Who maintains Moab’s trails?
The “Moab Trail Team” works every spring, summer, and fall
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Garden advice from Moab locals: part 2
This week, tips from Tricia Scott, Rhonda Gotway-Clyde, and Kara Dohrenwend
Moab Garden Club turns 13
The club meets once a month to tour a new garden and exchange advice
Easy Bee Farm to open roadside farmstand
The farmstand will stock fresh produce and ready-made items
Garden advice from Moab locals: Part 1
Tips from Jess Oldham and Shiree Duncan
Moab’s river community heads to short-lived waterways
Local ephemeral rivers swell with melting snowpack
Why are the Ray Mesa ponderosa pine trees dying?
A new research team with the BLM is trying to find out
A quick overview of the Arches Timed Entry pilot, now in year two
Last year, Arches National Park introduced a timed-entry system in the hopes that doing so would reduce congestion in the park. From 2009 to 2019, visitation to the park rose 66%—from 996,312 to…
How Moab raft companies are preparing for high water on the Colorado River
When Karla VanderZanden, longtime Moabite, founder of Canyonlands Field Institute, and seasoned whitewater rafter, is asked about what she’s expecting on the river this year, following the record-breaking snowy winter, she brings up…
A snapshot of Moab’s water issues
Workshop held at city council meeting provided a look at current, future needs