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Show Wildflowers, Other Beauties Abundant At Cedar Breaks The wildflowers at Cedear Braks are at their peak report park naturalists. Recent afternoon showers have left miles of green sub-alpine meadows and brilliantly colored rocks. Visitors are urged fo bring their cameras and picnic lunches to spend the afternoon In the cool mountain forests and meadows. Special evening programs include a unique look into the lives of the people who lived in the Cedar Breaks area in the past presented by Ellen Lunceford on Friday evening, July 26 at 8:30 p.m. at the park visitor center. Lunceford was born and reared in Utah and is well acquainted with the native Americans, Mormon and other pioneers who explored and settled the area. Through the folk art of storytelling, she gives visitors a glimpse of days gone by that is not usually found .in history books. On Saturday night at 8:30 p.m. at the campground amphitheater, David Hassig will present a cam-pfire talk discussing visitors' experiences camping at Cedar Breaks and how the experiences influence relationships with nature. Pahute legends will be discussed along with some poetry, Sunday evening's program relates to Cedar Breaks as an island of alpine meadows surrounded by deserts, creating an unusual bird sanctuary, by Laura Seager at 8:30 p.m. at the visitor center. On July 29, Lisa Bell will talk about "Pieces Pieces of the Breaks," rocks, flowers, soils, trees, animals, life, death and time in the monument, at 8:30 p.m. at the visitor center. On Tuesday, July 30, David Trevino will present "The Old Men of the Forest," a talk about the ancient bristlecone pines and what they teach the visitor to Cedar Breaks. Visitor center at 8:30 p.m. On Wednesday, July 31, visitors can meet at Point Supreme near the visitor center to watch the sunset and then stroll to the campground amphitheater for a discussion of the natural history of Cedar Breaks by Margaret Williams. |