Trails are a literal part of the Zion landscape. They meticulously ebb and flow with the undulating terrain. Each trail in Zion National Park is a feat of engineering that relies on the skills of trained park staff as well as expert masons and craftspeople. When access to a trail is blocked, it means more …
New Park Film in Honor of National Park Week (4/18-4/26) “We The Keepers” – a story of Zion told by its keepers, stewards, and guests SPRINGDALE, Utah – April 17, 2020. With Zion National Park temporarily closed in response to COVID-19, the Zion Forever Project and Zion National Park have a deep desire to find …
by David DeMille St. George Spectrum & Daily News The official non-profit partner of Zion National Park this week released its plans to help the increasingly crowded park and surrounding areas stay healthy long-term. Zion saw 4.5 million visitors last year, and the park has nearly doubled its annual visitation over the past decade. Officials …
The 25 projects span Zion National Park, Cedar Breaks and Pipe Spring National Monuments – providing strategic investment in natural and cultural resource protection, ensuring exemplary visitor experiences, and delivering nexgen education programs on site and digital, featuring Zion and her sister parks as global classrooms. The tremendous response in contributions to the Forever Project …
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By Lyman Hafen Executive Director, Zion Natl Park Forever Project Albert Einstein said the only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once. In Zion Canyon we’re engulfed in time. Time below us, time above us, time laid down beside us in the miniscule grains of sand that form the rock our …
Desert Bighorn sheep are the consummate inhabitants of Zion’s spectacular canyon country. Their presence here cannot be taken for granted. From vast herd across the south west, their numbers dwindled with European settlement, until they were believed to be extirpated within Zion National Park. After reintroduction in the 1970’s their numbers remained low, until a …
Momentum and Support Continues to Build Organizations and park enthusiasts band together in taking ownership as stewards of Utah’s crown jewel – Zion National Park SPRINGDALE, Utah, Sept 29, 2017 – After a successful spring launch of Zion Forever Project, the official nonprofit partner of Zion National Park is pleased to announce immediate progress has …
The Middle Emerald Pools Trail Centennial Fundraiser is currently one of the National Park Foundation’s Top 50 Centennial Fundraising Projects and the Zion National Park Foundation is hoping to match the funds they raise. Construction of the Emerald Pools Trails: Lower, Middle and Upper began in 1932 by the Nation Park Service. They were listed …
The Zion National Park Foundation will host special showings of a new Imax 3D film celebrating the Centennial of the National Park Service. The April 16 event starts at 3:00 p.m. on the plaza of the Zion Canyon Giant Screen Theatre in Springdale. An array of interactive exhibits and activities relating to the area’s national …
Anticipating the upcoming Zion National Park Plein Air Art Invitational, we hoped to share some inside thoughts and views from a participating artist in the invitational. We had a conversation with George Handrahan about painting plein air in Zion. We were pleased to not only get into his thoughts, but he opened his heart to …