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PAWtners!
Welcome to a whole slew of canine friends who support the Monument: Loki, Dasher, Pogo, Smokey, Ms. MillieVanillie, and Puq who all recently became official GSEP PAWtners!
Your Monument companion can be a PAWtner too, for a $25 annual donation. In return, you will receive a special PAWtners sticker, your pet’s photo in our gallery, and a digital toolkit that reviews desert safety and etiquette.
Becoming a PAWtner means your four-legged friend joins a community of animal lovers who care about Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Our program informs visitors about hazards specific to the region, explains pet etiquette expectations, and recognizes the pet that has made your trips to the Monument so special.
Your donation helps support restoration, education, and stewardship efforts to ensure these lands and the adventures they inspire last for generations to come.
Welcome to our new PAWtners, and say hello if you run into them on the Monument.
August 2024 Newsletter
The Deer Springs Fire burned over 11,700 acres on the Monument in July.Photo provided by Jackie Grant, 2024. The Deer Springs Fire began on July 7, 2024, and at one point was so intense that it burned at a rate of 1,000 acres per hour. This fire was one of...
Bryce Canyon survey reveals high lichen diversity
A survey reveals higher than expected biodiversity of lichens at Bryce Canyon
July 2024 Newsletter
This summer we welcomed partners from the Hopi Tribe to connect to the land and learn about careers options in natural resource management.
Stock Options
Three new developments in the livestock industry are changing the face of grazing on public lands.
GSEP Statement on the Public Lands Rule Announcement
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 our...
Grand Staircase Symposium will bring science and art to southern Utah
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...
The Only Constant is Change
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...
Will the tug-of-war over Utah’s canyon country ever end?
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...
GSEP Letter to Secretary Deb Haaland
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...
