Restoration projects get started at Canyonlands, Hovenweep
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law providing $60,000
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How a government shutdown would affect Utah National Parks
Parks in Utah will remain open, according to a statement from the Utah Office of Tourism.
Moab History: Bates Wilson, the “Father of Canyonlands” and inventor of “Dutch-oven Diplomacy”
Bates Wilson started as a National Park Service employee in the early 1930s.
How photography shaped the national parks
Upcoming lecture will discuss how photography played a crucial role at Arches and Canyonlands
Back of Beyond Books brings Craig Childs’ iconic book back to life
The book follows Childs’s thoughts and observations of the 1994 winter he spent in Canyonlands National Park. It was published in 1995, but went out of print soon after.
Arches National Park timed entry reviews “overwhelmingly positive”
The system is the National Park Service’s attempt to address overcrowding in the park.
A visit with Samantha Metzer, artist for Arches, Canyonlands national parks
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…
Science Moab talks to Alba Rodriguez Padilla about geologic movement in Canyonlands
Today’s column features a discussion with geophysicist Alba Rodriguez Padilla from the University of California, Davis. Padilla studies how faults, or fractures in rock, drive the movement of the earth in Canyonlands National…
Local photographer, Samantha Metzner, chosen for Artist in the Parks program
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…
Volunteer project highlights trail history: Canyonlands Chapter of the Backcountry Horsemen installed sculptures on Old Spanish Trail
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…
Catch the vibes: Lecture series presents scientific talk on vibrations in rock formations
The Moab Information Center will continue its Free Lecture Series in collaboration with the Canyonlands Natural History Association with a virtual question-and-answer session led by Dr. Jeffrey Moore on “Vibration and the Lifecycle…
E-bikes go on on the books: Feds issue policies for electric bikes on public land
The U.S. Department of the Interior issued an Oct. 2 press release announcing the finalization of policies regarding e-bikes on DOI managed land, including National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish…
Arches, Canyonlands national parks go fee-free on Aug. 5 to celebrate passage of the Great American Outdoors Act
Public lands across the United States will waive day fees on August 5 to commemorate the passage of the Great American Outdoors Act of 2020 into law this week. Utah’s “Mighty Five” parks—Arches,…
NPS names new superintendent for Arches, Canyonlands
The National Park Service announced that Patricia Trap will become superintendent of the Southeast Utah Group Area National Parks, which includes Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments….
Overcrowded Arches closes hours after opening; Timed entry system won’t be in place until mid-summer
Arches National Park reopened on May 29, with the parks opening the gates and letting in visitors at 6 a.m. By 9:10, the gates were closed due to overcrowding. That same day, the…
Arches, Canyonlands National Parks to reopen May 29
Arches and Canyonlands National Parks will open its trails and roads to visitors again on May 29 after two months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Southeast Group of Parks were…