CELEBRATE FREE STATE PARKS DAY SEPTEMBER 29

Salt Lake - Celebrate Free State Parks Day and National Public Lands Day Saturday, September 29. Day-use fees will be waived at all Utah state parks. (Special fees, such as golf and camping fees still apply.) Visit for the day, attend a special event or volunteer to improve your state parks. Events that day include:

Antelope Island State Park Volunteer Project: Help clear built-up soil along a new three-mile section of the White Rock Bay Trail. Project begins at 9 a.m. Wear a long-sleeved shirt, hat, and sunscreen, and bring drinking water. RSVP / information: (801) 773-2941

Wasatch Mountain State Park Apple Picking at Huber Grove: Join park staff at 9:30 a.m. for this first apple picking harvest and learn to make apple juice using an old cider press. Explore the historic farmhouse, creamery, and orchard. This event is free. $3 per bag of apples. (435) 654-1791

Camp Floyd/Stagecoach Inn State Park and Museum Camp Floyd Day:
Experience stagecoach rides, museum tours, play period games, march and drill with re-enactors; watch a battle and shoot period firearms; Civil War encampment, food, music and entertainment. (801) 768-8932

Snow Canyon State Park Bats - Masters of the Night: Eighteen species of bats call Washington County home. Join Tom Haraden of Zion National Park at 6 p.m. and learn about their natural history and importance to our ecosystem. Space is limited and registration required. (435) 628-2255

Green River State Park Golf Course Fall Two-Person Scramble: Visit Green River for this tournament. Regular green fees apply and registration is required. (435) 564-8882.

Wasatch Mountain State Park Junior Ranger Program: Sun Catchers - Leaves. Children six through 12 can become a Junior Ranger by joining the naturalist for this one-hour program. Program begins at 1 p.m. at the Educational Yurt. (435) 654-1791 For more Utah State Parks events and activities, visit www.stateparks.utah.gov.

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UPCOMING UTAH STATE PARKS EVENTS

September 21 to September 23 Fremont Indian State Park and Museum Pottery Workshop: Learn to make pottery the Fremont way. Join instructors Scott Turner and Ruth Bradfield to discover primitive pottery making techniques. Each participant will make at least one pot of their own. The workshop is $60, and registration is required. (435)
527-4631

September 22 Dead Horse Point State Park Ranger Program - What They Leave Behind: Join the park naturalist at 6:30 p.m. at the amphitheater for this program on the tracks and scat left by animals of the Colorado Plateau. Kids attending this program can earn a Junior Ranger badge. (435) 259-2614

September 22 Antelope Island State Park
Where the Buffalo Roam, Life on Antelope Island Lecture: Join us at 2 p.m. for an informative lecture by former Fielding Garr Ranch hand Max Harward for an informative lecture on how Antelope Island’s ranchers lived at one of Utah’s earliest ranches. (801) 649-5742.

September 22 Kodachrome Basin State Park Kodachrome After Dark - Join volunteers from Bryce Canyon National Park for an astronomy program and stargazing. Come early and view the sun through the solar scope. Time: TBD (435) 679-8562

September 22 Snow Canyon State Park
Yoga on the Dunes - An Autumn Equinox Gathering: Experience poetry in motion from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Breathe in the magic of the majestic red mountains. Join Janice Brooks-Nichter for a morning of yoga, storytelling, song, and meditation. All ages welcome and registration is required. (435) 628-2255

September 23 Dead Horse Point State Park Junior Ranger Program - Ravens, Beauties or Campsite Pests? Join the park naturalist for a program about these fascinating birds at 10:30 a.m. in the amphitheater behind the visitor center. (435) 259-2614