by Kevin Berend | Aug 5, 2024 | Newsroom, Science From The Steps
Our nation’s public lands and other protected areas play a critical role in preserving natural habitats, communities, and biodiversity. Often these lands are located in geologically and ecologically important areas, or act as corridors that connect broader landscapes...
by Jason Pulver | Jul 30, 2024 | Newsroom
Hopi partners visited the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Interagency Visitor Center in June. Photo provided by GSEP Stewardship Program, 2024 This summer we welcomed partners from the Hopi Tribe to connect to the land and learn about careers options in...
by Kevin Berend | Apr 25, 2024 | Newsroom, Science From The Steps
There is perhaps no industry more central to the Western identity than cattle ranching. Since the region was settled by whites, grazing has served as the foundation for both a rural economy and for a set of fiercely defended cultural values that continue to the...
by Robert King | Apr 19, 2024 | Newsroom
Escalante, Utah – On April 18, 2024, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced the release of the final Public Lands Rule, which establishes a “… framework to ensure healthy landscapes, abundant wildlife habitat, clean water, and balanced decision-making on...
by Kevin Berend | Feb 29, 2024 | Newsroom, Science From The Steps
The third annual Symposium on the Ways of Understanding and Protecting Land and Water Resources in the Grand Staircase-Escalante Region, to be held March 21-23, 2024, will feature an exciting lineup of talks, field trips, workshops, and evening programs that promises...
by Robert King | Jan 2, 2024 | Newsroom
Walking through a still and silent canyon, bounded by towering cliffs bordered by ancient rockfall, nothing moves, and everything within your gaze seems timeless and unchanging. Of course, this is all an illusion. More accurately, your eyes are only capturing a few...
