Putting the Antiquities Act into Perspective, chapter in Visions fo the Grand Staircase-Escalante (U. of Utah, 1998)

Abstract

This essay examines the controversy surrounding President Clinton's use of the Antiquities Act of 1906 to establish of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah, putting it in historical perspective against other presidents' use of the Act and what ensued afterward, and examining specific aspects of Clinton's monument proclamation.

Keywords: public lands, Antiquities Act of 1906, national monuments, Bureau of Land Management