landscape photo of GSENM

GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT

Monument Updates

Approved Resource Management Plan (published Jan. 6, 2025)

We are thrilled to announce the publication of the Approved Resource Management Plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. To learn more, please visit the GSENM RMP webpage at https://www.blm.gov/gsenm-rmp.

Science on the Monument

Learn more about the science on the Monument and how you can get involved.
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What to Know About a Public Comment Period

During public comment periods, you can provide your input directly through the BLM's e-Planning Portal. To learn more, watch:


Planning Your Visit

Monument Visitor Centers

Recreation Activities

Road Report

Monument Road Report (updated weekly or as conditions require)

Maps

Special Recreation Permits


About the Monument 

Historical snapshot

On Oct. 8, 2021, President Biden issued Presidential Proclamation 10286 restoring the boundaries for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The Monument now spans across nearly 1.87 million acres of America's public lands in southern Utah, and is an outstanding biological resource, spanning five life-zones - from low-lying desert to coniferous forest. When visiting, you’ll be traveling the land of the Ancestral Puebloan and Fremont people, who were experts at farming this rugged land and built granaries to store what they grew. Their descendants, including people from the Hopi, Paiute, Zuni, Ute, and Navajo tribes, have strong ties to this land today, leaving behind rock art panels, occupation sites, campsites and granaries.

Stepping further back in time, fossil excavations have yielded more information about ecosystem change at the end of the dinosaur era than any other place in the world.  The Monument’s size, resources, and remote character provide extraordinary opportunities for geologists, paleontologists, archeologists, historians, and biologists in scientific research, education, and exploration. This unspoiled natural area also remains a frontier with countless opportunities for quiet recreation and solitude.

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Contact Us

Grand Staircase-Escalante NM 
669 S Hwy 89A, Kanab, UT 84741
435-644-1200

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