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The free Interagency Brown Bag Lecture series continues in January at the St. George Interagency Information Center at 345 East Riverside Road.

The lectures begin at noon and last one hour. Seating can be limited so reserving a space one week prior to each program is strongly suggested. To obtain tickets, visit the center or call 435-688-3200.

The lectures are sponsored by the Dixie/Arizona Strip Natural History Interpretive Association, the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service.

Here are this month's events:

January 6: Gil Mecham will take a windshield tour of past Winter Four Wheel Drive Jamboree and introduce the popular event to those who might want to participate.

January 13: McGarren Flack, artist in resident at Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument will share his work and philosophy.

January 20: Sarah Thompson will tell stories about the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument with a windshield tour of the area.

January 27: Greg Woodall will talk about what is new in regional archaeology. He is an experienced archaeologist and hiking guide throughout the Colorado Plateau with a special emphasis on the Arizona Strip.