Recapture Canyon is a canyon along Recapture Creek (a tributary of the San Juan River) east of Blanding, San Juan County, Utah, United States.
[1] The Bureau of Land Management closed it to motorized vehicles in 2007 due to damage caused by illegal trail construction.
[2] On Saturday May 10, 2014, San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman organized a protest aimed at legally opening the trail to all-terrain vehicles.
[4] Bureau of Land Management undercover agents documented the illegal ride.
Lyman was convicted of misdemeanor trespassing, for which he served ten days in jail and paid restitution of $96,000.