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Thursday, October 16, 2025
How to Help Birds of Prey When Hunting Near Zion in 2025 ZION - The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and The Peregrine Fund are once again asking hunters in the Zion hunting unit to stop at a check station this month, where they can demonstrate their efforts to help protect scavenging wildlife—like eagles, hawks and California condors— and also enter to win a prize. During October, the DWR will be operating a check station where hunters who take action to help condors can enter to win an $800 gift card donated by The Peregrine Fund for outdoor equipment. After stopping at the check station, big game hunters can enter the drawing by either: • Showing lead-free ammunition they are using during their hunt, or • Providing proof they removed all the remains (including gut piles) of their harvested animals from the field. The Hunters HelpHelping Birds of Prey Cont'd on B2
Wayne Garfield Co. and Utah Officials Hold County Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to Celebrate Commission Utah Film Trail Marker in Bryce Canyon N.P. by Kathryn Chamberlain by Jaynie Connor
Oct. 6, 2025
5:30 p.m. in the Sunset Point parking area for the presentation and to watch Garfield County Com-
WAYNE CO. - The Wayne County Commission met for its regular meeting on October 6, 2025, and moved through a concise one-hour agenda. The first item on the agenda was a report from engineer Parker Vercimak of Jones & DeMille Engineering, who presented an update on the Bicknell Business Park. Six firms submitted proposals, and the commission awarded the project to Jackson Excavation, a local contractor already working nearby. Commissioner Cook recommended selecting Jackson, noting that the company had installed the original water line years ago and that their current work on the nearby EMS building would make coordination easier. The project will extend water and power to four buildable lots, using grant funds that must be spent by year’s end.
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Garfield County Commissioner David Tebbs, Garfield County Tourism Director Falyn Owens, Managing Director of Utah Office of Tourism and Film Natalie Randall, and Utah Film Commission Director Virginia Pearce cut the ribbon on the new Utah Film Trail marker—located at Sunset Point in Bryce Canyon National Park and signifying the filming location of The Deadwood Coach (1924)—on October 2. BRYCE CANYON N.P. - On October 2, 2025, representatives of the Utah Film Commission, Garfield County Office of Tourism, and the Utah Office of Tourism gathered together
WCFD Update; FFSL to Offer Free Lot Assessments to Landowners/Residents by Steve Lutz | Wayne County Fire District
Courtesy Steve Lutz
On the way to another deployment in Koosharem, Wayne County Fire District crews found and responded to a large motor home blazing at a rest area on Highway 24. WAYNE CO. - The Wayne County Fire Department (WCFD) has had a busy and interesting summer. Thanks to our volunteers' hard work and willingness to learn new skills, along with help from outside of Wayne County, we were able to send wildland firefighters to the fire in Monroe Canyon, Pine Valley, and
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to others in Nevada and Wyoming. On the way to another deployment in Koosharem, crews saw smoke from a different fire. When they followed the smoke, they found a large motor home blazing at a rest area on Highway 24. Their quick action preWCFD Cont'd on A6
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for a ribbon cutting celebration for the Utah Film Trail marker at Bryce Canyon National Park. This marker is located at Sunset Point and highlights the filming location of The Deadwood
Utah DOR Awards $1.78M to 30 OHV Projects Statewide UTAH - The Utah Division of Outdoor Recreation (DOR), working with the OHV Advisory Council, has approved funding for thirty projects through the Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation (OHVR) grant summer cycle, investing $1.78 million in trail maintenance, search and rescue, education, snowmobile grooming, access protection, tourism and land acquisition across the state. “We saw a strong volume of applications and OHV Projects Cont'd on B2
Coach (1924). This event happened during the 2025 Utah Tourism Conference, hosted by Garfield County Office of Tourism in Bryce Canyon National Park. A crowd gathered at
Torrey Dark Skies Hosts Fall Citizen Science Night Sky Brightness Monitoring Event by Torrey Dark Skies
Courtesy Barb Walkush
The September 2025 Fall Night Sky Monitoring group on Sept. 22. Back row is Scott Schelin, Karen Davenport Rohr, Pearl Thorndal-Stewart, Christoph Luty, Gary Pankow, Dave Cushing, Rod Frazier, and John Lee. Front row is Mary Schelin, Shari Zinik, Steve Zinik, Nancy Talcott-Luty, Anne Macey, Susan O'Connor-Wright, Jean Morrell, Susan Snow, and Linda Peer. TORREY - The Fall 2025 Citizen Science Night Sky Brightness Monitoring Event was held on Monday, September 22, 2025, after a weather delay from
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Torrey Dark Skies and a dedicated and enthusiastic group of volunteers. SpeNight Sky Monitoring Cont'd on B2
UPCOMING EVENTS... Alex Boyé Heartland Tour
October 17 Triple C Arena
THURS. OCT. 16 - WED. OCT. 22
Sunny to mostly sunny all week with highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s, and lows in the 30s, dipping below freezing. No precip in the forecast.
Saturday, September 20. The event is sponsored by the Entrada Institute (www.entradainstitute.org) and Capitol Reef National Park, with assistance from
Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win. —Stephen King
Halloween 2025
October 31
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