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Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
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management includes:

Park Planning
 

On January 11, 2000, an area of 1,050,963 acres was set aside by President Clinton to protect the array of scientific and historic objects, and the remote, scenic qualities of the region. The National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management share responsibility for the management of this land - consistent with applicable laws.
The first photograph taken at Rainier's summit is dated August 14, 1888.  

Did You Know?
The first photograph taken at the summit of Mount Rainier was taken at noon on August 14, 1888. Among the group photographed that day at the crater rim are naturalist John Muir, and P. B. Van Trump, one of the first two men known to have reached Rainier's summit.

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