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Show GSENM Says Applications Available for Special Permits ESCALANTE - The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is accepting applications applica-tions for Special Recreation Permits until Nov. 30, 2002. ' Commercial recreation outfitters outfit-ters and guides, such as hunting guides, jeep tours, backpacking guides as well as college and university classes where students stu-dents are paying tuition, are all activities that require a Special Recreation Permit. After the deadline on Nov. 30, 2002, the next opportunity for commercial outfitters and guides to obtain an active Special Recreation Permit will be in 2003. Note: this deadline only applies to commercial recreationists who intend to operate on the GSENM more than one time in a single year, or in consecutive years, for example, exam-ple, a commercial backpacking guide who wants to operate four separate trips in a single year and then again in the following year. To obtain further information regarding Special Recreation Permits with Grand Staircase-Escalante Staircase-Escalante National Monument including application forms, please contact Brian Bellew, Outdoor Recreation Planner at (435) 826-5626, or bbellewut.blm.gov. |