Save Our Canyons Blog

On May 22nd, community volunteers and Save Our Canyons went to the Thayne’s Canyon Trailhead in Millcreek Canyon for a post-holiday cleanup of the day-use recreation sites in the area. Prepared with garbage bags and shovels, we spent multiple hours cleaning out the fire pits of ash and garbage. We…

On June 24th, community volunteers and Save Our Canyons went to the Thayne’s Canyon Trailhead in Millcreek Canyon for a post-holiday cleanup of the day-use recreation sites in the area. Prepared with garbage bags and shovels, we spent multiple hours cleaning out the fire pits of ash and garbage. We…

On June 17th, Save Our Canyons had a second partnered project with Service Learning Camps. This time, we worked with Chris at Salt Lake City Public Lands to remove a large cluster of Dyers Woad from the 18th Avenue Trailhead. Dyers Woad is an invasive species of weed that outcompetes…

On June 16th, Save Our Canyons partnered with Service Learning Camps, a national organization that connects church service groups with local partners all over the country. This was part 1 of our time iwth the group. At 8am, volunteers, the Save Our Canyons team, and Salt Lake Ranger District met…

On the morning of June 10th, 16 volunteers met at the winter gate in Millcreek Canyon for a morning of brushback work along the Bowman Fork Trail, along with garbage cleanup work at the winter gate parking lot, Porter Fork parking lot, and Burch Hollow parking lot. The group split…

This past Saturday, April 11th, We kicked off our 2026 Wasastch Stewardship Season in the foothills with with Salt Lake Public Utilities and a few volunteers for a Myrtle Spurge Weed Pull in City Creek Canyon. This location requires manual removal of Myrtle Spurge due to its proximity to a…

2025 Wasatch Stewardship Program – Popperton Park Ground Prep & Native Species Planting On Wednesday, September 24th, Save Our Canyons and volunteers got to work on an ongoing project hosted by Salt Lake City Public Lands to help remove the non-native cheatgrass on the Popperton Park trail system, lay down…

  SOCKid’s Education Hike With 11th Graders From Salt Lake Center For Science Education During the morning on September 11th, Save Our Canyons had the joy of guiding a service class from Salt Lake Center for Science Education through a few activities to learn the principles of Leave No Trace…

2025 Wasatch Stewardship Program – Mineral Fork Trail Maintenance with Critical Flow Solutions Starting early on August 14th, Save Our Canyons headed up Big Cottonwood Canyon to meet a group of 20 dedicated volunteers from Critical Flow Solutions and our friends over at Salt Lake Ranger District. The morning’s goal…

Hello,  I am Jack Stauss, the new Executive Director of Save Our Canyons (SOC). It is a great honor to step into this role, and I feel the weight of responsibility as we work to build upon the 50 years of work SOC has accomplished.  We are on the edge…

2025 Wasatch Stewardship Program – Mueller Park Trail Maintenance With Service Learning Camps On a bright July morning, Save Our Canyons went north to Mueller Park Trail for our second project in partnership with the Service Learning Camp group from Wisconsin—this time joined by the hard-working Trails and Wilderness Crew…