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Monticello Field Office

In the Spotlight

• Monticello Field Office Releases Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan

•Indian Creek National Public Lands Day Program
September 25-27, 2009

Eighteen students and one faculty from Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado and 19  members of the American Alpine Club joined the Rocky Mountain Field Institute in Indian Creek Canyon for a 3-day work weekend hosted in conjunction with the BLM’s National Public Lands Day.  Volunteers restored closed campsites located near Newspaper Rock at the south end of the canyon.  The BLM closed these sites in 2007 due to flash flood danger and proximity to the highway. A total of 8,480 square feet of area was de-compacted, scarified, and revegetated with 557 transplants. Prior to restoration, volunteers removed an astounding 27 cubic yards of road base from the area!! A total of 652 volunteer hours were donated. This is equivalent to a value of $13,203.

THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!!

PHOTOS and FULL REPORT

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The Monticello Field Office is located in the southeast corner of Utah and is part of the Colorado Plateau region. Dominating the landscape near Monticello are the Abajo Mountains, BLM land surrounds this huge monolith.

South of the Abajos is the Comb Ridge Monocline, a major crustal uplift about 80 miles in length. Nearby this major uplift is Grand Gulch, which cuts a serpentine swath through Cedar Mesa.

The Anasazi Indians left a legacy that includes hundreds of cliff dwellings and thousands of pictographs and petroglyphs. Muley Point Overlook sits on a high rim of Cedar Mesa and offers panoramic sweep across Monument Valley and the San Juan River country far below.

Monticello Field Office
365 North Main Street
Monticello, Utah  84535
(435) 587-1500

   
Last updated: 10-20-2009