The Landscape The 1.7 million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is an extraordinary landscape. The monument is world renowned for its remarkable paleontological discoveries, stunning scenery, and outstanding recreational opportunities. Local […]

**It is an honor and privilege to visit these sites and support their protection. Participants must understand that this is a sacred landscape and treat sites with the utmost care […]

**This is a roving project on high-clearance 4x4 roads in extremely remote country. Applicants will be screened for extensive backcountry travel experience. Participants will bring their own high-clearance vehicle and […]

**THIS PROJECT INVOLVES MULTI-DAY BACKPACKING** The Landscape With the designation of Bears Ears National Monument on December 28th, 2016, a new layer of protection was granted to some of the […]

**THIS PROJECT IS FULL** SUWA occasionally reserves projects for student groups, nonprofits and other organizations seeking to engage on the issues primary to our mission. Contact volunteer@suwa.org for more information. […]

The Landscape In October of 2021, President Biden signed a proclamation restoring Bears Ears National Monument to its full, original boundaries - reinstating protection to some of the most spectacular […]

 Contact volunteer@suwa.org for more information. The Landscape On the eastern flank of the Uinta Mountains, small units of intact wilderness-quality lands support pinyon-juniper woodland intermixed with mountain mahogany, serviceberry, and […]

**THIS PROJECT REMAINS IN DEVELOPMENT**  Contact volunteer@suwa.org for more information. The Landscape Winter Ridge Wilderness Study Area (WSA) is located on the Tavaputs Plateau within the Book Cliffs in east-central […]

This is a backpacking project designated highly strenuous. Our crew will backpack into site, camping for (2) nights to complete the project, then hike out as a team. Though the […]

The Landscape The Manti-La Sal National Forest covers more than 1.2 million acres (4,900 km2) and is located in the central and southeastern parts of Utah and the extreme western part of Colorado. The […]

**THIS PROJECT INVOLVES MULTI-DAY BACKPACKING** The Landscape The 1.7 million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is an extraordinary landscape. The monument is world renowned for its remarkable paleontological discoveries, stunning scenery, […]

**THIS PROJECT INVOLVES WHITEWATER RAFTING** The Landscape The Westwater Canyon WSA spans the Westwater Canyon portion of the Colorado River with the eastern two-thirds of these protected lands located in […]

The Landscape With the designation of Bears Ears National Monument on December 28th, 2016, a new layer of protection was granted to some of the most spectacular places in southern […]

The Landscape Stansbury Island is a large island located in the Great Salt Lake west of Salt Lake City. It is part of Utah's magnificent northern landscape, but over recent […]

The Landscape The 1.7 million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is an extraordinary landscape. The monument is world renowned for its remarkable paleontological discoveries, stunning scenery, and outstanding recreational opportunities. Local […]

The Landscape On March 12, 2019, the Emery County Public Land Management Act was signed into law as the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act. As part […]

The Landscape  Just north of Kanab, Utah, an otherworldly transition unfolds: towering red rock buttes give way to a rolling sea of pale sand dunes scattered with tall Ponderosa Pines. […]

The Landscape Just outside of Moab and within sight of Canyonlands National Park, the red rock desert unfolds in a mesmerizing maze. Vast sandstone buttes stand out on the horizon […]

The Landscape The 1.7 million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is celebrated around the globe for its sweeping scenery, world-class recreation, and groundbreaking scientific discoveries. Since its designation in 1996, scientists […]

The Landscape Spanning an astonishing 1.7 million acres, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is one of the most extraordinary landscapes in the American Southwest. This is a place of vast slickrock […]

*THIS PROJECT REMAINS IN DEVELOPMENT* The Landscape Near Vernal, Utah, the Green, White, and Yampa Rivers carve winding corridors through layered cliffs and colorful badlands, linking high-elevation forests to arid […]

The Landscape On March 12, 2019, the Emery County Public Land Management Act was signed into law as the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act. As part […]

The Landscape Utah’s vast West Desert is home to a number of dramatic “island” mountain ranges that rise abruptly from the desert floor: the Deep Creek Mountains, the House Range, […]

**It is an honor and privilege to visit these sites and support their protection. Participants must understand that this is a sacred landscape and treat sites with the utmost care […]

The Landscape Beef Basin is a remote landscape within Bears Ears National Monument, tucked just beyond the boundaries of Canyonlands National Park. With wide valleys, stunning buttes, and sandstone outcroppings, […]

The Landscape Designated on December 28, 2016, Bears Ears National Monument brought new protections to some of the most remarkable landscapes in southern Utah. Within the monument, Cedar Mesa rises […]