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At the foothills of Payson Canyon is the 500-acre Forebay Area, a wilderness owned and maintained by Payson City that offers a wide range of recreational activities. In 2020, Payson introduced an updated area management plan for Forebay, setting short-term and long-term goals for how the city wanted to harness the land. In the half-decade since, Payson Recreation Director Karl Teemant said the city and the Payson Forebay Committee improved the recreation area by developing a parking lot, a bridge and restrooms at its lower-access point, while adding trails. Recently, Payson turned ...