The Bureau of Land Management temporarily closed three more campgrounds near Moab on Friday afternoon after closing several others on Thursday.
MOAB — The Bureau of Land Management temporarily closed three more campgrounds near Moab on Friday afternoon after closing several others on Thursday, as a result of rising Colorado River waters in the area.
Bureau officials said additional campgrounds may face similar closures and that the closures will remain in place until the "water level drops." The decision to close the campsite comes while the Colorado River continues to swell as the snowpack in the region melts, plus a few other factors.issued by the National Weather Service's Grand Junction, Colorado, office.
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