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CEDAR CITY — About 5 miles outside Cedar City, the Pyramid Ridge Campground is situated in a high desert landscape at over 6,000 feet in elevation and home to ancient-looking juniper trees growing among southern Utah's quintessential red rock.
Now, the site is slated for a makeover.
The Pyramid Ridge Campground expansion project was awarded $300,000 earlier this year via the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of the Ecosystem Restoration Project.
The national restoration project has released over $55 million for 83 projects and aims to "restore our nation's lands and waters through locally led, landscape-scale restoration projects," according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
At Pyramid Ridge, the funding will be used to expand the campground, adding 10-15 additional campsites and another vault toilet for phase 2 of the project, said Jacqueline Russell, the BLM Color Country District's public affairs specialist. Work on the project is tentatively expected to begin later this year, finishing in 2025.
