Upcoming Events

Bears Ears Partnership is excited to be part of Bluff Elementary School's fundraiser, Balloon Festival and Navajo Taco Fundraiser Dinner, January 16 at 6pm at Bluff Elementary School! We will be leading a Star Party with Telescope Viewing as part of this community event. 

Save the date for March 6-8, 2026 in Bluff, Utah for Celebrate Bears Ears, our signature biennial event!

Join us for a special weekend of building partnership, education, and celebration in the landscape we are all working to protect. The event will feature educational panels and discussions designed to deepen your connection with the greater Bears Ears region, opportunities to purchase artwork from regional Indigenous makers, guided hikes, and more. 

We are thrilled to welcome Joy Harjo as our keynote speaker at the main event on Saturday. In addition, our Friday Night Fundraiser Dinner will provide an opportunity to visit with her in a small, intimate setting.

Stay tuned for more information to be shared on this page. 

Join us for an intimate gathering on Friday, March 6 at Twin Rocks Cafe to bring together some of our most important donors and supporters of Bears Ears Partnership.

Savor a delicious four-course meal prepared by Twin Rocks Cafe and bid on silent auction items that feature unique travel experiences in the region with some of our most exciting partners.

We are thrilled to welcome Joy Harjo as our Celebrate keynote speaker! This evening will provide a special opportunity to visit with fellow supports and our our keynote in a small, intimate setting.

We hope you can join us for this memorable evening. Spots are limited – register below!

REGISTER HERE for the main Celebrate Bears Ears event on Saturday, March 7.

Become a Visit With Respect Ambassador by signing up for our Ambassador Training on Saturday, March 21. Learn more about helping protect sites, trails, and this immensely beautiful cultural landscape. Be the first person to inform visitors about responsible visitation. Who else to educate the public than Ambassadors who truly have a love for this landscape than you? 

Register today for the Bears Ears Spring Break River Trip for grades 8-12, March 31-April 2, 2026!

This Spring Break River Trip includes rafting the San Juan River from Sand Island to Mexican Hat, day-hiking in Bears Ears National Monument, and sharing Indigenous Knowledge. Participants will raft, hike, and camp while building connection to place and each other. All meals included. 

Spaces are limited – sign up today!

Questions? Contact Education Director Sarah Burak (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). 

Archaeology has long captivated the American public, yet pop culture mythology often obscures the harsh realities, thrilling discoveries, and complex moral decisions that archaeologists confront out in the field. In his forthcoming book American Archaeology: Living History, Stolen Pasts, and Defending the Past (Torrey House Press), journalist and conservation archaeologist R. E. Burrillo illuminates the joys and contradictions of digging into humanity’s past: the history of the practice, its evolution toward science, the influences of nationalism and colonialism, and its ongoing problems with exploitation and misrepresentation.

Join us for this riveting conversation on Saturday, April 18 at 6:30pm at the Bears Ears Education Center (567 W Main St, Bluff, UT 84512). This event is free and open to the public. 

Join us Saturday, May 2 for an evening discussion featuring writer, teacher, and naturalist Robin Patten speaking about her forthcoming book, Looking for Alice: Time and Truth in the High Desert of Hope. In Spring 2025, Patten retraced the steps of Alice Eastwood (1859-1953), a self-taught botanist and herbarium curator at the California Academy of Sciences for over 50 years, to write a story of the high desert, two women (Alice and Robin) who traversed that land, and what they found and felt over one hundred and thirty years apart.

This event is free and open to the public, 6pm at the Bears Ears Education Center (567 W Main St, Bluff, UT 84512).