A new leader for The Nature Conservancy
Elizabeth Kitchens takes the helm for the Utah Chapter
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The process of creating “Cowboy Stories”
Ryan Lundbohm first picked up a camera in 2016. He’s a medically retired U.S. Marine, and was trying to figure out how to assimilate back into the civilian world. He said that depression…
DWR partners with Young Living to open desert bighorn sheep nursery
The Utah Division of Wildlife announced in a Nov. 30 press release that the agency is partnering with a private company to establish a “nursery” to raise a herd of desert bighorn sheep…
Matheson preserve reopens: New wildlife viewing deck replaces burned structure
One morning earlier this week, Linda Whitham “unceremoniously” unlocked the metal gate that bars the driveway at the Scott and Norma Matheson Wetlands Preserve, allowing the public to return to the privately-owned 894-acre…
Rock climbers organize: Climbing advocates survey Indian Creek climbers ahead of management planning
Indian Creek is an internationally renowned rock climbing destination and a go-to crag for many Moab climbers. The area, characterized by towering Wingate sandstone buttes fractured with thousands of “splitter” cracks that climbers…
Fire at Matheson Wetlands Preserve
Firefighters responded to a report of flames at the Scott and Norma Matheson Wetlands Preserve, off Kane Creek Boulevard in the northwest part of Moab at around 2 a.m. on April 8, arriving…
An open letter to the community of Moab
Just outside of Moab, the nearly 900 acres of the Scott and Norma Matheson Wetlands Preserve protects sensitive wildlife habitat and is home to more than 200 species of birds, amphibians, mammals and…
Matheson Preserve closes gates due to overcrowding
The Scott and Norma Matheson Wetlands Preserve announced that it would indefinitely close its gates to the public due to overuse and “people not following guidelines,” according to a statement released by The…
Rock climbers advocate for Bears Ears management, want Indian Creek protected
Rock climbers have high stakes in the management of Bears Ears National Monument. The monument, controversially reduced by President Donald Trump in 2017, contains Indian Creek, a world-renowned rock climbing area an hour…