Grand Staircase Escalante Partners

Honor the past and safeguard the future of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and its connected landscapes and watersheds through science, conservation, and education.

Grand Staircase Escalante Partners is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2004 to protect and preserve Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and its surrounding landscapes.



Our programs include:

Stewardship: We aim to restore, reclaim, preserve, and conserve Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and adjacent landscapes. GSEP works with the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service, and the National Park Service to implement, manage, and evaluate the program through volunteer stewardship projects and hands-on visitor education through our volunteer Trail Ambassadors.

Conservation: We work with researchers, nonprofit Native American partner organizations, State and Federal government agencies, and volunteers to control invasive species, mitigate erosion, monitor climate and ecological change, and protect threatened species.

Native Plants: Contributing to national-scale restoration and research efforts, our Native Plants Program engages seed crews, Tribal partners, and volunteers in the collection and cleaning of seeds from native plants on and around the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

Testimonials

"I have spent my life recreating on these lands, and the chance to give something back to protect and care for the place that has brought me so much joy is important to me. We have a responsibility as people who enjoy this land to help protect it and mitigate the damage that we can do, even unwittingly. I am grateful that GSEP recognizes the need for people to help, and provides a means by which to do so. Plus, it's really fun!"

"Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument will always need us to speak up, to protect, to stand together. Safeguarding this astonishing landscape is a lifelong commitment. Grand Staircase Escalante Partners will always need you, as well. "