One of Utah’s most revered recreation sites is getting an overhaul, but not everyone is happy with what the Bureau of Land Management has in mind for the Calf Creek campground and trailhead.
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument’s most popular destination, Calf Creek needs work, but critics say BLM plan may do more harm than good.
The plan, detailed in an environmental assessment released Feb. 2, is to reconfigure the site to double the amount of parking to about 70 stalls, add several more sites to the small campground and update its aging facilities. Also driving the need is growing visitation to the southern Utah monument, forcing the BLM to consider how to accommodate the public. On particularly busy days, parked cars line the highway after Calf Creek’s 30 spots fill. Critics contend the agency’s approach is myopic and is liable to harm the natural resources the monument was set aside to protect.Grand Staircase Escalante Partners
Responding to concerns about the fate of the oak grove, Angus said only about 15% of the trees would be cut down to make way for the revamped day-use and camping areas. was designated in 1970 to encompass most of the creek’s watershed, a quarter century before the national monument was designated by President Bill Clinton.
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