Our Programs
Rim to Rim believes that collaboration is essential to meet restoration goals in the Upper Colorado Plateau, especially in the riparian areas that connect so many of us. Our projects and programs reflect that ethic.
Rim to Rim Restoration staff have been involved with work along Mill and Pack creeks in Moab and Spanish Valley since before our inception. We have done work from the creeks’ headwaters in the La Sal Mountains to the Colorado River.
Our work along the creeks includes the Community Wildfire Defense Grant, which focuses on reducing hazardous fire fuels to mitigate the risk of wildfire.
Rim to Rim is actively converting the Mayberry peach orchard into the Mayberry Native Plant Propagation Center at mile marker 15.5 along Moab’s River Road. The propagation center has partnered with U.S. Geological Survey, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and private landowners to develop native plant materials for revegetation purposes. The 30-acre Colorado River-adjacent property also hosts scentific research projects.
Rim to Rim also works with various land management agencies (Bureau of Land Management; Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands; and private landowners) along the Colorado River and in its many side drainages to control invasive plant species, mitigate recreation impacts and improve native plant communities. The Southeast Utah Riparian Partnership was established in 2006 to ensure collaboration across administrative boundaries. Rim to Rim helps facilitate its efforts by organizing semiannual meetings and managing group projects in the region.
Rim to Rim assesses our work effectiveness through various monitoring programs and the Mayberry Native Plant Propagation Center hosts research projects.
