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Thursday, September 14, 2023

Bryce Canyon City Council Mtg. by Kadi Franson

Sept. 7, 2023 BRYCE - Mayor Syrett facilitated the meeting, and Sydney Syrett-Lamas took the minutes. The meeting began with a prayer followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Bryce Canyon City Improvements - The council discussed several improvement projects, including the possibility of purchasing a water bottle fill station for the town park, installing road signs and speed bumps, installing a snow plow onto the fleet truck, new and improved maps for the Main Street Kiosk, electric car charging stations, and purchases for the baseball field. Canyon 2 Canyon Follow-Up - 507 participants registered for this year’s cycling event. Participation was down from last year, potentially due to inclement weather. The council debriefed on the event logistics, what worked and what didn’t, and considered ways to Bryce Council Cont'd on A2

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Chasing the Light

Melody Greenlief is enjoying her first Artist's Residency

Aug. 28, 2023

lows an artist several weeks to delve into their work, prior to the art show which this year takes place September 15-24, 2023. I’ve always wanted to do a residency, and for a long time didn’t due to the kids, I guess.” (Greenlief has raised four boys). “I applied and was accepted and

PANGUITCH - Commissioner David Tebbs reported on the progress of Zion National Park Visitor Use Management Plan. Common to all federal management plan draft, several alternatives have been studied and presented. One alternative would close Hwy 9 to thru traffic. Tebbs said he will push to keep that road open regardless of alternative selected. He also reported that the Commissioners met with Senator Mike Lee and 30 of his staff members at Bryce. They discussed public lands, housing, work visas, visitation, and other topics. Tebbs said Lee is already at work on legislation that would return Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to the 2017 Management Plan. Commissioner Jerry Taylor reported that Bryce Canyon City is again the venue for this year’s Utah Association of Counties Board meeting. He’s also working on getting health insurance for EMS volun-

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Artist Melody Greenlief is participating in her first residency as the 2023 GSENM Artist-in-Residence for the Escalante Canyons Art Festival, taking place September 15-24. Greenlief will give a special program, Bryce Canyon: Paint with the GSENM Artist-in-Residence, Monday, Sept. 18, 9am-noon at Bryce Canyon's Sunset Point. Her works will be on exhibit Friday-Saturday September 22-23 10am-6pm at the Escalante Town Park. S M O K Y MTN. ROAD – It’s a perfect September afternoon. No wind, mixed clouds and sunshine with temperatures in the mid80s. So it’s not unexpected to come across the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Artist-inResidence kiosk along the side of the road, and discover Melody Greenlief, this

Three Special Orchard Fruit Events at Capitol Reef National Park

J o i n Capitol Reef National Park staff for an educational cider pressing demonstration and tasting! C o m e learn more about how National Park Service people have Upcoming fruit and cider tasting h i s t o r i c a l l y events at Capitol Reef National Park used the harare free and require no reservations. vests from their orchards. Fruit Tasting Event – Park staff will demonstrate Sept. 22, from 10 am to 2 making cider with an apple pm press; then visitors can Join Capitol Reef Nasample fresh apple cider! tional Park staff for an eduAll three events will cational fruit tasting! take place at the Gifford Park staff will guide House lawn, one mile visitors through a tasting south of the visitor center as they sample different on the Scenic Drive. All fruit varieties and learn events are free of charge, about the history of fruit no reservations required. growing in the park. VisiIf you would like to make tors will learn why certain recommendations on fufruits are harvested the way ture orchard events and/ they are; and compare the or projects, please email flavor of different varieties the park Horticulturist at of apples and pears grown fritz_maslan@nps.gov. in the park. —National Park Cider Pressing DemService onstration and Tasting – Oct. 6 and 7, from 10 am to 2 pm

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year’s Artist-in-Residence for the Escalante Canyons Art Festival, poised next to her easel and paint palette with brush in hand, gazing east—or east-southeast, more precisely. Towards a cliff. One thing about watching artists is if you’re more than twenty feet away from them, it doesn’t look like they’re doing anything.

But she is. “I’m chasing the light,” she says. “There’s a rule that you shouldn’t chase the light. But I still do it, said Greenlief.” Greenlief works in watercolors, and while she’s painted all her life, “really since high school,” she says, the Escalante Canyons Art Festival is her first residency. ECAF’s residency al-

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Nearly 4,300 Show Bryce Canyon National Park some love boats inon National Public Lands Day, September 23 spected for Volunteers can receive a free campsite and one-time entry pass valid at all federally managed lands quagga mussels during BRYCE - Since 1994, National Public Lands Day Labor Day has mobilized volunteers on the fourth Saturday in weekend September to celebrate and

SALT LAKE CITY Law enforcement officers and technicians with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and other agencies were hard at work over the holiday weekend, inspecting and decontaminating watercraft to prevent the spread of invasive quagga mussels. Statewide, aquatic invasive species technicians with the DWR, Utah State Parks, Arizona Game and Fish Department and the National Park Service inspected 4,299 boats and performed 133 decontaminations from Friday to Monday. Of those total numbers, 1,194 of the boat inspecQuagga Cont'd on A3

care for something we all share—our nation’s public lands. Bryce Canyon National Park invites the public to join rangers for a volunteer event on September 23, 2023, from 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Individuals, school groups, families and community organizations are all encouraged to participate. For more information and to sign up, please visit go.nps.gov/BrycePLD. Do you like to paint? Hike? Keep a beautiful area trash-free? Projects on September 23 will include painting fences, closing off social trails and picking up trash at viewpoints. Volunteers will meet at the Bryce Canyon Visitor Center plaza at 12:00 p.m. and then break into project teams. Safety

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A park ranger gathers trash along Bryce Canyon National Park's Rim Trail. Public Lands Day Cont'd on A3

UPCOMING EVENTS... 2023 Escalante Canyons Art Festival

Sept. 15 - 24, 2023 escalantecanyonsartfestival.org

Panguitch Lantern Festival

Oct. 7, 2023 "Give Light"

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