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Ever-Changing Canyons
"Friends have said they love the slickrock desert because it’s timeless. But the canyons keep changing. Each time I visit my favorite places, I see something new and extraordinary. Fresh layers of sediment banking the creek, washed in by flash floods. A delicate...
Motorcycle Wanderings and Hell’s Backbone
On a never-ending quest to find the most remote places in southern Utah, Dave was drawn to the solitary adventure of Grand Staircase. He is a long-time visitor to the area, often on his trusted BMW motorcycle, and has always loved popping in to Hell’s Backbone Grill...
Inspiration in Grand Staircase
When I needed to get my head right after a failed business, I went to one of my favorite places on earth, Grand Staircase. I set out for six days in the canyons with little more than a sleeping bag and a jar of Justin’s almond butter. I returned with a renewed sense...
First Time Through the Lands that Became the Monument
Imagine a late summer afternoon in Escalante, circa 1973. I and several of my friends were about to start a 10 day backpacking trip, down the Escalante River, from the H12 bridge to Lake Powell, where we would be picked up by a boat from the Bullfrog marina. But step...
Highlights of Our Scoping Comment Goals
As our name "Partners" indicates, we seek to collaborate with organizations, agencies, Tribal partners, scientists, biologists, paleontologists, guides and outfitters, community members and others to determine the best strategies for achieving our mission to honor the...
Op-ed: Utah’s monuments should not be stuck in a tug-of-war
In my role as executive director for Grand Staircase Escalante Partners, I advocate for the importance of Grand Staircase as a connected landscape because of what we stand to lose if we fracture it and do not actively protect what is vulnerable, fragile and...
Statement on House and Senate Companion Bills
Grand Staircase Escalante Partners stands strongly behind the House and Senate companion bills to advance Tribal management of public lands and to improve protection of sacred and cultural sites: The Advancing Tribal Parity on Public Land Act and the Tribal Cultural...
A Special Grand Staircase Earth Day Invitation from our new Conservation Programs Manager
Hello, I'm Kevin Berend, the Conservation Programs Manager for Grand Staircase Escalante Partners. Six years ago I took a seasonal job in northwestern Colorado studying greater sage grouse, a summer spent among the dusty cliffs and gulches of the upper Colorado...
Grand Staircase-Escalante Symposium
Ways of Understanding and Protecting Land and Water Resources in the Grand Staircase-Escalante Region March 3-4, 2022 Purpose Bring together land managers, Tribes, researchers, conservation groups and interested public to gain knowledge and discuss multiple...
