Clear Sky Resorts Bryce Canyon | Every Stay Gives Back

Total Positive Impact To Date | Membership Since August 2024

$ 10

will remove 1 pound of trash from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

100 %

donated to Grand Staircase Escalante Partners (GSEP)

$ 2

dollar per stay goes to Grand Staircase Escalante Partners (GSEP)

Charity MIssion

To honor the past and safeguard the future of Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument through science, conservation, and education.

 

Why is it important?

The unspoiled natural area of Grand Staircase in Utah remains a frontier, a quality that greatly enhances the land’s value for scientific study and presents unique opportunities for geologists, paleontologists, archaeologists, historians, and biologists.

President Bill Clinton designated the nearly two million acres as a national monument on September 18, 1996. Grand Staircase is administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and became the first unit of BLM’s National Landscape Conservation System in 2000. Since time immemorial, Native American people have inhabited, crossed, lived on, and stewarded the lands that makeup what we now know as Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

The Hopi, Zuni, Dine/Navajo, San Juan Southern Paiute, Kaibab Paiute, Ute, Ute Mountain Ute, Jemez Pueblo, Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah and Acoma nations have deep connections to the Grand Staircase region. The Monument is home to countless Native American cultural sites, western pioneer history, and the greatest diversity of dinosaur fossils found anywhere on Earth.

 

How do they do it?

The core focus of GSEP is to promote science, conservation, and education on the Monument. To increase public awareness and understanding of the Monument. To provide viable resources to support the Monument’s scientific, interpretive and educational programs. Lastly, to expand their membership so they may represent a diverse constituency that supports the Grand Staircase. 

They achieve their mission through programs in Science, Conservation and Education. Their science-based initiatives include working with conservation partners to conduct climate change research, advocating for a holistic science and monitoring plan for the Monument, and conducting advocacy work and media campaigns to raise awareness and inspire action to protect the monument and surrounding native lands.

GSEP works on the ground with conservation organizations, government agencies, and volunteers to repair and restore the Escalante River watershed and prevent and mitigate damage at cultural and ecological sites. An essential component of their educational work, both virtual and in-person, is deepening their collective understanding of Indigenous communities’ connections to the landscape and expanding a critical awareness of historical and contemporary forces shaping Indigenous access to ancestral lands.


 

 

 

How you can #TravelKindly:

  • Reserve a stay at Clear Sky Resorts Bryce Canyon in Cannonville, Utah, where every stay gives back. Each stay includes a donation to the Grand Escalante Staircase Partners. Reserve Now.
  • Kind Travelers are encouraged to stop by the office in Escalante to learn more about the organization, join any discussions, or listen to guest speakers who may be in attendance. 
  • Volunteer to participate in one of the clean-up or graffiti removal projects by GSENM.
  • A complete list of opportunities and schedules can be found here.
  • Pick up some swag from the GSEP Shop to proudly show your support.

About Clear Sky Resorts Bryce Canyon

Clear Sky Resorts Bryce Canyon offers an unparalleled experience for those seeking a unique and spectacular getaway.  At Clear Sky Resorts Bryce Canyon, you can sleep in an aquarium of stars at the first and only glass dome resort in the U.S. Conveniently located just 15 minutes from Bryce Canyon National Park and nestled near some of Utah’s most unforgettable scenery: Zion and Capitol Reef National Parks, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Kodachrome Basin and Escalante Petrified Forest State Parks, and many more jaw-dropping natural attractions, you can make us your home base for an adventure of a lifetime.  Find us just off Scenic Byway 12, voted the prettiest road in the U.S., in our secluded 80-acre canyon where our unforgettable Sky Domes feature floor-to-ceiling ultra-panoramic windows for scenic red rock and hoodoo daytime views or nighttime stargazing from the luxury of your climate-controlled Sky Dome.  

Book directly with Clear Sky Resorts Bryce Canyon and positively impact the local community with Grand Staircase Escalante Partners. 

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