(Undated) — Fire restrictions are in effect for two of Utah’s national parks. The Bureau of Land Management prohibits any campfires anywhere at Canyonlands and Arches National Parks, as well as Natural Bridges and Hovenweep National Monuments. BLM says prolonged drought conditions have led to extremely dry vegetation in the […]
(Moab, UT) – People looking to visit Arches National Park will have to reserve a time for their hike. The National Park Service has implemented a timed entry system that will take appointments between now and October 3rd. The move comes after more than one-point-eight-million people visited the popular landmark […]
(Undated) – Three national parks in Utah are receiving recognition for their ability to create buzz on social media. Photo printing company Printique put together a rankings list by evaluating Instagram hashtags and the size of each national park. Zion National Park placed second in the list, garnering nearly nine […]
(St. George, UT) — Four Utah national parks are listed among the most dangerous in America. The online resource Outforia says Zion National Park is the sixth-most dangerous and Glen Canyon National Park is seventh. Arches National Park ranks tenth, and Bryce Canyon National Park is the 42nd most dangerous. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah national park famed for its otherworldly sandstone arches will require visitors to get timed entry tickets during its high season next year, the second Utah park to implement a such a system as visitation swells. Park officials say the new timed-entry system isn’t […]
MOAB, Utah (AP) — A woman who fainted and hit her head on a rock after stopping to rest in Utah’s Arches National Park woke up to hear a familiar voice and wondered if she might be watching television. Minnie John of Oradell, New Jersey, then questioned whether she might […]
MOAB, Utah (AP) — Record visitation and long lines at Arches National Park in Utah are reviving a push for a reservation system. KUER reports Arches is on track to have its busiest year ever, and that increase in visitation has caused the park to close its gates over 80 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The family of a women’s rights activist from Uganda has sued the National Park Service after she was decapitated last year by a gate at Utah’s Arches National Park. The lawsuit filed this month in Denver says the gate had been left unlatched against federal […]
DENVER (AP) — The family of a women’s rights activist from Uganda has filed a more than $270 million wrongful death and personal injury claim against the National Park Service after she was decapitated by an unsecured gate at Utah’s Arches National Park. The claim says newlyweds Esther Nakajjigo and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal environmental officials have approved a plan by the state of Utah for new pollution controls at the state’s oldest coal-fired power plants. The plan aims to reduce haze near Arches and Canyonlands national parks and other wilderness areas. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’ announced […]
