Upcoming Events

*Online registration is now closed!* If you would like to participate, please contact Visit With Respect Program Director Semira Crank (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 435-414-0343 ext. 711).

Become a Visit With Respect Ambassador by signing up for our Ambassador Training on Saturday, April 26. 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? 

Join us for Spring Stewardship Day on Sunday, April 27! Volunteer for cleaning and beautification projects in and around the Bears Ears National Monument.

Join us for the next public presentation at the Bears Ears Education Center, featuring BEP's own archaeologist, Kenny Wintch! 

Join us for our next Bears Ears Education Center presentation, featuring Ed Kabotie on Tuesday, May 6 at 6:30pm! Ed Kabotie is an artist/musician/educator from the Tewa village of Khap'o Owinge aka Santa Clara Pueblo in Northern New Mexico.

Join us for our monthly Star Party, this time in Blanding, Utah! Come enjoy spectacular dark skies from 9:00-10:30pm, at the San Juan High School football field, 311 N 100 E, Blanding, UT 84511.

Jump start your kid's summer at Bears Ears Summer Camp, June 3-5, 2025– available to local and/or Indigenous youth 12-15 years old!

Bears Ears Summer Camp includes three days and two nights of 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. 

**Registration is FREE for local San Juan County or Indigenous Youth.** If eligible, use code "Local" when registering.

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

Jump start your kid's summer at Bears Ears Summer Camp, June 19-21, 2025!

Session 2, June 19-21, 2025 is available to local San Juan County and/or Indigenous youth 15-17 years old.

Bears Ears Summer Camp includes three days and two nights of 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. 

**Registration is FREE for San Juan County or Indigenous Youth.** If eligible, use code "Local" when registering. 

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

Bears Ears Partnership has stepped forward to organize and host the 2025 Pecos Conference in San Juan County, August 7-10. This annual conference is an opportunity to share the latest updates on archaeology in the US Southwest and northern Mexico.

Registration for the Conference will open in May. For more information and to receive updates, go to pecosconference.org