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Think Arches National Park's timed entry hurt Moab's economy? Nope! A new study found that visitor spending and tourism jobs actually grew while the reservation system was active. So, it seems managing crowds might actually be good for business.
At a glance
Stable — consistent level of discussion. 5 mentions in the last 30 days, 15 the 60 before.
The $198,407 study is fully funded by a 2024 ORI grant.
Local residents and visitors seeking recreational river access.
No groups negatively affected
Grand County plans to launch its free Moab-to-Arches shuttle Sept. 1 with three primary local boarding locations and an overflow stop. The county has selected the Moab Information Center, the Emma Boulevard parking lot and the Moab Area Transit stop ...
The Bureau of Land Management has withdrawn its June decision approving formal aircraft use at 10 backcountry airstrips in southeastern Utah, leaving the proposal under agency review. The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance appealed the approval, argui...
The proposed Moab-to-Arches shuttle has a clearer route to launch. Grand County commissioners approved a management agreement with the National Park Service, authorized completion of an operator contract worth up to $2.86 million and voted Tuesday to...
These signs play a practical role. They mark the entrances to the national monuments for visitors, indicating that these areas are some of the nation’s most important protected public landscapes.
The deluge of anguished cries over President Trump’s re-do of Biden’s re-do of Trump’s re-do of Obama’s and Clinton’s massive southern Utah national monuments came fast and hot.
The latest actions from Trump follow years of political tug-of-war over the monument boundaries. Trump first shrank the monument in 2017. Biden restored and expanded it in 2021.
For the second time, Trump has cut Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments — this round by more than 90%. Tribal nations condemned the reductions and the end of Bears Ears' co-management commission; conservation groups vow a court...
President Donald Trump shrank the size of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments on Monday for the second time. This time, though, he cut them much more aggressively. Grand Staircase-Escalante will be reduced from 1.87 million ac...
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Monday afternoon that shrunk the size of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments — again. The two orders collectively cut nearly three million acres out of monument protection,...
Commissioners picked Via Transportation to run a fare-free Moab-to-Arches shuttle on a 5-2 vote, with a September 1 launch planned — over objections about the cost, the compressed timeline and funding that isn't yet secured.
The Grand County Commission voted 4-3 Tuesday, July 7, to select Via Transportation to operate a planned shuttle service connecting Moab and Arches National Park, a key step toward launching a fare-free pilot program targeted to begin Sept. 1. The vo...
It's Official: United Airlines Flights Return To This City After 2-Year Hiatus [Map] Simple Flying
Grand County is taking bids on a contract to run an Arches shuttle this fall — with a 10-day bid window and a Commission award vote scheduled for July 7.
After roughly 20 years of drought-driven access trouble, a temporary boat ramp at North Wash is open and in use, restoring the Cataract Canyon takeout and sparing outfitters the long motor across Lake Powell to Bullfrog.
The Moab City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday, June 9, to commission a feasibility study regarding a nonmotorized river access ramp at Lion’s Park. RiverRestoration will conduct the study, at a cost of roughly $198,400, with the funding coming ...
The city is moving forward with a feasibility study to improve non-motorized access to the river at Lions Park.
Adventure travel draws families to Moab, Utah, as Americans stay closer to home The Seattle Times
Courts have interpreted this language as confirming that conservation is the dominant mandate when there is a conflict between resource protection and visitor use.
SALT LAKE CITY — The perpetual tug-of-war over American monuments like Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante have many Americans up in arms over the 1906 Antiquities Act.Questions about the century-old...
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