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...
by Robert King | Dec 25, 2023 | Newsroom
The canyon country along the Colorado River and its tributaries shelters an incredible array of beloved national parks and monuments, wild rivers and protected wilderness areas. These public lands are also the stage for chronic conflict, a drama in which...
by Robert King | Nov 9, 2023 | Newsroom
November 9, 2023 Dear Secretary Deb Haaland and the U.S. Department of the Interior Staff: On October 8, 2021, the new Proclamation for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument restored its boundaries to nearly 1.9 million acres. It established that the entire...
