1999 Field School was held at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, in southern Utah.
Twenty five students and two instructors spent 10 days hiking, swimming, and working on several projects with park personnel.


Our second night "on the road" in Moab, Utah.


Our third night out was spent at the Professor Valley Camp (Canyonlands Field Institute; see also The Moab Information Site) outside of Moab, Utah.

All 25 of the 1999 Field School participants
and the two instructors, outside GSENM
visitor's center in Escalante

And now the real work begins: Gathering visitor use data, site restoration and renaturalization, and backcountry trash removal, along with the opportunity for lots of sightseeing, crossing rivers, and lots of hiking. Traveling home was an adventure in itself.

Credits: Photographers: Mark Reed, Steven Stoddard, and Royal Jackson.
Web page design: Edie Barbour