Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument (sometimes referred to as Parashant National Monument) is located on the northern edge of the

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in northwest

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, on the

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. The monument was established by Presidential Proclamation 7265 on January 11, 2000.Proclamation 7265 of January 11, 2000, Establishment of the Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2001-title3-vol1/xml/CFR-2001-title3-vol1-proc7265.xml. Retrieved 2012-1-27

Description

The national monument is a very remote and undeveloped place jointly managed by the

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(NPS) and the

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(BLM). There are no paved roads into the monument and no visitor services. The monument is larger than the state of Rhode Island. The BLM portion of the monument consists of . The NPS portion contains of lands that were previously part of

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. There are also about of

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lands and of private lands within the monument boundaries. Grand Canyon–Parashant is not considered a separate unit of the NPS because its NPS area is counted in Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Elevation ranges from above sea level near Grand Wash Bay at Lake Mead, to at Mount Trumbull. The Interagency Information Center is located in the BLM Office in

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. The name Parashant is derived from the

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word ''Pawteh 'ee oasoasant'', meaning "tanned elk hide," or "softening of the elk hide." There are a number of ruins of former Mormon settlements in the area, such as the Oak Grove Dairy.

Wilderness areas

Grand Canyon–Parashant includes the following

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: * Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness * Mount Logan Wilderness * Mount Trumbull Wilderness * Paiute Wilderness (part) GCPNM rock art

Cave animals

So far, a 2005 expedition to examine 24 caves in the park has produced two new species of

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, the first barklouse discovered in

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, a whole new

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and four new cricket species.

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Description

Wilderness areas

Cave animals

See also

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