Grand Staircase Escalante Partners
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Grand Staircase Escalante Partners is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and the official Friends group of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
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Follow @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social, our partners working to protect the irreplaceable southern Utah landscapes known today as Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
As partners working to protect Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments
(gsepartners.bsky.social), we know these landscapes are sacred and irreplaceable.
(gsepartners.bsky.social), we know these landscapes are sacred and irreplaceable.
October 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Follow @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social, our partners working to protect the irreplaceable southern Utah landscapes known today as Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
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Protecting these monuments also safeguards Americans’ access to clean water, healthy wildlife habitat, and national public lands that belong to all of us.
Read more about the data here: www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/5/...
Read more about the data here: www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/5/...
Voters Oppose Shrinking the Size of National Monuments
Voters strongly oppose the Trump administration's proposal to shrink the size of six national monuments.
www.dataforprogress.org
October 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Protecting these monuments also safeguards Americans’ access to clean water, healthy wildlife habitat, and national public lands that belong to all of us.
Read more about the data here: www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/5/...
Read more about the data here: www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/5/...
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Protections for these ancestral landscapes must reflect public values, uphold Tribal leadership, and honor the cultural and ecological significance of these places, not be driven by partisan agendas.
October 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Protections for these ancestral landscapes must reflect public values, uphold Tribal leadership, and honor the cultural and ecological significance of these places, not be driven by partisan agendas.
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Reducing their boundaries—or weakening the Resource Management Plans that safeguard them—would be a political move against the will of the people and a setback to the cooperative, Tribal-informed management these places deserve.
October 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Reducing their boundaries—or weakening the Resource Management Plans that safeguard them—would be a political move against the will of the people and a setback to the cooperative, Tribal-informed management these places deserve.
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As partners working to protect Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments
(gsepartners.bsky.social), we know these landscapes are sacred and irreplaceable.
(gsepartners.bsky.social), we know these landscapes are sacred and irreplaceable.
October 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
As partners working to protect Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments
(gsepartners.bsky.social), we know these landscapes are sacred and irreplaceable.
(gsepartners.bsky.social), we know these landscapes are sacred and irreplaceable.
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--> Nearly half of Republicans oppose reductions
This isn’t a partisan issue, it’s about protecting national public lands & honoring Tribal ancestral homelands. A clear majority of Americans are calling for unity, collaboration, and long-term commitment to our national monuments.
📸: Stephen Trimble
This isn’t a partisan issue, it’s about protecting national public lands & honoring Tribal ancestral homelands. A clear majority of Americans are calling for unity, collaboration, and long-term commitment to our national monuments.
📸: Stephen Trimble
October 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
--> Nearly half of Republicans oppose reductions
This isn’t a partisan issue, it’s about protecting national public lands & honoring Tribal ancestral homelands. A clear majority of Americans are calling for unity, collaboration, and long-term commitment to our national monuments.
📸: Stephen Trimble
This isn’t a partisan issue, it’s about protecting national public lands & honoring Tribal ancestral homelands. A clear majority of Americans are calling for unity, collaboration, and long-term commitment to our national monuments.
📸: Stephen Trimble
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The results confirm what we already know: the public overwhelmingly rejects shrinking national monuments.
--> 68% oppose reducing monument boundaries
--> Only 22% support
📸: M. Estrada
--> 68% oppose reducing monument boundaries
--> Only 22% support
📸: M. Estrada
October 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The results confirm what we already know: the public overwhelmingly rejects shrinking national monuments.
--> 68% oppose reducing monument boundaries
--> Only 22% support
📸: M. Estrada
--> 68% oppose reducing monument boundaries
--> Only 22% support
📸: M. Estrada
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In May, Data for Progress asked likely voters how they feel about reducing national monuments like Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni.
📸: BEITC Staff (left), Jackie Grant (right)
📸: BEITC Staff (left), Jackie Grant (right)
October 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
In May, Data for Progress asked likely voters how they feel about reducing national monuments like Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni.
📸: BEITC Staff (left), Jackie Grant (right)
📸: BEITC Staff (left), Jackie Grant (right)
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Will Native tribes secure Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument? - www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... || #publiclands #Utah #Indigenous #Archaeology
Contributor: Will Native tribes secure Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument?
The Interior Department has begun to 'review' the status of recently created national monuments. In Utah, six Southwestern tribes want a say in what happens next.
www.latimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Will Native tribes secure Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument? - www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... || #publiclands #Utah #Indigenous #Archaeology
On March 25, representatives of six Southwestern tribes announced the formation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Inter-Tribal Coalition. It’s a transformation worth celebrating in this dark time.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Will Native tribes secure Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument?
The Interior Department has begun to 'review' the status of recently created national monuments. In Utah, six Southwestern tribes want a say in what happens next.
www.latimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
On March 25, representatives of six Southwestern tribes announced the formation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Inter-Tribal Coalition. It’s a transformation worth celebrating in this dark time.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
How Much Is Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument Worth?
From our latest newsletter: myemail.constantcontact.com/GSEP-April-N...
From our latest newsletter: myemail.constantcontact.com/GSEP-April-N...
GSEP April Newsletter
Email from Grand Staircase Escalante Partners How much is a national monument worth? Click here to view the email as a webpage Grand Staircase Escalante Partners took part in the Conservation Lands
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April 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
How Much Is Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument Worth?
From our latest newsletter: myemail.constantcontact.com/GSEP-April-N...
From our latest newsletter: myemail.constantcontact.com/GSEP-April-N...
“The remote, rugged beauty and ecosystems of national monuments across America are under review by federal mandates to potentially allow mining operations.” Grand Staircase Escalante Partners has some things to say about this. Read more:
www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/public-...
www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/public-...
April 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“The remote, rugged beauty and ecosystems of national monuments across America are under review by federal mandates to potentially allow mining operations.” Grand Staircase Escalante Partners has some things to say about this. Read more:
www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/public-...
www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/public-...
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The GSENM Inter-Tribal Coalition will provide deeply valuable perspectives related to the management of lands and cultural resources that tell the story of their people, and are integral to the history of the United States.
March 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The GSENM Inter-Tribal Coalition will provide deeply valuable perspectives related to the management of lands and cultural resources that tell the story of their people, and are integral to the history of the United States.
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The formation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) Inter-Tribal Coalition marks a key point in the history of the Monument because it shows how intimately connected GSENM is to the multiple communities that inhabit the surrounding region.
March 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The formation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) Inter-Tribal Coalition marks a key point in the history of the Monument because it shows how intimately connected GSENM is to the multiple communities that inhabit the surrounding region.
Good news!!!
Today representatives of the Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians, the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, & the Zuni Tribe announced the formation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Inter-Tribal Coalition.
gsenm.org/grand-stairc...
gsenm.org/grand-stairc...
March 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Good news!!!
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The GSENM Inter-Tribal Coalition announcement timing is critical—just weeks after U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum called for a review of national monuments to prioritize oil/gas drilling & energy development. GSENM is among the monuments targeted by the order. open.substack.com/pub/wildword...
Tribes Lead Monumental Shift in Grand Staircase-Escalante
The formation of the GSENM Inter-Tribal Coalition
open.substack.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The GSENM Inter-Tribal Coalition announcement timing is critical—just weeks after U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum called for a review of national monuments to prioritize oil/gas drilling & energy development. GSENM is among the monuments targeted by the order. open.substack.com/pub/wildword...
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Good news from canyon country: Six tribes—Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation, Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians, Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, & Zuni Tribe—announced the formation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Inter-Tribal Coalition.
open.substack.com/pub/wildword...
open.substack.com/pub/wildword...
Tribes Lead Monumental Shift in Grand Staircase-Escalante
The formation of the GSENM Inter-Tribal Coalition
open.substack.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Good news from canyon country: Six tribes—Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation, Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians, Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, & Zuni Tribe—announced the formation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Inter-Tribal Coalition.
open.substack.com/pub/wildword...
open.substack.com/pub/wildword...
Today representatives of the Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians, the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, & the Zuni Tribe announced the formation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Inter-Tribal Coalition.
gsenm.org/grand-stairc...
gsenm.org/grand-stairc...
March 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Today representatives of the Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians, the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, & the Zuni Tribe announced the formation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Inter-Tribal Coalition.
gsenm.org/grand-stairc...
gsenm.org/grand-stairc...
Tomorrow kicks off the fourth annual Grand Staircase-Escalante Symposium. www.escalanteriverwatershedpartnership.org
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Grand Staircase Escalante Symposium 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Ways of Understanding and Protecting Land and Water Resources in the Grand Staircase-Escalante Region
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March 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Tomorrow kicks off the fourth annual Grand Staircase-Escalante Symposium. www.escalanteriverwatershedpartnership.org
@gsepartners.bsky.social in the news!
Russian olives are aggressive and like to spread out, wreaking havoc on unprepared ecosystems. So why were they brought to Utah in the first place?
Utah beat back the Russian olive on the Escalante River. That progress is in peril
A federal forest grant that conservationists rely on to fund monitoring and removal of the invasive and tenacious Russian olive tree has been frozen by the Trump admin.
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March 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Utah beat back the Russian olive on the Escalante River.
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oversees ongoing monitoring and mitigation projects at dozens of spots near the river. That progress is in peril. www.kuer.org/science-envi...
@gsepartners.bsky.social
oversees ongoing monitoring and mitigation projects at dozens of spots near the river. That progress is in peril. www.kuer.org/science-envi...
Utah beat back the Russian olive on the Escalante River. That progress is in peril
A federal forest grant that conservationists rely on to fund monitoring and removal of the invasive and tenacious Russian olive tree has been frozen by the Trump admin.
www.kuer.org
March 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Utah beat back the Russian olive on the Escalante River.
@gsepartners.bsky.social
oversees ongoing monitoring and mitigation projects at dozens of spots near the river. That progress is in peril. www.kuer.org/science-envi...
@gsepartners.bsky.social
oversees ongoing monitoring and mitigation projects at dozens of spots near the river. That progress is in peril. www.kuer.org/science-envi...
A public lands protest will take place this Saturday, March 1st, in support of community members who have recently lost their jobs.
When: Saturday, March 1st, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Where: Any NPS Visitor Center
Who: Everyone who values public lands
When: Saturday, March 1st, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Where: Any NPS Visitor Center
Who: Everyone who values public lands
February 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
A public lands protest will take place this Saturday, March 1st, in support of community members who have recently lost their jobs.
When: Saturday, March 1st, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Where: Any NPS Visitor Center
Who: Everyone who values public lands
When: Saturday, March 1st, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Where: Any NPS Visitor Center
Who: Everyone who values public lands
Our 2025 volunteer project schedule is live! We are offering a wide variety of programming including graffiti remediation, trash pick-up, campsite clean-up, & more. Visit the Volunteer Portal to volunteer with Grand Staircase Escalante Partners: sites.google.com/gsenm.org/st...
February 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Our 2025 volunteer project schedule is live! We are offering a wide variety of programming including graffiti remediation, trash pick-up, campsite clean-up, & more. Visit the Volunteer Portal to volunteer with Grand Staircase Escalante Partners: sites.google.com/gsenm.org/st...
Our spring and summer stewardship schedules are now available on the Volunteer Portal website. Stay tuned for our fall release dates later in the season! We appreciate the sweat equity & dedication all of the GSEP volunteers put in to keep this Monument magical! sites.google.com/gsenm.org/st...
January 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Our spring and summer stewardship schedules are now available on the Volunteer Portal website. Stay tuned for our fall release dates later in the season! We appreciate the sweat equity & dedication all of the GSEP volunteers put in to keep this Monument magical! sites.google.com/gsenm.org/st...
“It's a really signature road on the monument, and has a very long-standing history with the local community,” said Jackie Grant, executive director of the environmental organization Grand Staircase Escalante Partners.
For many residents, the Burr Trail’s name honors the area’s pioneer past. It’s named for settler John Atlantic Burr.
Southern Utah’s Burr Trail keeps its historic name after bid to add Trump fails
The proposal drew pushback from Garfield County residents, who valued the historic name for the trail road going through Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
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January 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“It's a really signature road on the monument, and has a very long-standing history with the local community,” said Jackie Grant, executive director of the environmental organization Grand Staircase Escalante Partners.