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...
by Jason Pulver | Mar 25, 2025 | Newsroom
Metate Arch in Devils Garden, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, photo by Jack Dykinga The formation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) Inter-Tribal Coalition marks a key point in the history of the Monument because it shows how...
by Jason Pulver | Mar 6, 2025 | Newsroom
The GSEP Team attended the Rally for Public Lands at the Utah State Capitol in January.Photo provided by Jackie Grant, 2025. As you can imagine, 2025 has been off to a rocky start. Our organization was one of many that felt the effects of the Federal funding freeze....
