Canyonlands National Park Seeks Public Help to Identify Visitors Suspected of Archeological Theft

The alleged incident took place at Cave Spring Cowboy Camp in the Needles district.

Rocks mark the location where a metal monolith once stood in the ground in a remote area of red rock in Spanish Valley, Utah south of Moab near Canyonlands National Park. Kelsea Dockham/Canyon State Overland via AP

Law enforcement park rangers at Canyonlands National Park in Utah are asking the public to help identify two suspects allegedly involved in an archaeological theft incident.

The alleged incident took place on March 23, 2024, at Cave Spring Cowboy Camp in the Needles district of the park, the National Park Service (NPS)—an agency operating within the U.S. Department of the Interior—said in a press release on May 15.