Mike Newbold and Ross High were neighbors on Kane Creek Boulevard for about a decade. They were part of a quirky neighborhood wedged between the Colorado River and the Behind the Rocks Bureau…
In spite of Tuesday’s dreary weather, about 45 people attended an open workshop hosted on Oct. 26 by the Utah State University Moab Extension to talk about recovery efforts for the area burned…
Local businessman Reed Pendleton has been working with county officials for years to try to get approval to create a developed RV campground north of town on the west side of Highway 191….
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…
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…
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…
A new boardwalk and birdwatching platform are being constructed at the Scott and Norma Matheson Wetlands Preserve after an April 8 fire destroyed a structure on the site. [See “Fire at Matheson Wetlands…
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…
