan

styles. Prehistoric cliff structures in parts of the

Kaiparowits Plateau are well preserved and provide

researchers and visitors an opportunity to better

understand the apparently peaceful mixture of 3

cultures starting in the early 1100s. In particular,

the Fifty-Mile Mountain area contains hundreds of

cultural resource sites, including Ancestral Puebloan

habitations, granaries, and masonry structures.

researchers and visitors an opportunity to better

understand the apparently peaceful mixture of 3

cultures starting in the early 1100s. In particular,

the Fifty-Mile Mountain area contains hundreds of

cultural resource sites, including Ancestral Puebloan

habitations, granaries, and masonry structures.

Historical use of the Kaiparowits area plays a very

important part in the rich ranching history of southern

Utah, which is evidenced by a complex pattern of roads,

stock trails, line shacks, attempted farmsteads, and

small mining operations. Fifty-Mile Mountain, in

particular, contains a number of historic cabins, as

well as other evidence of pioneer living, including

ruins, rip-gut fences, and historic trails. It is

believed that Zane Grey used the Fifty-Mile Mountain

area as a landscape reference point when he wrote

``Wild Horse Mesa.'' There are also a number of

historic signature panels across the plateau that

document continued grazing and ranching use of the

landscape by multiple generations of the same families.

To the east of Fifty-Mile Mountain in the Escalante

Desert, Dance Hall Rock stands out as an important

landmark of Mormon pioneers. While the Hole-in-the-Rock

Trail was under construction in 1879, Mormon pioneers

camped in this area and held meetings and dances here.

Similarly, as described above, the old Paria Townsite

is an important ghost town within the Kaiparowits area,

as it served as the only town and post office site

within the area at the turn of the 20th century.

il was under construction in 1879, Mormon pioneers

camped in this area and held meetings and dances here.

Similarly, as described above, the old Paria Townsite

is an important ghost town within the Kaiparowits area,

as it served as the only town and post office site

within the area at the turn of the 20th century.

The Escalante Canyons area likewise contains objects of

significance. The canyonlands of the area provide a

fantastic display of geologic activities and erosional

forces that, over millions of years, created a network

of deep, narrow canyons, high plateaus, sheer cliffs,

and beautiful sandstone arches and natural bridges,

including the 130-foot-tall Escalante Natural Bridge.

Additionally, this area boasts Calf Creek Canyon, a

canyon of red alcoved walls with expanses of white

slickrock that is named for its use as a natural cattle

pen at the end of the 19th century.

To the east of the Canyonlands, Circle Cliffs is a

breached anticline with spectacular painted-desert

scenery, the result of exposed sedimentary rocks of the

Triassic Chinle and Moenkopi formations. The Circle

Cliffs area also contains large, unbroken petrified

logs up to 30 feet in length. A

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nearly complete articulated skeleton of Poposauras--a

rare bipedal crocodilian fossil--was also found here.

scenery, the result of exposed sedimentary rocks of the

Triassic Chinle and Moenkopi formations. The Circle

Cliffs area also contains large, unbroken petrified

logs up to 30 feet in length. A

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nearly complete articulated skeleton of Poposauras--a

rare bipedal crocodilian fossil--was also found here.

The Escalante Canyons area also contains a high density

of Fremont prehistoric sites, including pithouses,

villages, storage cysts, and rock art. The canyon of

the Escalante River and its tributary canyons contain

one of the highest densities of rock art sites in

southwestern Utah outside of Capitol Reef National

Park, with sites dating from the Archaic to the

Historic periods. The Hundred Hands rock art panel is

located in the river canyon, and is spiritually

significant to all tribes that claim ancestry in the

area.

There are also significant historic sites in this area

related to grazing and ranching, along with the Boulder

Mail Trail, which was used to ferry mail between the

small desert outpost towns of Escalante and Boulder

beginning in 1902. Today, much of the trail is still

visible, and it has become popular with backpackers.

The areas described above are the smallest compatible

with the proper care and management of the objects to

be protected. The Grand Staircase-Escalante National

Monument, as modified by this proclamation, will

maintain and protect those objects and preserve the

area's cultural, scientific, and historic legacy.

The areas described above are the smallest compatible

with the proper care and management of the objects to

be protected. The Grand Staircase-Escalante National

Monument, as modified by this proclamation, will

maintain and protect those objects and preserve the

area's cultural, scientific, and historic legacy.

WHEREAS, Proclamation 6920 of September 18, 1996,

established the Grand Staircase-Escalante National

Monument in the State of Utah and reserved

approximately 1.7 million acres of Federal lands for

the care and management of the objects of historic and

scientific interest identified therein; and

WHEREAS, many of the objects identified by Proclamation

6920 are otherwise protected by Federal law; and

WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to modify the

boundary of the monument to exclude from its

designation and reservation approximately 861,974 acres

of land that I find are no longer necessary for the

proper care and management of the objects to be

protected within the monument; and

WHEREAS, the boundaries of the monument reservation

should therefore be reduced to the smallest area

compatible with the protection of the objects of

scientific or historic interest, as described above in

this proclamation;

are and management of the objects to be

protected within the monument; and

WHEREAS, the boundaries of the monument reservation

should therefore be reduced to the smallest area

compatible with the protection of the objects of

scientific or historic interest, as described above in

this proclamation;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the

United States of America, by the authority vested in me

by section 320301 of title 54, United States Code,

hereby proclaim that the boundary of the Grand

Staircase-Escalante National Monument is hereby

modified and reduced to those lands and interests in

lands owned or controlled by the Federal Government

within the boundaries described on the accompanying

map, which is attached to and forms a part of this

proclamation. I hereby further proclaim that the

modified monument areas identified on the accompanying

map shall be known as the Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits,

and Escalante Canyons units of the monument. These

reserved Federal lands and interests in lands

cumulatively encompass approximately 1,003,863 acres.

The boundaries described on the accompanying map are

confined to the smallest area compatible with the

proper care and management of the objects to be

protected.

Any lands reserved by Proclamation 6920 not within the

boundaries identified on the accompanying map are

hereby excluded from the monument.

boundaries described on the accompanying map are

confined to the smallest area compatible with the

proper care and management of the objects to be

protected.

Any lands reserved by Proclamation 6920 not within the

boundaries identified on the accompanying map are

hereby excluded from the monument.

At 9:00 a.m., eastern standard time, on the date that

is 60 days after the date of this proclamation, subject

to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing

withdrawals, and the requirements of applicable law,

the public lands excluded from the monument reservation

shall be open to:

(1) entry, location, selection, sale or other

disposition under the public land laws;

(2) disposition under all laws relating to mineral

and geothermal leasing; and

(3) location, entry, and patent under the mining

laws.

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Appropriation of lands under the mining laws before the

date and time of restoration is unauthorized. Any such

attempted appropriation, including attempted adverse

possession under 30 U.S.C. 38, shall vest no rights

against the United States. Acts required to establish a

location and to initiate a right of possession are

governed by State law where not in conflict with

Federal law.

Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to

revoke, modify, or affect any withdrawal, reservation,

or appropriation, other than the one created by

Proclamation 6920.

location and to initiate a right of possession are

governed by State law where not in conflict with

Federal law.

Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to

revoke, modify, or affect any withdrawal, reservation,

or appropriation, other than the one created by

Proclamation 6920.

Nothing in this proclamation shall change the

management of the areas designated and reserved by

Proclamation 6920 that remain part of the monument in

accordance with the terms of this proclamation, except

as provided by the following 5 paragraphs:

Paragraph 14 of Proclamation 6920 is updated and

clarified to require that the Secretary of the Interior

(Secretary) prepare and maintain a management plan for

each of the 3 units of the monument with maximum public

involvement including, but not limited to, consultation

with federally recognized tribes and State and local

governments. The Secretary, through the BLM, shall also

consult with other Federal land management agencies in

the local area in developing the management plans.

Proclamation 6920 is amended to provide that the

Secretary shall maintain one or more advisory

committees under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C. App.) to provide information and advice

regarding the development of the above-described

management plans, and, as appropriate, management of

the monument

6920 is amended to provide that the

Secretary shall maintain one or more advisory

committees under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C. App.) to provide information and advice

regarding the development of the above-described

management plans, and, as appropriate, management of

the monument. Any advisory committee maintained shall

consist of a fair and balanced representation of

interested stakeholders, including State and local

governments, tribes, recreational users, local business

owners, and private landowners.

Proclamation 6920 is clarified to provide that,

consistent with protection of the objects identified

above and other applicable law, the Secretary may allow

motorized and non[dash]mechanized vehicle use on roads

and trails existing immediately before the issuance of

Proclamation 6920 and maintain roads and trails for

such use.

Paragraph 12 of Proclamation 6920 governing livestock

grazing in the monument is hereby modified to read as

follows: ``Nothing in this proclamation shall be deemed

to affect authorizations for livestock grazing, or

administration thereof, on Federal lands within the

monument. Livestock grazing within the monument shall

continue to be governed by laws and regulations other

than this proclamation.''

Proclamation 6920 is amended to clarify that,

consistent with the care and management of the objects

identified above, the Secretary may authorize

ecological restoration and active vegetation management

activities in the monument.

be governed by laws and regulations other

than this proclamation.''

Proclamation 6920 is amended to clarify that,

consistent with the care and management of the objects

identified above, the Secretary may authorize

ecological restoration and active vegetation management

activities in the monument.

If any provision of this proclamation, including its

application to a particular parcel of land, is held to

be invalid, the remainder of this proclamation and its

application to other parcels of land shall not be

affected thereby.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this

fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord two

thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the

United States of America the two hundred and forty-

second.

(Presidential Sig.)

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