yeah so this happened last weekend. was out near Arches, not inside the park obviously i knew that was a no-go, but on some BLM land just outside and this ranger comes over and starts asking questions. i had all my stuff ready, TRUST card, registration, everything but he still made me pack up and said he needed to verify the airspace or whatever. spent like 45 minutes just waiting there

checked B4UFLY before i went out and it showed clear. still got hassled. not really sure what the point was but just heads up if youre going to that area, seems like they're being extra careful right now, maybe because of busy season idk

ugh that sucks. ive heard BLM land can be weirdly inconsistent with enforcement, like some areas nobody cares and then you get a ranger whos really on it. glad you had your paperwork at least, imagine if you didnt

this is actually pretty common around Moab right now from what ive seen on a couple facebook groups. apparently theres been a lot of incidents with people flying inside the park and just claiming they were on BLM land so the rangers are checking everything more carefully. not your fault but thats probably why. the B4UFLY thing doesnt really account for temporary local restrictions either, worth cross referencing with the FAA NOTAM search before going out somewhere popular like that