Officials warn of spring flooding
Warmer temps could melt record-breaking snowpack quickly
emergency management
Grand County hires Emergency Manager
Cora Phillips will be the full-time emergency manager
Firework caution paying off?: Despite dry conditions, human-start wildfires are down so far in 2021
The number of human-started wildfires in the past two weeks is lower than it was in 2019 and 2020. According to data from the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Land, during…
Biden briefed on wildfires: President promises more support for firefighters and western states
On June 11, the Federal Emergency Management Agency authorized a Fire Management Assistance Grant to help pay for fighting the Pack Creek Fire in the La Sal Mountains above Moab. The grant means…
The science and work that went before the fire: Fuel treatments can reduce fire intensity
Even when there are no wildfires to fight, fire personnel and land managers are working to mitigate future ignitions by rearranging or removing the fuels that feed them—trees and shrubs in both wild…
Drought creates high risk of wildfires: Gov. urges residents to change behavior to prevent fires
The Bureau of Land Management has issued its annual statewide Fire Prevention Order to help prevent the risk of wildfires igniting in Utah, banning explosive material or exploding targets on BLM-managed land. Utah…
Grand County Council alters meeting rules to address crisis
Though many Grand County buildings and operations are closed, the County Council held its regularly scheduled meeting on March 17, discussing government operations during the current state of emergency, how the county and…