National Public Lands Day poster unveiled.The majestic skyline along Coyote Gulch Coyote Gulch is a long tributary of the Escalante River, located in Garfield and Kane Counties in southern Utah, in the western United States. Over 25 miles (40 km) long[1] in Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table). is spotlighted on a full-color poster for the 11th annual National Public Lands Day (NPLD NPLD National Public Lands Day ), the largest volunteer hands-on effort of its kind in the country. The poster can be found on the NPLD Web site, www.npld.com. Set for Saturday, Sept. 18, NPLD will draw thousands of helping hands from coast to coast in a unique, daylong effort to restore and improve the lands of America. At the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, volunteers from a variety of riding, trail and conservation clubs will create an equestrian equestrian a rider of horses. trail and clean up key features of the site as volunteers elsewhere work at one of the 600 other NPLD projects nationwide. A favorite site for hikers, Coyote Gulch is one of many breathtaking landmarks in the 1.9 million acres of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, which is managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and represents a convergence of archaeological, historical, paleontological pa·le·on·tol·o·gy n. The study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, as represented by the fossils of plants, animals, and other organisms. , geological and biological natural resources. For more information on getting involved in the nationwide effort, visit www.npld.com. |
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