Fred Armstrong, a 35-year career employee with the National Park Service, has been selected as the next superintendent at Pipe Spring National Monument, Arizona. For the past 4 1/2 years, he has been the division chief for natural and cultural resources and research at Zion National Park. ”I had the opportunity to work with the …
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Everyone would like to hear the inside scoop. Well, here it is from three ZNHA Lead Sales Associates who will tell you the hottest items to buy at the Zion Visitor Center Bookstore, why they wanted to work for ZNHA at Zion, their favorite spot in the park, where they came from to work in this beautiful …
Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. Come join us to learn about the Intergovernmental Internship Cooperative’s (IIC) efforts to expose young people to the wide variety of learning experiences, internships and potential career opportunities available in public land management. This unique partnership includes the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, Utah State …
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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 …
By Lyman Hafen, Executive Director A hundred years ago, two men who played a key role in the process of Zion Canyon’s evolution from a national monument to a national park, were busy formulating policy to administer our national parks. At that time, early in the year of 1916, no federal entity existed for the …
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Schedule of Plein Air Events | 2016 Invited Artists | Featured Artist: John Cogan Behind the scenes planning and preparation are underway for the 8th Annual Zion National Park Plein Air Art Invitational to be held November 7-13, 2016. Currently the artist selection process is at full steam as 24 of the finest landscape artists …
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Zion National Park is seeking applications for the 2016 Zion Plein Air Art Invitational – Centennial Edition. Zion National Park and the Zion National Park Foundation are pleased to have hosted some of the country’s finest plein air artists the past seven years. The 8th Annual Zion National Park Plein Air Art Invitational will be …
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THROUGH PARTNERS IN PRESERVATION: NATIONAL PARKS CAMPAIGN Created by American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Program Celebrated the National Park Service Centennial SPRINGDALE, UTAH — July 6, 2016 — The Zion National Park Foundation today announced it will receive a $201,000 grant provided by American Express and the National Trust for Historic …
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS : Monday, November 2 DEMONSTRATIONS: 10:00 am – Gregory Stocks – oil 11:00 am – Royden Card – acrylic 12:00 pm – Jim Wodark – oil 1:00 pm – Bruce Gomez – pastel 2:00 pm -Ron Larson – oil 3:00 pm – Hadley Rampton – oil Tuesday, November 3 DEMONSTRATIONS: 10:00 am …
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FIND YOUR PARK By Lyman Hafen “The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” ~Marcel Proust When I was growing up in St. George, Utah, in the 1960s, our town park was just three blocks up the street from my house. We called it The City Park. And …