Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah
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About This Web Site
Natural Bridges is a small place. Many visitors drive the short loop, get out and look over the railings at the three featured bridges, Sipapu, Kachina and Owachomo, and drive on. Some venture down into the canyons. A few hike the main canyons. My most pleasurable time at Bridges has been in exploring the side canyons and noticing the small features that are part of this watershed. Yet, it's impossible to ignore the bridges, among the largest in North America.
Bridges is a place where not enough land is protected. It is surrounded on all sides by cattle use, and some of the most striking ruins are in unprotected side canyons where both cattle and abuse take place.
I hope that those of you enjoy our natural landscapes will join or donate to the conservation organizations that are acting now to secure protection for scenic places for future generations. Our grandchildren will need these places even more than we do--the places are rapidly falling under what has been called 'the relentless plow of development'. As important, the wildlife for whom we act as stewards depend on these nature reserves right now.
If you are interested in the Anasazi, there is some information on this web site that will get you started.
If you are interested in any of the images on this web site in print or jpeg file format, all proceeds from sales go to conservation organizations. For further details go to the copyright and sales page. If you are a school or not-for-profit organization, you may use these images for your own purposes, but please let me know if you do so.
United States organizations worth joining and/or donating to are:
Two great Canadian organizations:
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