In 1996 President Bill Clinton used the Antiquities Act to declare the Grand Staircase Escalante Monument in Utah. The monument covers about 80% of Garfield and Kane County and it has created some challenges for the local governments in terms of generating funds to support the services that they need to provide to their counties. Now 15 years later the question is has it created the economic benefits from tourism that the monument was supposed to create, and what direction are Kane and Garfield taking in order to make the Monument work. Terry Wood has the story.
Derek
Derek Dowsett is the Producer of the County Seat. Now entering his 11th season of the program, he has received what he considers a "Crash Course" in County Government.