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Can·yon·lands

 (kăn′yən-lăndz′)
An eroded region of the Colorado Plateau in southeast Utah and southwest Colorado. The area has many spectacular canyons and rock formations.
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Tucson's acclaimed mindful-living retreat Miraval recently debuted a sister property on 220 acres in the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve, just outside of Austin, Texas.
An experienced hiker, Hogue traveled to Canyonlands National Park, where he went off-trail to explore on his own.
Clayton Daughenbaugh of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance will discuss "A Wilderness Icon: Utah's Red Rock Canyonlands" during an appearance Monday before the Elgin Green Groups and the Valley of the Fox Sierra Club.
If that wasn't enough to put the adventure in Grand American Adventures, then the next day's enterprise, venturing deep into the Needles district of the Canyonlands National Park makes sure.
The fee increase would have directly impacted Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands and Zion national parks, in addition to 13 national parks located in other states.
Those visitors (and the 800,000 who go to nearby Canyonlands National Park every year) pump more than $300 million into the local economy and support over 3,800 tourism-related jobs.
Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, Steens Mountain and the Owyhee Canyonlands are among the stunning natural features along the Oregon Desert Trail, one of the newest long-distance hiking trails in the country.
Driving the Mighty Five in Utah: Zion, Bryce, Arches, Capitol Reef and Canyonlands gives one a lifetime of beauty to paint.
Utah is home to the "Mighty 5" national parks - Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capital Reef and Zion.
Among the additional targets in the federal cross hairs is the proposed mammoth Owyhee Canyonlands National Monument in eastern Oregon, encompassing much of the land where the recent conflict erupted that culminated in the shooting death of Arizona rancher LaVoy Finicum by federal and state law enforcement and the arrest of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his sons Ammon and Ryan.
(2009) acoustic record and the former northern capture record from Canyonlands National Park, Utah (Black 1970, Armstrong 1974, Armstrong et al.