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Moab BLM Lands

Image credit

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1924, CC0

Protected since

1976

Size · acres

785,000

State

Utah

Nearest town

Moab, UT

The wildlife this land supports

Not Just Made for You and Me

Desert bighorn sheep

Golden Eagle

Kit Fox

Drawn here for generations

Art Inspired by this Land

Pulpit Rock, Echo Canyon, Utah

c. 1896, published 1900 William Henry Jackson, Detroit Photographic Company Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

Balanced Rock with Chip Off the Old Block visible

circa 1939-1941 Courtesy National Park Service (NPS)

Pothole Point

Neal Herbert Courtesy National Park Service (NPS)

Plate 40. Devil's Gate, Weber Canon

1869 Andrew Joseph Russell Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

Wolfe Ranch Rock Art

Neal Herbert Courtesy National Park Service (NPS)

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Jacob W. Frank, Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, [between 1936 and 1939] Courtesy Library of Congress

Pulpit Rock, Echo Canyon, Utah

c. 1896, published 1900 William Henry Jackson, Detroit Photographic Company Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

Plate 40. Devil's Gate, Weber Canon

1869 Andrew Joseph Russell Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

Balanced Rock with Chip Off the Old Block visible

circa 1939-1941 Courtesy National Park Service (NPS)

Wolfe Ranch Rock Art

Neal Herbert Courtesy National Park Service (NPS)

Pothole Point

Neal Herbert Courtesy National Park Service (NPS)

See America

Jacob W. Frank, Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, [between 1936 and 1939] Courtesy Library of Congress

Utah

Moab, UT

Moab is a landscape of sculpted stone—arches, fins, and mesas carved by wind and time into something almost architectural in scale and precision.

Plan your visit

Conditions on the ground

Travel conditions

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under threat

Why this land is at risk

Land Disposal Proposal

Public-land sale proposals have focused heavily on western BLM lands.

High visitation, off-road vehicle impact, and limited staffing challenge long-term land management and erosion control.

More info: https://www.blm.gov/programs/recreation

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Stand up for Moab BLM Lands.

Public lands belong to all of us — and they stay protected only when people pay attention. Plan a visit, share this place, and add your voice to the people working to keep it wild.

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