by Jason Pulver | Jun 9, 2025 | Newsroom
June 7 is a Day of Action for Public Lands – make a sign and show your support for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and other public lands by posting a picture to social media and tagging us (@grandstaircasepartners), Secretary of the Interior Doug...
by Jason Pulver | Jun 4, 2025 | Newsroom
GSEP volunteers remediating graffiti in GSENM. Photo by GSEP staff. Close your eyes and picture the perfect spring day. You’ve packed your day bag with water and snacks, picked up your favorite hiking companions and set out for one of the most majestic slot canyons on...
by Jason Pulver | May 8, 2025 | Newsroom
Where can you find more natural stone arches, Arches National Park or Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument?Photo provided by Jack Dykinga, 2013. When you think of natural stone arches in Utah, you probably think of Arches National Park. But, did you know that...
by Jason Pulver | May 5, 2025 | Newsroom
Photo by Jack Dykinga The Monument needs your help! Below is a message from Marietta Eaton, former Bureau of Land Management Science Advisor for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, expressing a practical way YOU can help protect GSENM.Dear Reader,I hope we’ve...
by Kevin Berend | May 1, 2025 | Newsroom, Science From The Steps
Biological soil crusts (aka biocrusts) are a thin surface layer composed of mosses, lichens, fungi, and cyanobacteria that grow on loose, dry soils worldwide (about 12% of land surface). An important ecological component of dryland ecosystems, biocrusts hold soil in...
by Jackie Grant | Apr 9, 2025 | Newsroom
Grand Staircase Escalante Partners took part in the Conservation Lands Foundation Fly-in to visit legislators at the Capitol in Washington DC this April.Photo provided by Jackie Grant, 2025. Let’s start with some good news: about half of our frozen Federal...