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Canyonlands Natural History Association is a nonprofit organization established to assist the scientific and educational efforts of the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and the USDA Forest Service in southeast Utah.

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June 23, 2009
Celebrate! July Is National Park and Recreation Month
Spending the day at the park is great for your health and well being.

June 03, 2009
National Parks Offer Fee Free Weekends
The National Park Service will waive entrance fees during three weekends this summer: June 20-21, July 18-19 and August 15-16, 2009.

May 29, 2009
Landscape Arch Officially World's Longest Natural Arch
Utah Geological Survey confirms span of Landscape Arch using new standardized method developed by the Natural Arch and Bridge Society. Landscape Arch measured 290 feet beating Zion's Kolob Arch (287 feet) by just three feet.

May 01, 2009
The Mysterious Disappearance of Everett Ruess Solved
National Geographic and researchers from the University of Colorado released results of DNA testing that positively identify remains found in southern Utah as those of wilderness explorer Everett Ruess.

May 01, 2009
New Island in the Sky Visitor Center Completed
Eighteen-month rebuild of the Island in the Sky Visitor Center creates a new beautiful, open space for visitors, including an expanded CNHA bookstore.

April 13, 2009
National Park Service Will Host Summer Youth Crew
Ten students from Grand and San Juan Counties will have the opportunity to work in local national parks this summer as part of the Canyon Country Conservation Corps.

March 05, 2009
BLM Reduces Tamarisk Fuels and Restores Watershed Areas Along Colorado River
BLM is removing invasive species and replanting native vegetation in campsites along the Colorado River. Native cottonwoods and willows could now have a chance to thrive in the absence of the invasives.

February 15, 2009
Contamination Forces Closure of Matrimony Spring - a Moab, Utah Icon
Water from Matrimony Spring has tested positive for total coliform twice in a row and the spring has been closed and sealed off.

February 03, 2009
NPS Seeks Comments on Exotic Plant Management Plan
The National Park Service (NPS) is soliciting public input for an environmental assessment on an Exotic Plant Management Plan that encompasses all four parks of the Southeast Utah Group of National Parks.

January 15, 2009
Bison Released in the Book Cliffs
Sixty people on hand to see the historic reintroduction of sixteen bison onto public lands in the Book Cliffs. Watch the video by the Utah DWR showing the capture and transport of these majestic animals.

November 11, 2008
Bighorn Sheep Festival
The 2008 Moab Bighorn Sheep Watch will be held on November 14-15.

November 11, 2008
Annual Membership Hike
Thank you to all of our members who were able to participate in CNHA's Annual Membership Hike.

November 11, 2008
Exhibit at the Anasazi Heritage Center
The Anasazi Heritage Center will host an exhibition on the Old Spanish Trail beginning Friday, November 28, and continuing through December 2009.

September 04, 2008
Porcupine Ranch Fire - Update
On August 27, 2008 A wildfire ignited in the Southern end of Castle Valley around 1:15 p.m. The fire started on state land, jumped the La Sal loop road and moved up the steep terrain onto the Manti La Sal National Forest.

August 31, 2008
Bud Turner Multi-Spectral Imaging
Through spectral photography, Bud Turner is able to reveal elements of this ancient artwork, aiding in their preservation and restoration.

April 07, 2008
Dewey Bridge
Historic Dewey Bridge burned after a 7-year old way playing with matches ignited a brush fire


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