Spoke Series: Respectfully Cycling Bears Ears

Respectfully Cycling Bears Ears

Bike Utah is excited to invite you to a Spoke Series event on June 16, 2021 at 7:00pm.

Bears Ears Monument has been increasing in popularity with Bikepackers and Mountain Bikers. If you are considering riding in the beautiful and sacred landscape there are a few things you should know before you make your trip. Bears Ears is full of sensitive natural and cultural resources including ancestral lands that are still utilized by Indigenous peoples today. 

Join us via Zoom for a conversation with three Bears Ears Monument managers who will share the dos and don’ts of how to visit with respect--especially catered to cyclists. We will hear from:

Jake Palma, the Monument Manager for Bears Ears National Monument who has built a career out of bringing the voices of diverse communities into public land management discussions to find integrated solutions in Utah

Jason Byrd, a former Park Ranger and Forest Service employee, who now holds the position of Outdoor Recreation Planner at the BLM Monticello Field Office

Shirley Cloud-Lane, who is Saltwater Clan of the Navajo, born for the Capote Band of the Southern Ute. She is currently the Native American Coordinator for the Monticello Field Office, and her previous work experience includes the National Park Service, Navajo Nation Parks and Recreation, the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian

Come listen and learn with us as we hear more about this beautiful Utah landscape. Register at the button below!

The discussion around the potential changes to the Bears Ears monument is ongoing and the staff cannot discuss it at this time. Therefore, we will not be including that in this conversation.