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

Published on May 17, 2024

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. Video footage recorded at the archaeological site shows two individuals—a male and a female—entering an area that was marked as closed to the public and removing artifacts from a cabinet, NPS officials said....