- Wilderness areas are incredibly important,

because we need to have at least a few areas

that we can go and feel like

we're still connected somehow to nature.

The wonderful thing is, it's land that we can all share

and we can all use,

and not one person owns it.

And so, you can come out and feel like

you kind of own it for the day.

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Vermilion Cliffs National Monument

is on the Arizona-Utah border.

It encompasses 300,000 acres for public use.

You can go for days exploring the back country

and finding all kinds of new discoveries.

My first job with BLM was back in 2000.

I was stationed at a remote site

out in the middle of all this,

and I fell in love with it and didn't want to leave.

I feel like my job is to help educate the public

to protect places like this.

Vermilion Cliffs is most iconically known

for the wave.

It is gorgeous.

It is an undulating slick rock sandstone,

but the wave is not the only feature

in this beautiful country.

There are so many other things to explore

if you're willing to make the effort.

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White Pocket requires incredible commitment

to get here.

Skills to navigate some pretty tough roads

and you're dealing with a lot

of Mother Nature's worst elements.

Getting here is a big reward.

I'm free out here.

A lot of us kind of scratch our heads

because we don't understand

how a landscape like this can be formed,

but all of these things are shaped by Mother Nature

over about 190 million years.

And so it's pretty incredible and fascinating

to marvel at how long it's taken

to create this great sculpture.

The beauty of this place,

you can't compare it to anything else.

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