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Monumental Collared Lizard is a bronze sculpture by Heather Johnson Beary at the Escalante Interagency Visitor Center in Escalante, Utah, according to the artist. It measures 4 feet wide, 4 high and 8 long, according to the artist, and was commissioned by the Department of the Interior in 2002.
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A bronze collared lizard eight feet long greets visitors to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
According to the artist's website, Heather Johnson Beary's Monumental Collared Lizard is at the Escalante Interagency Visitor Center on West Main Street (Highway 12) in Escalante, Utah. The Bureau of Land Management says it is one of four visitor centres in the monument, each with a different theme, and that it opened to the public in 2005 as one of the Department of the Interior's first Gold LEED-rated facilities.
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A bronze collared lizard, about 8 feet long, at the monument's visitor center. A smaller life-sized lizard is set on the front and a horned lizard on the back. The BLM's page for the visitor center lists it as open Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with no fees.
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Escalante Interagency Visitor Center, 755 West Main Street (Highway 12), Escalante, Utah, a public Bureau of Land Management facility. The BLM lists the center open Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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