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| Photo Jeff Ingram at Kanab Point, Grand Canyon National Park, 2006, courtesy Tom Martin |
Known
as the Grand Canyon Enlargement Act, it was signed by President Gerald
Ford back in 1975. This act expanded the boundaries of Grand Canyon
National Park by approximately 500,000 acres, nearly doubling its size.
PL 93-620 added 193 additional miles of the Colorado River to Grand
Canyon National Park jurisdiction. It added Marble Canyon National
Monument to the Park, the first 53 river miles of the Canyon from Lees
Ferry to Nankoweap Creek.
Below
Tapeats Creek, PL 93-620 added Grand Canyon National monument to the
Park, extending the Park 143 river miles from Tapeats Creek to the
termination of the Grand Canyon at the Grand Wash Fault, the western
edge of the Colorado Plateau.
PL
93-620 also enlarged the Havasupai Tribe reservation by 195,000 acres
of its ancestral lands, while securing their traditional rights to
100,000 more such acres in the adjacent National Park. Every January 3
since 1976, the Tribe holds a celebration on this day.
Very
few people are still alive and active today that helped draft that
legislation. One of them is Jeff Ingram. Author of the book Hijacking A River (Vishnu Temple Press) and now in his 80’s, Jeff still works on his Blog, Celebrating The Grand Canyon (http://gcfutures.blogspot.com/).
Photo Jeff Ingram at Kanab Point, Grand Canyon National Park, 2006, courtesy Tom Martin
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