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The economy of Grand Staircase–Escalante with Nate Waggoner

Aug 7, 2017

Issue: Land Protection, Outdoor Recreation
Subject: National Monuments, Utah

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In this episode of CWP’s Go West, Young Podcast, Nate Waggoner, co-owner of Escalante Outfitters, explains how Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument has transformed the economy of Southern Utah, as well as how far he’s gone to try to tell his story to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.

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