Arches National Park - Like Nowhere Else on Earth
Moab Utah - Surprises Around Every Corner
Cedar Mesa - Feel the Wildness
Free talk by Spencer Stokes, Thursday, September 12, 2019, at 6 pm
Dead Horse Point's park ranger explores the lure of the harsh beauty of Moab, which has brought untold artists, adventurers, and seekers into an extraordinary landscape beyond their wildest dreams. Learn about movies, songs, books, and stories inspired by the red rocks of canyon country.
Free lecture by John Ninnemann, Thursday, April 11, 2019, at 6 pm
This presentation not only celebrates John Wesley Powell's fearless running of the then unknown canyon of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, 150 years ago, but also shows us how prophetic he was about one of the major issues facing the West today; our limited water supply.
Last Lecture of 2018!
Free lecture by Janet Buckingham, Thursday, October 25, 2018, at 6 pm
Join the 2018 Community Artist in the Park, Janet Buckingham, as she talks about her many experiences interacting with the visitors to the SE Utah Group parks.
Free lecture by Mathew Wedel, Thursday, October 18, 2018, at 6 pmNew fossil discoveries in the Salt Wash Member of the Morrison reveal a surprising diversity of dinosaurs, particularly long-necked sauropods. Together with new finds from other parts of the world, these fossils suggest that dinosaurs were highly diverse earlier than we suspected.
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Free lecture by Scott Chandler, Thursday, October 11, 2018, at 6 pm
Despite so much of our lives hinging upon its relentless energy, how much do you know about our glorious sun? Join Scott Chandler to learn about this glowing ball that our lives would be less brilliant without.
Free lecture by Jody Patterson, Thursday, October 4, 2018, at 6 pm
Beginning in 2016, the BLM-Price Field Office, in conjunction with Arizona State University, Montgomery Archaeological Consultants, USU-Eastern, and the Colorado Plateau Archaeological Alliance, initiated a public archaeological project in Nine Mile Canyon. This presentation describes the public archaeology project, highlights some of its successes, and discusses some of the issues involved in these types of large participatory efforts.
Free lecture by Charmaine Thompson & Donald C. Irwin, Thursday, September 20, 2018, at 6 pm
Come and learn how settlement in the Abajo’s and Elk Ridge illustrate the ability of Ancestral Puebloans to change their social organization as a tool in adapting to climatic fluctuation, particularly during Pueblo I (AD 750 – 900).
Free lecture by Randall Irmis, PhD, Thursday, August 30, 2018, at 6 pm
Dr. Irmis will discuss recent fossil discoveries from the Chinle Formation in southeastern Utah made by a collaborative field project between the Natural History Museum of Utah and St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site. These spectacular fossils include diverse bony fishes, giant flat-headed amphibians, large crocodile-like aquatic reptiles, and fossil trackways of Utah's earliest dinosaurs. This project is partially funded by CNHA's Discovery Pool.
Free lecture by Paul Lathrop, Thursday, August 23, 2018, at 6 pm
There are over 2,000 documented arches in Arches National Park, ranging from sliver-thin cracks to spans greater than 300 ft. Join Park Ranger Paul Lathrop as he discusses why people are attracted to arches and why Arches National Park is protected.Read More
Free lecture by Michael Matthes, Thursday, September 6, 2018, at 6 pm
Launched in the summer of 1977, the twin spacecraft Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 mission yielded scientific discovery and connected people to the cosmos. On board the spacecraft, was a golden record designed to communicate the story of Earth to extraterrestrials. The record, like a message in a bottle, carried sounds and images to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth. What messages would you send into the Universe and how do you think they've changed since 1977?Read More
