Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is unique among the public lands managed by the BLM. Its size, resources, and remote character provide a spectacular array of scientific, public education, and exploration opportunities.

This amazing landscape has gained a world class reputation for biological, cultural, archeological, geological, and paleontological discoveries as well as uniquely rewarding visitor experiences. In this outdoor laboratory, scientists have new discoveries every day.

Scientific research in the Monument ranges from dinosaur excavations to NASA investigations seeking insights into the surface of Mars. The Monument’s reputation as a hot spot of plant and animal diversity, and rare and endemic species, has attracted researchers from around the country to this unique ecosystem.

This outdoor classroom holds a wealth of yet to be discovered and analyzed scientific and cultural data.

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Seen behind GSENM paleontologist Dr. Allan Titus is a reproduction skull of a 75 million year old horned dinosaur discovered on the Monument. The cast and accompanying exhibit are currently on loan to the John Wesley Powell Museum in Page, Arizona as part of the GSENM's traveling exhibit project. This science-based educational public outreach program is just one of the many ways GSENM shares what they are Learning from the Land.