The public is invited to watch as wildlife officials work the bison through health check points Nov. 3-5. Bison will be moved through the chutes each day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. near the park headquarters.
Call the park at 801-773-2941 for more information.
Echo Park Dam movie
Roy Webb, an archivist at the University of Utah's Marriott Library special collections department is presenting the film "Wilderness River Trail: The Echo Park Dam Controversy" Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Little Theater in the A. Ray Olpin Student Union Building. The lecture and film are free. The film shows the Sierra Club floating the Yampa River through Dinosaur National Park in 1952 and was used to help stop the building of a dam at Echo Park. Call 801-581-3421 for more information.
Refuge Awareness Day
Refuge Awareness Day is Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the James V. Hansen Wildlife Education Center at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge west of Brigham City.
Events include a guided tour of the refuge by Al Trout, former superintendent of the refuge, and De Ann Lester at 10:30 a.m., tours through the Teaching Lab at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., a presentation on the "Birds of Northern Utah" with Keith Evans and Jack Rensel at 1 p.m., and a presentation on "Northern Utah Ghost Towns & Railroads" at 2 p.m. by Steve Carr.
The event is sponsored by Friends of Bear River Refuge and is being held in the new education center at 2155 West Forest St. in Brigham City. Visit http://bearriver.fws.gov/ events.html or call 435-734-6425 for more information and a map to the facility.
Spooky state park events
Utah State Parks are celebrating Halloween with a number of events:
Saturday - The Rock Cliff Nature Center at Jordanelle State Park near Francis is holding a program on bats and other nocturnal animals from 1 to 3 p.m. Call 435-782-3030 for more information.
Oct. 27-28 - Snow Canyon State Park in Ivins is holding a Halloween storytelling trail hike starting at 7:30 p.m. each night. The entire family is invited, but space is limited and registration is required. Call 435-628-2255.
Oct. 28 - Camp Floyd/Stagecoach Inn State Park and Museum is holding a program called "Ghosts of Camp Floyd: Is Camp Floyd Haunted?" at 1 p.m. Members of the Utah Ghost Hunters Society will present a program on their paranormal investigations at Camp Floyd. Call 801-768-8932 for more information.
Oct. 28 - Fremont Indian State Park and Museum near Sevier is holding the Scary Story Trail event, with trick-or-treating along the Parade of Rock Art trail from 7 to 9 p.m. Admission is $1 for adults with children under 12 free. Call the park at 435-527-4631 for more information.
Oct. 28 - Wasatch Mountain State Park staffers are holding a pumpkin carving event at the yurt to provide jack-o'-lanterns for the new educational yurt at the park in Midway. Pumpkins are provided, but participants should bring tools. The program runs from 1 to 3 p.m. Call 435-654-1791 for more information.
Turkey Shoot
The Mountain Men of the Wasatch, a black powder shooting club, is holding its annual Turkey Shoot on Nov. 18 and 19 at Holladay Gun Club. Visit the club's Web site at http://www.mountainmen .bizland.com/ or call Jeff at 801-359-7452 for more information.
Rainbow Bridge trail
The trail to Rainbow Bridge has been reopened after National Park Service maintenance crews repaired the trail leading to the massive land bridge from the edge of Lake Powell after major flooding forced a closure on the trail.
Ski conditioning classes
Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation is hosting a ski conditioning class Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Sunnyside Park in Salt Lake City through Nov. 10. The class is $5 and is taught by Eric Sell, a personal trainer at the Salt Lake City Sports Complex. The class is held outside and is available to drop-ins and will consist of running, jumping, bounding, core exercises and upper body exercises. Contact Sell at 801-809-6665 or e-mail him at ericdsell@yahoo.com.
REI clinics
Chris Davenport, a professional freeskier, will present a multimedia show about his quest to ski Colorado's 54 mountain peaks higher than 14,000 feet in one season. The free clinic starts at 7 p.m. at the Salt Lake store, 3285 E. 3300 South, in East Millcreek.
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