Public Events

Join us at the Bears Ears Education Center to hear Paul Martini discuss his photography. Martini's photography mostly incorporates the natural world, but includes man-made objects - at times, both together. These are portrayed in both daylight and nighttime environments. 

Photo by Paul Martini

Join Bears Ears Partnership and the Manti-La Sal National Forest Watersheds Team to manage riparian conditions along the upper Indian Creek watershed in a natural state, and where the river has experienced degradation. 

Drop by to pick up your glasses for the eclipse - and decorate them to make them your own! 

Join Andrew Gulliford, Zak Podmore, and Vaughn Hadenfeldt at the Bears Ears Education Center for a discussion about the state of the uranium industry in the Bears Ears region, legal developments, the decline of Lake Powell, and Bears Ears' relationship to Glen Canyon in historic and modern contexts.

About the presenter: 

Dr. Liz MacDonald works for NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. She lives and works on the traditional homelands of the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla peoples in what today is known as Walla Walla, WA. She leads a citizen science project called Aurorasaurus (http://www.aurorasaurus.org/), which enlists people to help with community reports, using smartphones and social media to improve predictions of the Northern and Southern Lights.

She also serves the NASA citizen science community as the lead of the Heliophysics Strategic working group. Dr. MacDonald has been studying the glitter of the Northern Lights for 25 years, and it never ceases to amaze her. This has only increased over the last 12 years working with fantastic photographers and passionate volunteers. Outside of work she likes to ski and hike and use iNat and Merlin.

This presentation will be in-person at the Bears Ears Education Center, and available virtually. 

Join us the evening before the Annular Eclipse at the Bluff Cooperative Community Center (6th East and Black Locust) for an evening under the stars with constellation tours and telescope viewing of the moon with local dark sky educators.

Before full-dark, there will be two presentations.

This event will be outdoors, so make sure to bring layers and a chair.

Join us the evening before the Annular Eclipse at the Bluff Cooperative Community Center (6th East and Black Locust) for an evening under the stars with constellation tours and telescope viewing of the moon with local dark sky educators.

Before full-dark, there will be two presentations.

This event will be outdoors, so make sure to bring layers and a chair.

Join us for a post-eclipse town cleanup! 

Meet us at the Bluff CCC at 1pm on Sunday after the eclipse to help cleanup the town of Bluff. We will be stacking traffic cones, removing caution tape, take down any temporary signs, and throwing away trash. 

With any questions, please contact Bears Ears Partnership Volunteer Manager Ricky Begaye (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). 

No matter where our community lives, everyone can participate in our annual online auction. Help contribute to Bears Ears Partnership's work to protect and build respect for the greater Bears Ears region by bidding on experiences, gear, artwork! 

Use this link to start bidding on the Online Auction: https://event.auctria.com/a46034ff-662c-4490-a6be-79a025b009dc/aa6cd270-8751-11e9-a741-3fcfcb35cbb0?3108552039bb11ec8f5e8b57b968ff58%2FcurrentPage=1

The Bureau of Land Management Monticello Field Office and U.S. Department of Agriculture Manti-La Sal National Forest will host a public meeting of the Bears Ears National Monument Advisory Committee on Nov. 8, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mountain Time at the Hideout located at 648 South Hideout Way, Monticello, UT 84535. There will also be a virtual meeting attendance option.