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Coconino Voices: Keep the Flagstaff Area National Monuments headquarters open

Walnut Canyon Gorge

Cather's "V-shaped" Walnut Canyon gorge is famous for its cliff dwellings.

The news that the Flagstaff Area National Monuments headquarters office in Flagstaff was to be closed by the end of August appeared in media last month. NPS personnel were advised not to make any public comment about the closure. There was no communication with the staff that work there, nor a plan outlined on how their work would continue should the office close. Even the landlord of the facility began showing perspective new tenants the building.

Late yesterday afternoon (May 8), I learned that the building had been removed from the closure list; the official language was “lease termination rescinded.� The news was met with some relief, but there is no indication that the building is safe from future closure. Given that uncertainty, I think it is important to understand the history of headquarters.



Mary Blasing is a retired park ranger and current chair of the Friends of Flagstaff National Monuments.



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