by Jackie Grant | Apr 22, 2026 | Newsroom
The Paria townsite area on the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is home to some incredible geology that reflects a past when water covered the area then receded or evaporated in cycles over thousands of years. These cycles of wetness and dryness laid the...
by Jackie Grant | Mar 10, 2026 | Newsroom
Will the sun set on the Monument’s hard-won 2025 Resource Management Plan?Photo provided by Jackie Grant, 2025. In this briefing, I’ll update you on the latest trick that Utah’s delegation has pulled out of its sleeve to try to undermine the Grand...
by Jackie Grant | Jan 5, 2026 | Newsroom
Welcome to our new team for 2026!Photo provided by Grand Staircase Escalante Partners, 2025. Here, at the end of the year, I’ll take a few minutes of your time to introduce our new staff and some practices that I’m trying out to recognize cycles in life...
by Jackie Grant | Nov 10, 2025 | Newsroom
The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument was created to protect its amazing geologic formations such as the Moenkopi Formation. We can recognize this formation by its many stripes, colors of rust reds and orange, and wicked clays that can quickly gum up an...
by Jackie Grant | Aug 6, 2025 | Newsroom
The Public Lands “Day of Action” campaign in June took me to the gorgeous striped features near Paria Townsite on the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.Photo provided by Jackie Grant, 2025. This year continues to be a bit of a rollercoaster ride...
