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Foundation Document Overview, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area NATIONAL PARK SERVICE • U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Foundation Document Overview Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Rainbow Bridge National Monument Arizona and Utah Contact Information For more information about the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Rainbow Bridge National Monument Foundation Document, contact: [email protected] or 928-608-6205 or write to: Superintendent, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Rainbow Bridge National Monument P.O. Box 1507, Page, AZ 86040-1507 Purpose Significance Significance statements express why Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Rainbow Bridge National Monument resources and values are important enough to merit national park unit designation. Statements of significance describe why an area is important within a global, national, regional, and systemwide context. These statements are linked to the purpose of the park unit, and are supported by data, research, and consensus. Significance statements describe the distinctive nature of the park and inform management decisions, focusing efforts on preserving and protecting the most important resources and values of the park unit. • The Colorado River and its many tributaries, including the Dirty Devil, Paria, Escalante, and San Juan rivers, carve GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, through the Colorado Plateau to form a landscape of located at the center of the Colorado dynamic and complex desert and water environments. Plateau, provides for public enjoyment • The vast, rugged landscapes of Glen Canyon National through diverse land- and water- Recreation Area provide an unparalleled spectrum of based recreational opportunities, and diverse land- and water-based recreational opportunities protects scenic, scientific, natural, and for visitors of wide-ranging interests and abilities. cultural resources on Lake Powell, the Colorado River, its tributaries, and • Glen Canyon National Recreation Area preserves a record surrounding lands. of more than 10,000 years of human presence, adaptation, and exploration. This place remains significant for many descendant communities, providing opportunities for people to connect with cultural values and associations that are both ancient and contemporary. RAINBOW BRIDGE NATIONAL MONUMENT • The deep, 15-mile-long, narrow gorge below the dam protects an extraordinary natural bridge provides a glimpse of the high canyon walls, ancient that captures public and scientific interest rock art, and a vestige of the riparian and beach terrace with its rainbow form and appearance. environments that were seen by John Wesley Powell’s Colorado River expedition in 1869, providing a stark contrast to the impounded canyons of Lake Powell. • Rainbow Bridge is one of the world’s largest natural bridges and is a premier example of eccentric stream erosion in a remote area of the Colorado Plateau. • For many indigenous peoples in the Four Corners region, Rainbow Bridge is a spiritually occupied landscape that is inseparable from their cultural identities and traditional beliefs. Fundamental Resources and Values Fundamental resources and values are those features, systems, processes, experiences, stories, scenes, sounds, smells, or other attributes determined to merit primary consideration during planning and management processes because they are essential to achieving the purpose of the park and maintaining its significance. Below are the fundamental resources and values of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Rainbow Bridge National Monument. • Heritage Resources: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is the steward of heritage resources exemplified by the archeological and historic sites, cultural landscapes, and traditional cultural properties that illustrate the connection of people with the landscape of the Glen Canyon region. • • • Paleontology: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area preserves one of the most complete sections of Mesozoic • strata in the world; new discoveries continuously add to • our scientific understanding of the past. • • Water: Water quality and quantity is essential for public outdoor recreational use and enjoyment and for sustaining • terrestrial and aquatic life in the high desert. • • Rainbow Bridge: The bridge itself is a fundamental resource. • • Traditional Cultural Property and Values: Rainbow • Bridge and the immediately surrounding landscape are • considered sacred by, and are vitally linked with the histories, cultural practices, ceremonial activities, and oral • traditions of associated American Indian tribes. Photo by Gary Ladd • Lake Powell: Lake Powell, set dramatically against a backdrop of eroded red rock canyons and mesas, is the largest man-made lake in North America and is widely recognized by boating enthusiasts as one of the premier water-based recreation destinations in the world. • Landscape: The vast landscape of Glen Canyon contains rugged water- and wind-carved canyons, buttes, mesas, rivers, seeps, springs, and hanging gardens where diverse habitats sustain an array of endemic, rare, and relict plant and animal communities. Location of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Rainbow Bridge National Monument To 70 To 70 To 70 N O Y N 72 A C F IE Fremont H T E S 24 R O H CANYONLANDS 24 S O R U U Hanksville P CANYONLANDS S T H Airport NATIONAL PARK NATIONAL PARK FISHLAKE Loa HORSESHOE D U.S. Forest Service Lyman E NORTH CANYON UNIT E SODA H S E PINTO HILLS T U NATIONAL FOREST R N SPRINGS A T O E S T Hanksville Y Buttes of BASIN Green F A Bureau of Land Management N F L F 24 A I the Cross River P r C L S e A m C J N U N o E N O W A A n CAPITOL REEF r NYO 763 e A O v C Y N P t Ri T A H S N A Y Bicknell t S n O 777 A N W o O E B m R S C E A NATIONAL PARK e L Fr R S U Y R E O E D E E B R G Caineville L B H PIUTE G R L C O A S r WAYNE V R S A L Cleopatras i A N T e v A V L L I I e P A Chair L e r L L L I Y R W I L 95 M W O T R n Grand B LL Torrey H E IG HO D O A O Y D 775 T View L Ekker N E B i O R Visitor Center E r Y Butte Point N Teasdale E N t A 774 C Hans Flat C y U.S. Forest Service R U S R H L N E B A i B E v M S i Panorama E c e Fruita O Natural Arch C F e N Point A r n N YON t CAN Y e R OX SIN O B n L 744 A PETES E D RA B N ISLAND k R P n e O TWIN CORRAL FLATS MESA e C P i Notom a 765 e v IN IN U r l Maze (site) i W X CA M O N C H l T B Y NORTH TRAIL B I O N A N CANYON E THE SKY i S O E g E BURR T R h I S r M U THE MAZE R w S M e S DESERT M E L O W t SA F a T a D U F A N y I 763 L E T w L A A t E R SAMS MESA 633 C IN e Dirty R GORDON FLATS r k T e Devil i E e e w v Singletree e E v r S G Bagpipe i WAYNE Lookout Peak C e R N R WAYNE r Butte ON 11124ft A GARFIELD t NY Bagpipe 3391m n P GARFIELD CA R 787 a Butte O s O THE a Lonesome PY The Pinnacle il Larb e P ra M l Bull Mountain BERT M A T ERNIES P C Beaver ESA H t NEEDLES Hollow E n O (BLM) 7187ft POISON SPRING G li K ID F COUNTRY U 2800m C R Mount Ellen A S N N IG E B N Pleasant Lower Y 756 C T 11522ft o E O E R A T N H d B Creek Bowns 3512m T O I a A N r S U S R NORTH HATCH 731 Teapot o McMillan CANY l C G Big A ON E Oak Rock o A T Springs Buckacre N E Lake A C Creek Y H L (BLM) Point O T P F C 633 730 N O S OINT H I U R P C SOUTH HATCH CANYON A N T R Steep L ED C O A A Y U Creek D N H N Q A Fiddler Turkey C N O A H Butte CLEARWATER O FI WATERHOLE FLAT Y y Homestead Knob R Y DD E L N a E T N ER CANYON w T A C y OV A B U C E C THE BLOCK RED BENCHES C nic Cedar N B ce Ragged IR S R 95 A All Glen Canyon NRA lands G DIXIE NATIONAL FOREST 2 Mesa Mountain T Y BEEF BASIN 1 S P y Y The north of this line require SU a N backcountry permits which are M w Horn O E 276 THREE Y Blue h issued by Canyonlands NP. C S A Hog FORKS N A g C S A Special regulations apply. Spruce i N E T Springs C A Cyclone R T Y H N M A Rest O L Lake C S C N H o A e L H U A ll Area A s t U Y N o T I R DARK CANYON N T B N E R A m A T A T T a Mount Pennell r N N A PRIMITIVE AREA R M C c a E A o M O O C - 11371ft TAYLOR RIDGES c k T Y V (Bureau of Land U h P r E Posy b B t O N C A 3466mO y h Management) M o E u t IN A Lake n e C 633 T l U T O e R l A oa f d B L l r Bulldog U i P I BOX-DEATH R o Anasazi a N G MAIDENWATER r W o T Peak N g a SANDS K d State Park T R a Boulder T HOLLOW C N r I s A T r A D C TS h O LA H R Dirty ILLER F O G ANDY M u r I E WILDERNESS Cass wa R Y B o n e N E e te I M d r Devil N ai e B (Forest Service) a Creek Cr S N A O d k C Peak DRY X S S NA K RROW C N Mount Hillers CANYON NYO Deer A NO MAN MESA CA E M L N P I 10723ft TRA TO O E MESA SHEEP - K Creek S u Starr 632 N R Y R 3268m CANYON EA O l L H 139 A N D e S Springs Hite MILLE CRAG U BLACK POINT D A y T W a S YOUNGS C C (BLM) Wo n BEND l A INDIAN v K DAR d E e G H SPRINGS S r Sundance 12 C O C C R i BENCHES A C U n N r Trailhead NYON DARK CANYON L O e r e B H e G B e 630 i Farley LOWER HORSE WILDERNESS r e O k c E BLACK STEER C h k X FLATS (Forest Service) H Canyon Indian Escalante L T M W h ON Wolverine Petrified s 657 G C L Head E a k r State Park o S 133 e Wood Natural Area Ant Pass A e Mount e Calf o W White 656 W C A k Knoll e p Holmes A r Wide Hollow Creek s THE Canyon H MANTI-LA SAL N T u C I Reservoir R t S ON T Y M E NY HORN Copper A E o E a I A E O scal r C IN ante a g K E Point N NYON e IL N NATIONAL R CA l n C M YO R d T i WO AN C iv T a O T C A er U S r R P N P U H C Y B COAL BED MESA a R TC O YON CO NO W N Escalante E CAN S E FOREST M O m ILE U O L URM BL O BLM, NPS, USFS a T FO D t o T E i I N C N LEY o L S L C h g H A I d V R S n Mount 651 O K i O Castle E C y BIG THOMPSON r 123 L H Ellsworth G C p Butte 95 E E L S Y C a R
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