BY STEPHEN EGINOIRE. It's a luminous October morning in the Grand Canyon. And, ironically for us, it’s a beautiful day to be outside. We’ve just rappelled 250 feet from the rim of the …

Glen Canyon Dam flooded over 180 miles of the Colorado River to form Lake Powell and provide power. How does the dam work?

by Tim Peterson, Cultural Landscapes Director. After six years, there's a speck of light at the end of the tunnel for a legal case challenging Daneros uranium mine, a controversial uranium mine …

The Colorado River provides water to 40 million people and 5.5 million acres of agriculture, powers dams that supply electricity to the western U.S., and is the heart of the recreation and …

Guest post by Lisa Winters "Know The Canyon's History, Study Rocks Made By Time, Very Slowly." The line above is a useful mnemonic; the first letter of each word represents the first …

Reservations/permits. Camping below the rim in the Grand Canyon requires a backcountry permit, which you can get up to four months in advance of your trip.The park receives about 30,000 …

Visiting Glen Canyon. The construction of Glen Canyon Dam gave rise to Lake Powell, and more than 10 years after the Colorado River backfilled behind the 710-foot-high dam, Glen Canyon …

Cattle grazing takes a toll. The endless expanses of slickrock in Grand Staircase seem like unlikely places for cattle to graze. But cattle roam across more than 95 percent of the …

by Lisa Winters, Communications Manager. Spanning more than 1.8 million acres of southern Utah, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is a vast, arid landscape of Indigenous …

Trail description. The West is known for big landscapes, broad horizons, and wide-open skies. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument might just have the biggest, broadest, and …