INSPIRE GUIDES
Steward Moab knows every interaction is an opportunity to deepen someone's connection to this landscape and their responsibility to protect it. When people understand where they are, they take better care of it. That understanding starts with us and it travels home, to the next adventure, to the friends and families they bring to Moab.
MOAB GUIDE SUMMIT
This event is designed to provide updates on local land agency projects, share natural and cultural resource information, offer guide-industry education, and create an annual opportunity for commercial permittees to connect directly with public land agency staff. It supports the development of positive, effective relationships between agencies and permitted outfitters, strengthens the shared stewardship of Southeast Utah’s public lands, and encourages transparency around agency operations and outcomes. Through open conversation and genuine human connection, the event helps sustain the collaborative care of the landscapes we all value.
EVENT GOALS
Provide natural/cultural resource & guide industry education to commercial permittees operating on Southeast Utah public lands
Provide updates on local land agency projects and outcomes
Provide the annual opportunity for commercial guides to interface with public land agency staff
GUIDES
BUSINESS
LEARNING
2027 SCHEDULE
Two day event. One for owners/managers. One for Guides.
Limited Number
Owner & Manager Dinner
March 2027 - 3-7PM
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Agency Updates with Leadership
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Dinner with Keynote
Guide Day
March 2027 - 7:30AM-5PM
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Morning Presentations & Agency Tabling
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Afternoon Field Sessions
2027 PRESENTERS
OUTCOMES
Highly Recommended Event
Positive support for the event. 93% of respondents say they would recommend this event to others.
Produces New Knowledge & Skills
More than 98% of survey respondents left the 2025 event prepared to apply new knowledge and skills with visitors.
Owners & Managers will return next year
A 2026 survey of owners and managers found that attendees rated their likelihood of returning to the event the following year at an average of 4.7 out of 5.0.
