Visitors to Arches have had some time to try out the national park’s new reservation system, put in place to reduce the crowding impacting visitors’ experience. Today on the news, we speak with a park representative about some recent survey results and the future of the pilot timed entry system. Plus, a Wyoming judge issued a temporary restraining order this week, blocking the state’s trigger ban on most abortions from going into effect. Utah’s own abortion trigger ban continues to be on pause as a lawsuit against it makes its way through the courts. And later, mountain towns in Colorado have seen an influx of luxury tourism and housing development. Our radio partners report on one town that has largely avoided that fate.

// Plus, the Weekly News Reel! Sophia Fisher of The Times-Independent talks fire and flood, monsoon season returning, the nation’s new mental heath crisis line and Utah’s new OHV course. Alison Harford of The Moab Sun News discusses this week’s record-breaking water height in Mill Creek, a local man winning a prize at a famous trail ride and the return of Canyonlands Native Plant Society.

// Show Notes:

// Photo: Arches National Park over Memorial Day Weekend 2021. The park received feedback that a visitor’s Memorial Day Weekend 2022 experience was ‘night and day’ better than previous years because of the pilot timed entry system. Credit Arches National Park

// Arches National Park: FAQ on the Timed Entry System

https://www.nps.gov/arch/planyourvisit/timed-entry-faq.htm

// US Travel Association (7/11) Letter re: NPS Reservation Systems

https://www.ustravel.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/junenationalparks-ustravel_signon-7.7.22.pdf

// Weekly News Reel Mentions:

// The Times-Independent: Fire & Flood

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/fire-flood/

// The Times-Independent: After a lapse, the monsoons are back

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/after-a-lapse-the-monsoons-are-back/

// The Times-Independent: Meet the nation’s new mental health crisis line

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/meet-the-nations-new-mental-health-crisis-line/

// The Times-Independent (Opinion): What it’s like to work at a crisis helpline

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/what-its-like-to-work-at-a-crisis-helpline/

// The Times-Independent: A peek inside Utah’s new OHV course, test

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/a-peek-inside-utahs-new-ohv-course-test/

// Moab Sun News: Record water height in Mill Creek flash flood

https://moabsunnews.com/2022/07/28/record-water-height-in-mill-creek-flash-flood/

// Moab Sun News: Local man wins prize at famous rugged trail ride

https://moabsunnews.com/2022/07/28/local-man-wins-prize-at-famous-rugged-trail-ride/

// Moab Sun News: Looking out for native plants – Canyonlands Native Plant Society ramps back up

https://moabsunnews.com/2022/07/28/canyonlands-native-plant-society/