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Endangered Spaces - Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Endangered Spaces - Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Released Friday, 12th July 2019
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Endangered Spaces - Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Endangered Spaces - Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Endangered Spaces - Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Endangered Spaces - Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Friday, 12th July 2019
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Boulder, Utah. Population 250. Sitting in the heart of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, this small town of ranchers and settled-down dirtbags prides itself on staying out of the spotlight. It’s the right amount of quiet here. The ranchers ranch. A few small businesses cater to hikers and wanderers. Visitors come and go. Boulder was thrust into the spotlight in 1996 when President Clinton declared the monument. And in 2017, Boulder again found itself at the center of the debate when President Trump issued an order to cut the size of the monument by nearly half. For this installment of Endangered Spaces, we traveled to Boulder to capture a snapshot of a community thrust into a fight they did not choose. A fight they may have little influence over. And a fight about how to protect public lands and who decides. The outcome of that fight will have lasting implications not just for Boulder, but to all communities who rely on public lands. For a population of 250, Boulder had a lot to say.

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