Intern Program
Partners is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, dedicated to raising awareness and resources in support of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument’s scientific, interpretive, and educational programs.
Partners’ small, but important, internship program for local college and high schools provides opportunities for students in communities around the Monument. 
These students are exposed to a variety of GSENM programs and projects in archaeology, paleontology, wildlife, botany and visitor services. Interns staff visitor centers and assist scientists in field research, data entry and web design.
- High schools students Jake Clayson, Danielle Fisher, and Forrest Kolle of Kanab, Pete Christensen and Chelsi Quilter of Escalante, and Lonnie Comp of Cannonville assisted GSENM Visitor
Centers' staff and created informational and interpretive exhibits. Interns also aided BLM Park Rangers in monitoring back country areas, basic site reclamation, trash removal, and visitor contact. - Snow College student Daisy Ballard of Fredonia designed, formatted, and helped publish high school and elementary educational materials for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument' Student Explorations' website.
- California State University, Bakersfield student Rosemary Marble, wrote a walking geologic field guide of the Paria River Box.
