Do you remember the first time that you saw a waterfall? Last week, Sam, a Las Vegas fifth grade student participating in Zion’s Concrete to Canyons program, looked up at Mystery Falls along Zion’s Narrows and proclaimed his joy and pride at this first experience. He was part of a group of 22 students from …
Royden Card is among the 23 invited artists in this year’s edition of the Zion National Park Plein Air Art Invitational. Royden was born in Canada but grew up mostly in Utah and began his transformation into a painter and “desert rat” at age 14 with instruction from his father. He was especially inspired by …
A resounding crack echoes through the canyons and across the slickrock expanses of Zion National Park wilderness: somewhere out there, two desert bighorn rams charge one another and clash horns in a spectacular fight for breeding rights. The Zion National Park Foundation and Zion National Park have created the Adopt-a-Bighorn program to help preserve and …
The National Park Service will be celebrating its 100th birthday on August 25th, 2016. This spring the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation launched the public awareness and education campaign “Find Your Park,” to get the country ready for the centennial anniversary of the National Park Service and to set the stage for the next 100 …
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The selection committee for the Zion National Park Plein Air event has announced the artists who will participate in the 2015 Plein Air Art Invitational. The twenty-four selected artists will spend the week of November 2-8 in Zion National Park painting approximately 300 pieces in preparation for the public wet paint sale. All proceeds support …
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“For four days and three nights, students and teachers engaged in ranger-led hikes and activities throughout the park…” Etched, a local magazine, recounts the story of students participating in Concrete to Canyons, one of Zion National Park’s youth educational programs. Read the Etched Magazine Article to see how partnerships between the National Park Service, …