by Robert King | Nov 21, 2022 | #stepupforgrandstaircase
Bob King first fell in love with Grand Staircase through his travels, and happened to be guided by Montana Horchler – a local of Escalante – on a tour in the Pacific Northwest. When he asked where the best place would be to donate to help protect Grand Staircase,...
by Robert King | Nov 21, 2022 | #stepupforgrandstaircase
“As I have settled into my position with Partners and life in Escalante, a question has risen in my mind: Why am I here? The past eight months, that question has been largely subconscious, below the surface, answered satisfactorily by the anxiousness and...
by Robert King | Nov 21, 2022 | #stepupforgrandstaircase
“Rapid global change is impacting every corner of the planet, including the Colorado Plateau. I’ve spent most of my career working on and thinking about the Colorado Plateau, my heart’s home, and I have come to feel that we need to find radically new ways of...
by Robert King | Nov 21, 2022 | #stepupforgrandstaircase
Craig “Sage” Sorenson has lived in Escalante since before the Monument was designated by President Clinton in 1996. He has seen the transformation of the small Utah town from an economically-struggling community to a thriving stop-over for travelers visiting the...
by Robert King | Nov 21, 2022 | #stepupforgrandstaircase
“My wife, Mary and I donate to Grand Staircase Escalante Partners (GSEP) because after I worked for the National Park Service 37 ½ years we are “hung-up” on protecting public land. We can’t contribute to every piece of public land but we donate annually to 6...
by Robert King | Nov 21, 2022 | #stepupforgrandstaircase
“My first very first day in GSENM was as a first-year paleontology graduate student at the University of Utah in the fall of 2004, lugging a helicopter net deep into the badlands for later retrieval of an articulated dinosaur skeleton. From that moment, I was...
