Wasatch Adaptive Sports is hosting Bike Rodeos for youth with disabilities and their families throughout May to October! Each Rodeo will feature ~10 to 20 kids. Locations vary across Salt Lake and Utah Counties; however, the activities will remain the same: -Learning to bike with trained instructors -Trying out different forms of adaptive equipment -Biking through an obstacle course -Playing …
Wasatch Adaptive Sports (WAS) will be hosting Bike Rodeos in Salt Lake and Utah counties (locations vary) from May to October for youth with disabilities and their family members (e.g., siblings). These Bike Rodeos, open to between 10 and 20 participants each, will feature learn-to-bike instruction, safety demonstrations, obstacle courses, bike soccer, bike races, and more. To register, a parent …
Kick off the week of SoJo Summerfest! Get a sneak peek of select parade floats, enjoy food trucks, and join the kite festival Tuesday evening on the west side of South Jordan!
Hey, families of the Four Corners region! Is your student going into grades 7 through 12 next year? Do they love the outdoors? They’re invited to join Bears Ears Partnership for a free three-day, two-night trip on the upper San Juan River! Session 2 takes place June 28-30. Participants will enjoy tasty meals, go for guided nature walks or hikes, …
Join us for a beginner-friendly Birding 101 class followed by a guided community bird walk. We will start indoors with an interactive lesson covering birding basics, what to look and listen for, and how to use binoculars. After the class, all participants are invited to join a guided bird walk led by Wasatch Audubon, exploring Ogden Nature Center with a …
Join us for a botany/ecology walk led by ecologist Marc Coles-Ritchie. Learn about the beautiful plants of Best Friends and Southern Utah. We will slowly walk the half-mile trail to the Gratitude Garden identifying wildflowers, grasses and shrubs as we go and come back on the same trail, for a round trip of 1 mile. You can turn around at …
Gigi Love, a singer-songwriter and environmental advocate, as well as Amtrak’s 1st Trails and Rails Troubadour (2016-2019), will be performing at the Bears Ears Education Center on Friday, May 29th at 7pm. Gigi will share stories from her national parks and Amtrak train tours and sing songs from her album National Parks Centennial Songs. The 45-minute program will be accompanied …
Using telescopes to view the moon at the Bluff Community Center
Denise is the founder of Utah Mountain Lion Conservation, an initiative dedicated to increasing social tolerance of mountain lions through education, collaboration, community engagement, and research. She studied Natural Resources Management, Wildlife Biology, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at Grand Valley State in Allendale, Michigan. She’s worked on a wild felid study in the Peruvian Amazon evaluating wild cat interactions …
The Wild Friends wildlife refuge area is licensed by both the state of Utah and the federal government as a rehabilitation and education center to help injured or orphaned wild animals. The purpose of the program is two-fold. Our education side provides permanent placement for native wildlife with injuries that prevent them from being released. For the rest, the objective …
Assist the Sanctuary’s Landscaping team in performing a tree audit! Tree audits help provide important data for tracking changes in tree health, condition, monitoring fire risk, and more! We will meet at Angel Village Café. RSVP for our EKO events here: https://airtable.com/app4dxQhkuCnr7lgO/pagcjTyTHCxiVbUpl/form (Preferred but not required) *Our Sanctuary is spread across 6,000 acres. If you are not familiar with the …
Celebrate the end of space week with a starry skies star party led by a local night sky interpreter, Kyle Slaton. Exact time TBD. Please RSVP so we may contact you with official details once confirmed in early October. https://airtable.com/app4dxQhkuCnr7lgO/pagcjTyTHCxiVbUpl/form Location: Peekaboo Canyon staging area (37.15445624, -112.5736218) Close to the Sanctuary’s North entrance.