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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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March 08, 2010
Kane Gulch Ranger Station is open for the season
CNHA staff visited in the first week of March and found lots of snow. You may want to wait a couple of weeks before heading into Grand Gulch or the back country...

March 01, 2010
Horizons: Stanton Englehart Exhibit at the Anasazi Heritage Center, Dolores, CO
The show represents a variety of styles adopted by Englehart during his long career. He is best-known for his huge, luminous landscape paintings in vivid colors that evoke the inner spirit of the Four Corners and the Colorado Plateau.

March 01, 2010
How Ken Burns and Sheila Bumgarner Solved an Arches Puzzle
The exact location of the Arches Civilian Conservation Corp Camp (1939-1941) had long been lost to the winds of time....

March 01, 2010
White Wash Sand Dunes Temporary Filming Closure
The White Wash Sand Dunes open OHV area will be closed for filming for approximately one week in late May, early June 2010....

January 14, 2010
Free Concert at Arches National Park Visitor Center
The Moab Music Festival & the National Park Service invite you to attend a free concert featuring local musical favorite Christopher Layer and the Playford Trio, Saturday January 16, 2010, at 6 pm.

November 13, 2009
Water Turned Off at Little Sahara Visitor Center
The water supply at the Little Sahara Recreation Area campgrounds has been turned off for the season due to a broken water main and will remain off for the winter. Weather permitting, the water supply will be turned back on by Easter weekend.

October 20, 2009
Moab Bighorn Sheep Watch
On November 20-21, 2009, the Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) will sponsor its annual Moab Bighorn Sheep Watch. The event is free to the public. There is no pre-registration. Sheep watchers are encouraged to bring a pair of binoculars, spotting scope.

October 12, 2009
CNHA Member Events
One of the benefits of CNHA membership are invitations to CNHA events throughout the year. In early October, members enjoyed two events: the Annual Membership Hike and the Rock Art Safari. Become a member today!

September 25, 2009
Ken Burns new film - National Parks: America's Best Idea
This spectacular film will air over 6 nights starting this Sun., 9/27 on PBS. It traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years.

September 22, 2009
National Public Lands Day Saturday, September 26, 2009
National Public Lands Day is the nation's largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands Americans enjoy.

September 11, 2009
Trial Period begins for Online Fiery Furnace Reservations
Arches National Park is offering online reservations for the popular Fiery Furnace tour through October.

September 04, 2009
Fire Restrictions Issued on Utah River Ways
The hot and dry weather has dried vegetation and raised fire potential. Fire restrictions, including no open fires, have been issued for the Green, Colorado and San Juan River corridors.

August 26, 2009
BLM Initiates Notification and Comment Period for New Camping and Group Use Fee Areas Near Moab
The Bureau of Land Management is initiating a six-month notification period as a step toward charging fees for the planned Moab Skyway Group Site and the Entrada Bluffs, Bartlett and Courthouse Rock camping areas in the Moab Field Office.

August 11, 2009
The Illuminated Desert wins 2009 Mountains & Plains Regional Book Award for Best Children's Picture Book!
A stunning dialogue between painting and prose by two daughters of the Colorado Plateau: Terry Tempest Williams & Chloe Hedden. Each lavishly illustrated page with its thoughtful prose share the secrets & magic of the Southwest deserts. Published by CNHA.

August 07, 2009
2009 Community Artist-in-the-Parks Schedule
Chad Niehaus, an award-winning artist based in Moab, will be in the SE Utah Group National Parks (Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Natural Bridges and Hovenweep National Monuments).

July 27, 2009
Grand County Council Votes to Return Matrimony Spring to its ‘Natural State’
Effectively ends the popular spring's status as a community water source.

July 20, 2009
Celebrate the Night Sky with Astronomy Programs at Natural Bridges
Come celebrate the year of astronomy with a tour of the night sky at Natural Bridges. Learn about the constellations and take a celestial tour through a telescope.

July 14, 2009
Second Fee-Free Weekend for Local National Parks
On Saturday and Sunday, July 18 and 19, Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges National Monuments will join national park units across the country in waiving entrance fees for all park visitors.

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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