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Show I The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, July 22-25, 2006 B-15 Campsites readyforPioneer weekend Upcoming Utah State Parks events Ph.D. displays color photographs •July 28 Wasatch Mountain at the Visitor Center Art Gallery. State Park - Midway Campfire The exhibit features a colorful disProgram: Dutch Oven Cooking- play of Antelope Island's birds Join Park Ranger Drew Patterson and wildlife. The visitor center is as he demonstrates some tried and open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. true. Dutch oven recipes. Learn For more information, please call some tips and tricks, and sample (801)725-9263. the food. Program begins at 7 p.m. •August 4 Wasatch Mountain at the campground. For more State Park - Midway Campfire information call (435) 654-1791. Program: Whodunit? A •July 29 Rock Cliff Nature Scatological Mystery - Join the Center/ Jordanelle State Park - park naturalist to uncover some of Francis Junior Ranger program: the mysteries of wildlife. Learn to Science in Action. Children age six identify some common animals by to 10 are invited to the Junior what they leave behind through Ranger program from 11 a.m. to this fun, interactive program. Meet noon at the Nature Center to learn at the campground amphitheater about how wonderful science is. at 7 p.m. For more information Children will earn a badge and cer- call (435) 654-1791. tificate. For more information, • August 5 Antelope Island please call (435) 782 3030. State Park - Syracuse The little •July 29 Wasatch Mountain Engine that Could Junior Ranger State Park - Midway Junior Program: Bring your picnic basket, Utah State Parks boating safety tip Ranger Program: Identifying blanket and come join us for a fun Animals Through Tracks and Scat- filled experience learning about of the week Utah law requires children .If you are between the age of six historic engines and tractors at 2 under 13 to wear a properly sized and 12 you can become a Junior p.m. Meet at one of Utah's earliest life jacket when on a boat. Ranger by joining the naturalist in ranches, the historic Fielding Garr However, it is a safe and smart this one-hour program designed to Ranch on Antelope Island State practice for everyone, including get kids excited about nature! Park. Though this informative adults, to always wear their life Program begins at 1 p.m. at the Junior Ranger program is geared Huber Grove. For more informa- for ages 6-12, people of all ages are jacket. welcome. For more information, Utah boating accident statistics tion call (435) 654-1791. •July 29 Wasatch Mountain please call (801) 649-5742. for the past 10 years indicate that nearly 75 percent of drowning vic- State Park - Midway Campfire •August 5 Antelope Island tims from boating accidents would Program: Stars and Their Stories State Park-Syracuse Scenic Great have likely survived had they been of Light- Ever sit out under the Salt Lake Slide Show: Join park stars at night and wonder what's staff for an audiovisual tour of scewearing a life jacket. For more boating safety infor- up there? Learn about the many nic Great Salt Lake. Feel the desomation, please call (801) 538-2628 stories of light in our night sky lation, energy, solitude, and excitewithin the Salt Lake calling area or beginning at 9 p.m. at the camp- ment of the Great Basin on this 1-800-743-3792 from outside the ground amphitheater. For more photographic tour of Great Salt Lake. Participants should meet at Salt Lake calling area or visit information call (435) 654-1791. wNvw.stateparks.utah.gov. •August 1 - September 30 the visitor center at 4 p.m. For Dare to be safe! Wear a Life Antelope Island State Park - more information, please call Syracuse Randy S. Chatelain, (801)773-2941. Jacket! Live by the rules! If you are planning to go out of town for Pioneer Day Weekend, it's not too late to reserve a campsite at a Utah state park. The following parks have campsites available, and reservations may be made up to two days before your arrival: Antelope Island, Dead Horse Point, Escalante, Fremont Indian, Goblin Valley, Green River, Kodachrome, Quail Creek, Red Fleet, Sand Hollow, Snow Canyon, Steinaker, Starvation, Wasatch Mountain, Willard, and Painted Rock and beach areas at Yuba. To make a reservation or for more information, please call 3223770 from within the Salt Lake calling area and (800) 322-3770 from outside the area or visit www.stateparks.utah.gov ACCELERATE August 5 Antelope Island State Park-Syracuse Star Party: Join Ogden Astronomical Society and Weber State University for an evening under the stars. Participants can expect to enjoy beautiful celestial views (weather permitting), and stellar conversation with our local astronomers. Meet at White Rock Bay at .dusk. If you bring a flashlight, make it a red-colored lens, please. For more information please call (801) 7732941. •August 5 Rock Cliff Nature Center/ Jordanelle State Park Francis Junior Ranger program: Only the Nose Knows- Children age six to 10 are invited to the Junior Ranger program from 11 a.m. to noon at the Nature Center to learn about all five senses. Children will earn a badge and certificate. For more information, please call (435) 782 3030. •August 5 Wasatch Mountain State Park - Midway Junior Ranger Program: The Amazing Water Cycle- If you are between the age of six and 12 you can become a Junior Ranger by joining the naturalist in this one-hour program designed to get kids excited about nature! Program begins at 1 p.m. at the Huber Grove. For more information call (435)654-1791. •August 5 Wasatch Mountain State Park - Midway Campfire Program: Interesting Insects- Join the naturalist for an evening learning everything you never thought you'd want to know about insects. Program begins at 7 p.m. at the campground amphitheater. For more information call (435) 6541791. YOUR SAVINGS. DISCOUNTS UP TO 40%. See me today and get the discounts and service you deserve. 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"I do have sympathy for the poor person who rented that place after me." . Logan followed the little 'greenish-brown amphibians to their new home near Alamosa, where she now works as assistant manager at the Native Aquatic Species Restoration Facility. Here, in the first publicly funded hatchery in the United States to focus exclusively on endangered species, the toads share space with 11 species of fish, including razorback suckers, roundtail chub and redbelly dace. For Logan and her staff, each day brings a new challenge. "The big hurdle here is that most species were never raised in captivity, so there's no manual for them," Logan says. "Our job is to write the manual." The "manual" - in the form of stacks of production plans, fish counts and other documents - lies on her desk amid jars of toad specimens and a stuffed toy frog. On the wall, a satin sash reads "Miss Fish Hatchery." Awarded to her by a student volunteer, it sums up the reputation Logan has earned among her colleagues, though she's quick to dismiss the compliment with a modest grin. Arriving at the facility in 2001, Logan began the difficult work of figuring out what makes these temperamental fish tick, achieving a handful of victories along the way. One of them is swimming quietly in a side room at the hatchery, alone in a rack of tanks that resembles a pet-store display. Nicknamed Speck, the small, pale-yellow plains minnow survived a premature hatching that AIRPORT PARKING Valet Covered killed hundreds of its brothers and sisters. The rare minnows have difficulty reproducing in captivity. Over the years, Logan has tried to encourage them by simulating river systems and flood conditions in the tanks. Speck's survival is the first glimmer of payoff. An even mix of purpose and levity keeps the quick-witted 33year-old plodding diligently through puzzles like this, on behalf of some of the West's lessthan-glamorous animal,:. li i d 0 enjoy working with the underdog," says Logan. "Endangered species are most often uglyr; reclusive and unpopular creatures." Logan has long had a passion for species conservation. She grew up in suburban Denver, but it was during a high school summer trip that something clicked. After working at the Dolphin Research Center in the Florida Keys for a few weeks, Logan came home with newfound drive. She and a few classmates tried to apply what they'd learned as best they could in a state more than a thousand miles from the'ocean. "We actually banned tuna that wasn't caught with dolphin-safe methods from our school district menu," she says; it was her "first little entry" into species protection. Soon after, Logan landed in wildlife biology classes at Colorado State University, and in her junior year began volunteering for the Division of Wildlife. Throughout school and for two years after graduation, she worked on a variety of wildliferelated projects in Colorado. Missouri and Utah. Although Florida's dolphins were "the dream animal to work with," Logan wants to stay in Colorado. A new position as a Division wildlife conservation biologist in Glen wood Springs should make that possible. This month, she'll leave the tank-lined confines of the hatchery to work in the field with a wider variety of species. Logan is excited about the move: She's always loved playing in the mud. This article originally appeared in High Country News (www.hcn.org), which covers the West's communities and naturalresource issues from Paonia. Colorado. 3SB4»AMC • = • . • • • . . That's the beauty of having an office II ot Gateway! 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