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Location: Arches National Park

Moab Sun News Stories featuring Arches National Park

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A visit with Samantha Metzer, artist for Arches, Canyonlands national parks

Ali Harford3 years ago2 years ago

Samantha Metzner’s favorite piece of art she’s created as the 2022 Community Artist in the Parks is a landscape print depicting ruins at the Hovenweep National Monument. Her art form is a first…

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Arches debuts timed entry

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

At 1 p.m. on the first day of the pilot timed-entry system at Arches National Park, the line of cars at the entrance station stretched about a third of the way back along…

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Arches has sold over 7,000 timed entry tickets so far

Ali Harford4 years ago2 years ago

Timed-entry tickets to enter Arches National Park for the month of April were released on Jan. 3, and a few of the one-hour time slots have already sold out. As of Jan. 11,…

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Local photographer, Samantha Metzner, chosen for Artist in the Parks program

Ali Harford4 years ago2 years ago

Samantha Metzner is just the second photographer chosen to create original works in the Southeast Utah Group of National Parks since the start of the local Community Artist in the Parks program, which…

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‘Giving something back’: Nonprofit has led area volunteer projects for nearly 25 years

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

Jerry Lehman first experienced Moab as a volunteer with a nonprofit called Wilderness Volunteers, working on the trail in Grandstaff Canyon in 2015. On a day off from trail work, he cycled through…

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Volunteer project highlights trail history: Canyonlands Chapter of the Backcountry Horsemen installed sculptures on Old Spanish Trail

Ali Harford4 years ago2 years ago

In the opinion of the Canyonlands chapter of the Backcountry Horsemen, the reason Moab was originally founded is because of a geographic oddity: the Moab fault, which created an accessible path across the…

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Commission meeting notes: Housing, Mill Creek and a Spanish Valley bike path

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

The Grand County Commission approved a letter to the Bureau of Land Management regarding plans for future management of Mill Creek Canyon, after tabling the issue at its last two meetings. The commission…

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Creating art within Arches and Canyonlands: Julia Buckwalter wraps up term as Community Artist in the Parks

Ali Harford4 years ago2 years ago

Julia Buckwalter has an entrancing way of capturing the movement of desert clouds in her paintings: she’s drawn to big, fluffy clouds that roll over the sky, bringing the promise of rain; patchy…

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Arches to trial timed entry beginning April: Pilot program seeks to alleviate congestion in park

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

Southeast Utah Group of National Parks Superintendent Patricia Trap, as well as National Park Service Regional Chief of Public Affairs Marco De Leon, attended the Grand County Commission meeting to discuss a pilot…

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Petito case puts Moab PD in national spotlight: Officer conduct in 911 call investigated

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

Moab City Police Department officers responded to a domestic violence call on Aug. 12. No charges were filed in the incident, but now national attention is focused on body camera footage and the…

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