Federal Land Management: Estimates of Mineral Values and of the Economic Effects of Developing Minerals in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO obtained available estimates of the value of the energy and mineral resources associated with the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah, and of the jobs, payrolls, taxes, and permanent school trust fund revenues that could be anticipated if these resources were to be developed.