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(Tribune File Photo) The Vermilion Cliffs tower over the Lees Ferry Lodge in northern Arizona. (Courtesy of Jerry Roundy) Dance Hall Rock near hole in the rock road. (Courtesy of the National Park Service) Steve Henry, a Nation Park Service backcounty ranger, visits Hole in the Rock, the f... (Erin Alberty | Tribune File Photo) Fins of rock protrude in layers near the mouth of Surprise Canyon in the Waterpocket F... (Chris Detrick | Tribune File Photo) The Two mile ranch is one top of the Vermilion Cliffs, to the left, overlooking the K... (Erin Alberty | Tribune File Photo) The Burr Trail winds up the Waterpocket Fold and into the morning sun Oct. 5, 2015 in ... (Tribune File Photo) Rock formations and scenery changes each day while hiking along the Paria River on Wednesday, Sept. 28,... (Tribune File Photo) Peter Wagner signs a log book after hiking nearly 50 miles through Paria Canyon. Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2... (Tribune File Photo) Scott Radford navigates the silty Paria River on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016. (Tribune File Photo) Kodachrome Basin State Park serves as a good base camp for visits into the Grand Staircase-Escalante Na... (Courtesy photo) Vermilion Cliffs. (Al Hartmann | Tribune File Photo) Tourist scratches his head at the immensity of the view of the Escalante Canyons from ... (Al Hartmann | Tribune File Photo) Broken country of scrub and sandstone washed on top of the Kaiparowits Plateau in the G... (Tribune File Photo) Peter Wagner navigates the silty Paria River on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016. (Tribune File Photo) Hikers follow the silty Paria River on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. (Tribune File Photo) Hikers follow the silty Paria River on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. (Tribune File Photo) Sunlight peeks into the narrows of Buckskin Gulch on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. (Chris Detrick | Tribune File Photo) The Two mile ranch is one top of the Vermilion Cliffs, to the left, overlooking the K... (Chris Detrick | Tribune File Photo) The Two Mile Ranch encompasses the entire Paria Plateau, which makes up the majority ... (Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune File Photo) Rick Green, owner of Excursions of the Escalante surveys the landscape he calls ... (Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune File Photo) Slot canyon guide Rick Green gets a bird's-eye view on the progress being made b... (Scott Sommerdorf | Tribune File Photo) At right, Justin Miller, of Salt Lake City, and other anti-ATV protesters at the P... (Scott Sommerdorf | Tribune File Photo) McKenzie Carlsle tallies the number of vehicles that pass the Picnic With a Purpos... (Scott Sommerdorf | Tribune File Photo) ATV riders pass deeper into the national monument along the Paria riverbed. ATV an...