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The Moab Information Center and Canyonlands Natural History Association will host Jess Hough, the 2023 Community Artist in the Parks. She spent this spring, summer, and fall creating art in the Southeast Utah Group fo National Parks, and will discuss her experience. 

The Moab Information Center and Canyonlands Natural History Association will host Eric Trenbeath, an avalanche forecaster for hte Utah Avalanche Center, for a lecture titled, “Avalanches in the Desert? A Wintery Look at Southeast Utah’s La Sal Mountains.” 

The Moab Information Center and Canyonlands Natural History Association will host Rebecca Finger-Higgins, an ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, to discuss restoration efforts from the 2021 Pack Creek fire. 

The Moab Information Center and Canyonlands Natural History Association will host Walt Dabney, a former ranger and superintendent with the National Park Service, to deliver a lecture titled “Public Lands: Where, Why, and How?” The lecture will discuss where public lands came from and the policies that dictate them. 

The Moab Information Center and Canyonlands Natural History Association will host Kat Connelly, a ranger with the National Park Service, to deliver a lecture titled “Focusing the Lens on the Parks.” The lecture will discuss how photography played a role in influencing the designation of Arches and Canyonlands. 

The Moab Information Center and Canyonlands Natural History Association will host Robert Anderson, a ranger with the National Park Service, to deliver a lecture on the history of the iconic NPS uniform.