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Summer Field Tour


  • Utah Section of the Society for Range Management (map)

Tuesday June 11

*Bring your own lunch and water/eat before you come

  • 12:00- 12:15 Meet at Grand County Transit Hub/Lions Park parking lot just south of the river bridge

  • 12:15- 1:00 Drive to Bull Canyon Overlook and Dinosaur Track Site

  • 1:00- 1:30 Discuss/ (Bathrooms)

  • 1:30-2:45 Drive to Rincon

  • 2:45-3:15 Discuss

  • 3:15-4:15 Drive to Pinhook Battleground- (will drive past Bull Canyon Bathrooms again)

  • 4:15-4:45 Discuss

  • 4:45- 5:10 Drive to South Mesa Bull Hog Site (Will drive past Castle Valley Overlook Bathrooms)

  • 5:10-5:40 Discuss

  • 5:40 End

*To get back to Moab, folks can drive about an hour via the river road through Castle Valley (the way we came), the sandflats road, or the loop road (pending road construction).

*There are more options for hotels and food in Moab, keep in mind that the tour on Wednesday will begin at Newspaper Rock at 8:00am. If you are camping, it will be cooler in the mountains, Buckboard and Dalton Spring Campgrounds, or Monticello and Foy Lakes are good options with outhouses and campsites (no hookups). They are about 30 minutes from Newspaper Rock)

Wednesday June 12

*Bring your own lunch and water

  • 8:00 Meet at Newspaper Rock (1-hour 10 min drive from Moab, 35 min drive from Monticello)

  • 8:00-8:20 Discuss/ (Bathrooms)

  • 8:20-8:30 Drive to Dugout Ranch

  • 8:30-8:45 Matt Redd Ranch History

  • 8:45-9:00 Criollo Cattle

  • 9:00-9:30 Range Studies

  • 9:30-11:00 Drive to Glade Pit

  • 11:00-11:30 Discuss

  • 11:30-12:10 Drive to Bears Ears

  • 12:10-12:40 Discuss and Lunch (Bring your own)

  • 12:40 End

Optional:

If you have time and want to see more in the area we would suggest: Mule Canyon Kiva, Butler Wash Ruins (1- mile Hike), Edge of the Cedars Museum in Blanding, Bluff Fort in Bluff, or San Juan Hill down the Comb Wash Road

SRM Board Meeting (for board members)

  • 12:40-3:00 Drive to USU Moab (1850 S Aggie Blvd)

  • 3:00-4:00 Board Meeting

  • 4:00 Meeting Adjourn

Earlier Event: February 29
Utah Beef Field Day
Later Event: June 22
Grass Identification Course