Rim To Rim Restoration

Mill and Pack Creek Revegetation with Fire Fuels and Flood Mitigation: Rim to Rim continues to coordinate interagency community-based planning and restoration in Mill and Pack creeks to address fire and flood concerns while also improving wildlife habitat. In addition to working along the creek corridors in town Rim to Rim also facilitated significant stream restoration high in the Pack Creek drainage on U.S. Forest Service land to protect the aquifer underneath Moab. At the end of 2024 Rim to Rim was awarded multi-year funding from the U.S. Forest Service to expand its partner-based work removing exotic plant species along the Mill and Pack creek corridors that create fire fuel hazards and magnify the impacts of flash floods. This portion of Rim to Rims work which also includes robust community outreach will expand in 2025. Funding for this work is provided on the state of Utahfiscal year so expenses and revenue do not always match

Rim to Rim continues to facilitate the Southeastern Utah Riparian Partnership which is a multi-agency collaboration that bolsters restoration efforts along the Colorado River and its side drainages. Work in 2024 included managing field crews at various project sites along the Colorado River from the Utah-Colorado border to Canyonlands National Park; hosting collaborative interagency meetings to plan projects; and building strong connections among partnering entitles. Rim to Rim also assists federal and state land managers by developing scopes of work managing work crews and conducting long-term monitoring for revegetation projects. Funding for this work is provided on the federal fiscal year so expenses and revenue do not always match