Robert Gehrke: We can’t monitor every ancient artifact in Utah, but we can instill an ethic that values and protects the past
State has a new volunteer effort to prevent destruction like the Birthing Rock travesty.
(Zak Podmore | The Salt Lake Tribune) A petroglyph panel outside of Moab known as Birthing Rock was defaced by vandals on Monday night.
| May 2, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
Thousands of years before the first white settlers even set foot in the region, the West’s original inhabitants left their mark on the Birthing Rock.
Generation after generation etched dozens of images on all four sides of the iconic stone, spanning hundreds of years, withstanding time and the elements.
A prehistoric petroglyph panel near Moab was defaced with the words âWhite Powerâ
The Bureau of Land Mangement is offering a $10,000 reward for relevant information about those who committed the vandalism
(Zak Podmore | The Salt Lake Tribune) A petroglyph panel outside of Moab known as Birthing Rock was defaced by vandals on Monday night. | Updated: 6:36 p.m.
Moab ⢠Near the bottom of a redrock canyon, not far from where Kane Creek empties into the Colorado River, Indigenous people returned to a prominent, cube-like boulder for over 3,000 years to inscribe intricate images on its faces.
Known as the Birthing Rock, the boulder features petroglyphs on all four of its accessible sides that date from the Archaic period to more modern Ute inscriptions, including dozens of ancestral Puebloan-era images, including a woman giving birth.
Busy, destructive wildfire season in Utah County
Utah had one of the worst wildfire seasons on record this year, and Utah County wasnât spared.
There were multiple wildfires throughout each corner of Utah County. In north county, there was the Pole Canyon Fire near Cedar Fort as well as the Orchard and Lincoln fires near Utah Lake.
In south county, there was the Ether Hollow Fire in Springville, William Fire near Santaquin and Elberta Fire near Goshen. In central Utah County, there was the Range Fire in Provo Canyon and Upper Provo Fire, which started about 22 miles east of Kamas.