#grandstaircaseescalante — Public Fediverse posts

"- 66% of respondents say greater protections should be restored to all areas previously included in Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
- 95% of Democrats, 77% of independents, and 52% of Republicans support restoring the monument boundaries.
- Protecting natural areas and Native American sacred places were the most important considerations for respondents.
- Opening more land for oil, gas and mining was least important to voters across party lines.
- 82% of respondents think it’s important for Native American tribes to have a strong role in managing public lands with culturally significant sites.
- 69% said terminating the Bears Ears Commission was a bad idea.
- 81% said they oppose the sale of public lands to private interests.
- 73% of respondents support the president’s ability to designate national monuments."
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2026/09/09/utah-poll-voters-want-trumps-cuts/

Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition
https://www.bearsearscoalition.org/

Grand Staircase Escalante Partners
https://gsenm.org/

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RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dym2mk5usr3kycmfcaf7exj5/post/3mqniiow27a2a

#PublicLands #BearsEars #NationalMonuments #GrandStaircaseEscalante

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dym2mk5usr3kycmfcaf7exj5/post/3mqniiow27a2a

From the archive: “Stream and Sandstone Cliff” — Sandstone cliffs at the bend in the canyon of a remote Utah river.

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“Cottonwood and Sandstone” — A cottonwood tree with autumn foliage grows against Utah sandstone.

Right up front, a few things about this photograph. First, it is not recent — I photographed this scene back in 2014. I have been busy reviewing old raw files recently, and this one came up during that process. Second, unlike some of the others resulting from this review, this is a photograph that I have shared before, albeit in a different form. What you see here is a very different crop from the original, and by eliminating some elements from the original image I think I have significantly changed the effect…continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2025/11/04/cottonwood-and-sandstone/

#autumn #fall #foliage #tree #grandstaircaseescalante #southwest #nature #landscape #landscaphotography #photo #photography

Utah May 2025

https://makertube.net/w/tYZU2eWj9K768tczFgsQp7

Kodachrome Basin State Park named after Kodak's Kodachrome film for vibrant rich colors, suggested 1948 by National Geographic Society expedition, Kodak initially objected but later granted permission. Read more: https://thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com/2024/07/moab-red-canyon-kodachrome-basin-grosvenor-arch-grand-staircase-escalante-kanab-utah.html

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

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Episode #6 #VagabondCouple epic 9,000-mile #roadtrip: https://thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com/2024/07/moab-red-canyon-kodachrome-basin-grosvenor-arch-grand-staircase-escalante-kanab-utah.html

#interstate70 Beauty #SanRafael #sanrafaelswell #blackdragon #canyon #chimneyrock #ghostrock #sandbeach #saltwash; fiery #redcanyon; #arches on #Utah12 #scenicbyway #AllAmerican Road; double-arches #grosvenorarch #kodachromebasin; #nativeamerican history & legends #grandstaircaseescalante; to #Kanab #kanabutah #Utah.

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