Ray Mesa, near the La Sal mountains on the Colorado-Utah border is notable for its old-growth ponderosa pines (estimated to be several hundred years old) that are growing in cool drainages amongst pinyon-juniper woodlands. Recent ponderosa tree mortality raised concerns among land managers and Larissa Yocom, a fire ecologist at Utah State University, began exploring the potential causes of these deaths.
Evidence of a huge human-triggered avalanche in the La Sals is a stark reminder of mountain dangers, expert says
How La Sal pika population trends compare nationwide
How and where to recreate in the La Sals, according to Michael Engelhart, Moab District Ranger for the Manti-La Sal National Forest
Mallory Lambert is studying the relationship between pikas and mountain goats in the La Sal Mountains
If you are one of the extra lucky ones to draw a permit and harvest an animal, here is a new twist on an elk steak.
The Grand County Sheriff’s Office will hold a press conference today at 1 p.m. to announce details of the investigation into the murders of Kylen Schulte and Crystal Beck Turner. The Moab couple…
Part of a series exploring items in the Moab Museum’s collection
Moab is set up for another season with a weak snowpack, according to Utah Avalanche Center Forecaster Eric Trenbeath.
The mountainside community of La Sal has experienced shifts in the years since the Euro-American settlement of the area in the 1870s and 1880s, including both in its name and location.
The mountains have played a role in thousands of years of human history.
On July 2, butterfly enthusiast Robb Hannawacker led the annual La Sal Mountains butterfly count. The group spotted 26 species and the data will be sent to the North American Butterfly Association.
Despite its rugged remoteness, dirt roads crisscross the southeast Utah landscape.
Prescribed burns are fires intentionally set and managed by land management agencies can serve several purposes.
The sign includes contact information for the Grand County Sheriff’s Office and a private investigator working with Schulte. Soon, it will hang along Highway 191.
The Pack Creek Fire scar is stark along the creek bed above the Pack Creek neighborhood: charred cottonwood trunks support bare crowns, crispy brown leaves cling to blackened scrub oaks, and the red-brown…
