New rapid forms in Cataract Canyon after ‘slump’
A significant sediment slump has formed a new rapid in Cataract Canyon, transforming the Colorado River. Discover the latest updates on this evolving river feature.
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Moab History: Highway 191
Highway 191 has played a vital role in Moab’s history, evolving from ferry services to a triple-span steel bridge in 1912 and expanding ever since. The Moab Museum highlights this story and more, inviting visitors to explore Moab’s past.
Reading the Landscape
Featured Moab Music Festival composer Maya Miro Johnson on being inspired by Moab locals
Moab Music Festival showcases Colorado River-inspired composers
Composer Roydon Tse spoke to us about his new work and why landscape matters to music
Revisiting old stories about Glen Canyon
Author Zak Podmore visits Moab to talk about his latest book, “After Dead Pool”
Celebrating Colorado River Day
The Colorado River represents 1,450 miles of lifeblood for much of the American West, the foundation of many industries throughout the Upper and Lower Basins, and the historic and present home to the…
2 Moab residents save family on Colorado
Local authorities emphasize the importance of personal flotation devices for safety
The Nature Conservancy’s Colorado River Initiatives: Bridging Nature and Agriculture
Humans are using more water out of the Colorado River than the river can support, both for human use as well as for other life forms that live along and within the river….
“Kane Creek development should be reconsidered”
We are fifth-generation long-time Moab residents whose great-great-grandfather established the first ferry across the Colorado River near Moab in the 1880s. This same great-great-grandfather, Norman Taylor, was awarded Utah public land, after The…
Mapping changes to Cataract Canyon
How the Returning Rapids project advocates for the Colorado River basin
Moab’s river community heads to short-lived waterways
Local ephemeral rivers swell with melting snowpack
Moab History: Ice on the river
The Colorado River was a source of ice in the winter.
Science Moab: Coming down from the La Sals
This week, Science Moab talked with hydrogeologist Tom Lachmar about the path water takes from the high peaks of the La Sals to the Colorado River.
Experts join water workshop to explain local, state, and region-wide water issues
The Grand County Commission hosted a water workshop ahead of its regular meeting on Aug. 2.
Local man swept away in Colorado River
After a multi-day search, the Grand County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that officials found the body of 53-year-old Moab resident Clay Petty, who was swept down the Colorado River on July 10. Petty was…
Sandbars and floods in the Grand Canyon
Science Moab spoke with geologist and fluvial geomorphologist Katie Chapman about the effect the dam has had on sandbars downstream.