Save Our Canyons Blog

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On Friday, October 2nd, Save Our Canyons and volunteers got to work on an ongoing project hosted by Salt Lake City Public Lands to help plant native species to help outcompete the invasive weeds and begin the restoration of native plants. Starting at 11am, the team gave a quick safety…

On October 3rd, Save Our Canyons and a group of volunteers met at the Little Cottonwood Canyon Park & Ride for a self-guided morning cleanup. We spent the morning tackling garbage at the Park & Ride and the Temple Quarry Trail. By the end of the session, we collected nearly…

On August 18th, Save Our Canyons and a group of volunteers met at the Big Cottonwood Canyon Park & Ride for a self-guided morning cleanup. We sent multiple duos up the canyon to tackle Dogwood Picnic Area, Birches Picnic Area, Storm Mountain Picnic Area, Butler Fork Trailhead, and Mill D…

On July 18th, Save Our Canyons, Wasatch Mountain Club, Kind Minds Club, and our friends at the Pleasant Grove Ranger District met up at the Khyv Peak Overlook near the base of Provo Canyon for a morning cleanup and weed removal project. Over the few hours we were there, a…

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…