Canyonlands Natural History Association
@cnhamoab.bsky.social
Nonprofit Partner of NPS, BLM & USFS supporting public lands in SE Utah!
📍Arches, Canyonlands, Bears Ears, & more
📚 Education 🎨 Interpretation 🔬 Science
📍Arches, Canyonlands, Bears Ears, & more
📚 Education 🎨 Interpretation 🔬 Science
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Please so your gratitude to @cnhamoab.bsky.social for conducting such an excellent #ParkChat tonight. We also commend you for all you do to preserve the Parks and to enhance the visitor experience. Bravo!!!
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November 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Please so your gratitude to @cnhamoab.bsky.social for conducting such an excellent #ParkChat tonight. We also commend you for all you do to preserve the Parks and to enhance the visitor experience. Bravo!!!
That’s a wrap on tonight’s #ParkChat! The answers and photos you all shared were incredible.
A big hello from all of us at CNHA! We love supporting the parks and public lands that inspire chats like this.
Can’t wait to hang out with you again next time! 💫
A big hello from all of us at CNHA! We love supporting the parks and public lands that inspire chats like this.
Can’t wait to hang out with you again next time! 💫
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
That’s a wrap on tonight’s #ParkChat! The answers and photos you all shared were incredible.
A big hello from all of us at CNHA! We love supporting the parks and public lands that inspire chats like this.
Can’t wait to hang out with you again next time! 💫
A big hello from all of us at CNHA! We love supporting the parks and public lands that inspire chats like this.
Can’t wait to hang out with you again next time! 💫
Q11: The best part of loving parks is always having another place to look forward to, whether it’s a bucket-list destination or a quiet, nearby favorite you haven’t visited in a while.
What’s one park or landscape you really want to experience in the next year and what draws you to it? #ParkChat
What’s one park or landscape you really want to experience in the next year and what draws you to it? #ParkChat
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Q11: The best part of loving parks is always having another place to look forward to, whether it’s a bucket-list destination or a quiet, nearby favorite you haven’t visited in a while.
What’s one park or landscape you really want to experience in the next year and what draws you to it? #ParkChat
What’s one park or landscape you really want to experience in the next year and what draws you to it? #ParkChat
Q10: Almost everyone has a “gateway” place — the park or landscape that sparked their curiosity, shaped their sense of wonder, or opened the door to caring about public lands.
What was your gateway public land — the place that first made you care? #ParkChat
What was your gateway public land — the place that first made you care? #ParkChat
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Q10: Almost everyone has a “gateway” place — the park or landscape that sparked their curiosity, shaped their sense of wonder, or opened the door to caring about public lands.
What was your gateway public land — the place that first made you care? #ParkChat
What was your gateway public land — the place that first made you care? #ParkChat
Q9: Some of the most unforgettable parts of a park visit aren’t the big landmarks at all — sometimes it’s a patch of wildflowers, the smell after it rains, or a glimpse of ancient petroglyphs tucked into a canyon wall.
What’s a tiny detail from a park visit that has stayed with you? #ParkChat
What’s a tiny detail from a park visit that has stayed with you? #ParkChat
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Q9: Some of the most unforgettable parts of a park visit aren’t the big landmarks at all — sometimes it’s a patch of wildflowers, the smell after it rains, or a glimpse of ancient petroglyphs tucked into a canyon wall.
What’s a tiny detail from a park visit that has stayed with you? #ParkChat
What’s a tiny detail from a park visit that has stayed with you? #ParkChat
Q8: Whether it’s delicate desert soils, crashing shores, ancient forests, or wide-open rangelands — big landscapes often depend on tiny, fragile systems to stay healthy.
If you could protect ONE thing about wide open places for future generations, what’s the top priority for you? #ParkChat
If you could protect ONE thing about wide open places for future generations, what’s the top priority for you? #ParkChat
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Q8: Whether it’s delicate desert soils, crashing shores, ancient forests, or wide-open rangelands — big landscapes often depend on tiny, fragile systems to stay healthy.
If you could protect ONE thing about wide open places for future generations, what’s the top priority for you? #ParkChat
If you could protect ONE thing about wide open places for future generations, what’s the top priority for you? #ParkChat
Q7: Remote places mean different things to different people — canyon backroads, high mountain basins, desert mesas, quiet coves, long trails, or even a single peaceful overlook.
When you think about the word “remote,” what do you picture first? #ParkChat
When you think about the word “remote,” what do you picture first? #ParkChat
November 20, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Q7: Remote places mean different things to different people — canyon backroads, high mountain basins, desert mesas, quiet coves, long trails, or even a single peaceful overlook.
When you think about the word “remote,” what do you picture first? #ParkChat
When you think about the word “remote,” what do you picture first? #ParkChat
Q6: Southeast Utah’s parks are world-famous dark sky havens, but darkness is disappearing in many places. Even so, night skies remain one of the most universal park experiences.
What’s a night-sky moment on public lands that you’ll never forget? #ParkChat
What’s a night-sky moment on public lands that you’ll never forget? #ParkChat
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Q6: Southeast Utah’s parks are world-famous dark sky havens, but darkness is disappearing in many places. Even so, night skies remain one of the most universal park experiences.
What’s a night-sky moment on public lands that you’ll never forget? #ParkChat
What’s a night-sky moment on public lands that you’ll never forget? #ParkChat
Q5: Parks often shift our sense of scale — whether you’re staring down into a canyon, standing beneath giant trees, or watching cliffs fade into fog.
Have you ever had a moment on public lands where you suddenly felt very small (in a good way)? What caused that? #ParkChat
Have you ever had a moment on public lands where you suddenly felt very small (in a good way)? What caused that? #ParkChat
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Q5: Parks often shift our sense of scale — whether you’re staring down into a canyon, standing beneath giant trees, or watching cliffs fade into fog.
Have you ever had a moment on public lands where you suddenly felt very small (in a good way)? What caused that? #ParkChat
Have you ever had a moment on public lands where you suddenly felt very small (in a good way)? What caused that? #ParkChat
Q4: Out here, the desert has a soundtrack: ravens echoing in canyons, wind carving through fins, distant thunder bouncing off sandstone. But every park has its signature sound.
What is a sound in nature that instantly teleports you into “park mode”? #ParkChat
What is a sound in nature that instantly teleports you into “park mode”? #ParkChat
November 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Q4: Out here, the desert has a soundtrack: ravens echoing in canyons, wind carving through fins, distant thunder bouncing off sandstone. But every park has its signature sound.
What is a sound in nature that instantly teleports you into “park mode”? #ParkChat
What is a sound in nature that instantly teleports you into “park mode”? #ParkChat
Q3: People often picture solitude as standing alone under a giant arch, but solitude can look different everywhere — from quiet beaches to misty forests to early-morning trailheads.
When you’re outdoors, do you seek quiet, or do you like hearing people around? #ParkChat
When you’re outdoors, do you seek quiet, or do you like hearing people around? #ParkChat
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Q3: People often picture solitude as standing alone under a giant arch, but solitude can look different everywhere — from quiet beaches to misty forests to early-morning trailheads.
When you’re outdoors, do you seek quiet, or do you like hearing people around? #ParkChat
When you’re outdoors, do you seek quiet, or do you like hearing people around? #ParkChat
Q2: Canyonlands is known for horizons that just… keep going. But incredible horizons can happen anywhere — from alpine ridges to rolling grasslands to barrier islands.
Where in public lands have you experienced the most jaw-dropping horizon? #ParkChat
Where in public lands have you experienced the most jaw-dropping horizon? #ParkChat
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Q2: Canyonlands is known for horizons that just… keep going. But incredible horizons can happen anywhere — from alpine ridges to rolling grasslands to barrier islands.
Where in public lands have you experienced the most jaw-dropping horizon? #ParkChat
Where in public lands have you experienced the most jaw-dropping horizon? #ParkChat
Q1: In places like Arches & Canyonlands, scale can feel unreal, but the feeling of “vastness” isn’t just a desert thing. Forests, coasts, mountains, tundra… they all have their own version of “big.”
What makes a park feel big to you? Is it the view? The silence? The sky? Something else? #ParkChat
What makes a park feel big to you? Is it the view? The silence? The sky? Something else? #ParkChat
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Q1: In places like Arches & Canyonlands, scale can feel unreal, but the feeling of “vastness” isn’t just a desert thing. Forests, coasts, mountains, tundra… they all have their own version of “big.”
What makes a park feel big to you? Is it the view? The silence? The sky? Something else? #ParkChat
What makes a park feel big to you? Is it the view? The silence? The sky? Something else? #ParkChat
It’s time! Welcome to #ParkChat! 🌄
I’m Noel, hosting tonight from Canyonlands Natural History Association here in southeast Utah.
We’re diving into this week’s theme: Wide Open Spaces.
I’ll be posting 11 questions over the next hour, let's dooo this!
I’m Noel, hosting tonight from Canyonlands Natural History Association here in southeast Utah.
We’re diving into this week’s theme: Wide Open Spaces.
I’ll be posting 11 questions over the next hour, let's dooo this!
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
It’s time! Welcome to #ParkChat! 🌄
I’m Noel, hosting tonight from Canyonlands Natural History Association here in southeast Utah.
We’re diving into this week’s theme: Wide Open Spaces.
I’ll be posting 11 questions over the next hour, let's dooo this!
I’m Noel, hosting tonight from Canyonlands Natural History Association here in southeast Utah.
We’re diving into this week’s theme: Wide Open Spaces.
I’ll be posting 11 questions over the next hour, let's dooo this!
Hey everyone! Just a quick hello before tonight’s #ParkChat at 7 PM MT.
Can’t wait to swap stories about wide open spaces and favorite park moments. See you in a bit! 🌄🤎
Can’t wait to swap stories about wide open spaces and favorite park moments. See you in a bit! 🌄🤎
November 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Hey everyone! Just a quick hello before tonight’s #ParkChat at 7 PM MT.
Can’t wait to swap stories about wide open spaces and favorite park moments. See you in a bit! 🌄🤎
Can’t wait to swap stories about wide open spaces and favorite park moments. See you in a bit! 🌄🤎
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Tomorrow night at 9 PM ET @cnhamoab.bsky.social takes a look at “Wide Open Spaces” on #ParkChat. Please join us and push their follow button while you’re at it. @naturetechfam.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Tomorrow night at 9 PM ET @cnhamoab.bsky.social takes a look at “Wide Open Spaces” on #ParkChat. Please join us and push their follow button while you’re at it. @naturetechfam.bsky.social
Our October newsletter is out!
This month’s issue features:
• A visit from Zuni stone carver Jimmy Yawakia at Hovenweep & Natural Bridges
• A recap of National Public Lands Day in Moab
• Updates from the BLM on route assessments
• A call for the 2026 Community Artist in the Parks
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This month’s issue features:
• A visit from Zuni stone carver Jimmy Yawakia at Hovenweep & Natural Bridges
• A recap of National Public Lands Day in Moab
• Updates from the BLM on route assessments
• A call for the 2026 Community Artist in the Parks
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October Newsletter
Email from Canyonlands Natural History Association News & Updates from the Colorado Plateau From the magnificent stone openings of Arches to the vast landscape of Canyonlands carved by the Colorado an
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October 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Our October newsletter is out!
This month’s issue features:
• A visit from Zuni stone carver Jimmy Yawakia at Hovenweep & Natural Bridges
• A recap of National Public Lands Day in Moab
• Updates from the BLM on route assessments
• A call for the 2026 Community Artist in the Parks
conta.cc/3VKQrr7
This month’s issue features:
• A visit from Zuni stone carver Jimmy Yawakia at Hovenweep & Natural Bridges
• A recap of National Public Lands Day in Moab
• Updates from the BLM on route assessments
• A call for the 2026 Community Artist in the Parks
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Even during a government shutdown, our public lands stand tall.
Our parks remain accessible, but please note that many services are limited.
Even so, your support doesn’t have to stop. Every purchase at shop.cnha.org helps fund education, science, and visitor programs for the lands you love.
📷 NPS
Our parks remain accessible, but please note that many services are limited.
Even so, your support doesn’t have to stop. Every purchase at shop.cnha.org helps fund education, science, and visitor programs for the lands you love.
📷 NPS
October 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Even during a government shutdown, our public lands stand tall.
Our parks remain accessible, but please note that many services are limited.
Even so, your support doesn’t have to stop. Every purchase at shop.cnha.org helps fund education, science, and visitor programs for the lands you love.
📷 NPS
Our parks remain accessible, but please note that many services are limited.
Even so, your support doesn’t have to stop. Every purchase at shop.cnha.org helps fund education, science, and visitor programs for the lands you love.
📷 NPS
Tonight (9/25) is our annual National Public Lands Day Celebration!
We hope you will join us at the Moab Information Center from 5-7:30 for live music, free swag, and to celebrate the public lands that make this region so special!
We hope you will join us at the Moab Information Center from 5-7:30 for live music, free swag, and to celebrate the public lands that make this region so special!
September 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Tonight (9/25) is our annual National Public Lands Day Celebration!
We hope you will join us at the Moab Information Center from 5-7:30 for live music, free swag, and to celebrate the public lands that make this region so special!
We hope you will join us at the Moab Information Center from 5-7:30 for live music, free swag, and to celebrate the public lands that make this region so special!
Happy first day of fall from the red rock desert! 🍂
The days may still feel warm, but the light is shifting, the evenings are cooling, and the canyon shadows stretch a little longer.
Here’s to a new season of change, reflection, and connection on our public lands.
The days may still feel warm, but the light is shifting, the evenings are cooling, and the canyon shadows stretch a little longer.
Here’s to a new season of change, reflection, and connection on our public lands.
September 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Happy first day of fall from the red rock desert! 🍂
The days may still feel warm, but the light is shifting, the evenings are cooling, and the canyon shadows stretch a little longer.
Here’s to a new season of change, reflection, and connection on our public lands.
The days may still feel warm, but the light is shifting, the evenings are cooling, and the canyon shadows stretch a little longer.
Here’s to a new season of change, reflection, and connection on our public lands.
Hovenweep means “deserted valley,” but anyone who visits knows it’s full of voices: past, present, and future. From ancestral builders to living artists like Jimmy Yawakia, the stones here keep telling stories.
September 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hovenweep means “deserted valley,” but anyone who visits knows it’s full of voices: past, present, and future. From ancestral builders to living artists like Jimmy Yawakia, the stones here keep telling stories.
This weekend at Hovenweep National Monument: Zuni stone carver Jimmy Yawakia is here! From 9-4 Thursday-Sunday, stop by to watch him carve and learn about Zuni traditions carried forward through his art. 🌟
I'll be visiting today! Stay tuned!
I'll be visiting today! Stay tuned!
September 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This weekend at Hovenweep National Monument: Zuni stone carver Jimmy Yawakia is here! From 9-4 Thursday-Sunday, stop by to watch him carve and learn about Zuni traditions carried forward through his art. 🌟
I'll be visiting today! Stay tuned!
I'll be visiting today! Stay tuned!
The first cool mornings are settling into canyon country 🍂
Out on the trails, you can hear the change in the air. Raven calls echoing off cliffs, leaves just starting to turn... Public lands are always shifting, always teaching us something new.
What changes are you noticing where you are?
Out on the trails, you can hear the change in the air. Raven calls echoing off cliffs, leaves just starting to turn... Public lands are always shifting, always teaching us something new.
What changes are you noticing where you are?
September 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The first cool mornings are settling into canyon country 🍂
Out on the trails, you can hear the change in the air. Raven calls echoing off cliffs, leaves just starting to turn... Public lands are always shifting, always teaching us something new.
What changes are you noticing where you are?
Out on the trails, you can hear the change in the air. Raven calls echoing off cliffs, leaves just starting to turn... Public lands are always shifting, always teaching us something new.
What changes are you noticing where you are?
We all have a canyon connection. Maybe it’s your first glimpse of Delicate Arch, a family trip to Canyonlands, or a night under the stars at Natural Bridges.
Connections Across Canyons is about celebrating the many ways people — past, present, and future — find meaning on the Colorado Plateau.
Connections Across Canyons is about celebrating the many ways people — past, present, and future — find meaning on the Colorado Plateau.
September 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
We all have a canyon connection. Maybe it’s your first glimpse of Delicate Arch, a family trip to Canyonlands, or a night under the stars at Natural Bridges.
Connections Across Canyons is about celebrating the many ways people — past, present, and future — find meaning on the Colorado Plateau.
Connections Across Canyons is about celebrating the many ways people — past, present, and future — find meaning on the Colorado Plateau.
The Needles District of Canyonlands National Park offers visitors a more remote, backcountry experience, requiring some hiking or four-wheel driving to see the area’s attractions.
Have you been?! #ParkChat
Have you been?! #ParkChat
September 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The Needles District of Canyonlands National Park offers visitors a more remote, backcountry experience, requiring some hiking or four-wheel driving to see the area’s attractions.
Have you been?! #ParkChat
Have you been?! #ParkChat