NEWS RELEASES
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through KSL's website.
Many popular cliffs and climbing routes in Arches, Canyonlands and Zion national parks will be closed off beginning Sunday, March 1. This is in preparation for nesting season and in an effort to help habitats for desert bighorn sheep. The closures are expected to last several months.
KSL writer, Carter Williams, covers in his article, "In addition, Charlie Horse Needle, Moses and Zeus, Airport Tower, Washer Woman and Monster Tower at Canyonlands will close on March 15. The Pickle at Arches will close on April 1, and Industrial Disease closed in December." All route closures have ties to wildlife. For example, the cliffs at Zion National Park are used for nesting by peregrine falcons, which are sensitive to any disturbance during nesting season, park rangers said. Charlie Horse Needle, Moses and Zeus, Airport Tower, Washer Woman and Monster Tower at Canyonlands will reopen on Aug. 15. All other listed Canyonlands routes will reopen Aug. 31.
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