Events

Save the date for International Dark Sky Week in Bears Ears, April 13-20! There are so many ways to get involved, whether or not you are in the Bears Ears region, and no matter your astronomy experience. 

Join us for Bears Ears Partnership’s first-ever Indigenous Artist Market on Friday, April 24! Indigenous makers from across the Bears Ears region will be selling their art in the courtyard of the Bears Ears Education Center from 10am-3:30pm.

Join us Saturday, May 2 for an evening discussion featuring writer, teacher, and naturalist Robin Patten speaking about her book project, 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).

Experience the stunning dark skies of the greater Bears Ears region! Goosenecks State Park is a certified International Dark Sky Park, designated in 2021. Hosted in partnership with Utah State Parks.

In this presentation, Len Necefer, PhD reflects on years of documenting landscapes and communities, sharing how firsthand experience shapes effective environmental storytelling.

Gigi Love, a singer-songwriter and environmental advocate, as well as Amtrak's 1st Trails and Rails Troubadour (2016-2019), will be performing at the Bears Ears Education Center on Friday, May 29th at 7pm.

Denise Peterson, a wildlife filmmaker and Founder of Utah Mountain Lion Conservation, will be presenting "Stories from Lion Country" at the Bears Ears Education Center.

Experience the stunning dark skies of the greater Bears Ears region!

We’re excited to offer another Bears Ears Teacher Workshop! This year’s session covers 3rd-8th grade curriculum over June 17-19, 2026 at the Canyon Country Discovery Center. The registration deadline is May 15. The full cost is $150, and scholarships are available.