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SNAPPED: Volunteers help clean up newly protected 910 Cattle Ranch

Rebecca Brenner

by Rebecca Brenner
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Volunteers pick up trash along East Canyon Road at the 910 Cattle Ranch as part of Summit County's Stewardship Thursdays series.

Volunteers pick up trash along East Canyon Road at the 910 Cattle Ranch as part of Summit County's Stewardship Thursdays series. Photo: TownLift//Randi Sidman-Moore

PARK CITY, Utah— Volunteers fanned out along East Canyon Road this week for a community cleanup at the 910 Cattle Ranch, picking up trash and pet waste as Summit County begins writing the next chapter for its newly protected open space.

Community members help clean up the East Canyon Creek watershed at the newly protected 910 Cattle Ranch. Photo: TownLift//Randi Sidman-Moore
Volunteers work to keep the East Canyon Creek watershed healthy during a community cleanup at the 910 Cattle Ranch. Photo: TownLift//Randi Sidman-Moore

The event was part of the county’s Stewardship Thursdays series, organized in partnership with Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter, and focused on protecting the East Canyon Creek watershed.

A volunteer collects trash during a Stewardship Thursday cleanup event at the 910 Cattle Ranch along East Canyon Road. Photo: TownLift//Randi Sidman-Moore
Summit County volunteers remove trash and pet waste from the 910 Cattle Ranch, the county’s largest land conservation acquisition. Photo: TownLift//Randi Sidman-Moore

The cleanup came just weeks after Summit County finalized its acquisition of the 8,576-acre ranch — described by the county as the largest land conservation achievement in its history.

Rebecca Brenner

Rebecca Brenner is a Park City–based journalist whose work has appeared in Time, the Los Angeles Times, Tin House, The Rumpus, and other outlets. She is the founder of Mindful. Summit County, a member of Leadership Park City Class 30 and the Park City Community Foundation’s DEI Cohort, and a board member of Summit Pride. Her debut memoir, Paper House, was published by Wayfarer Books in 2025.

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