Help Restore Public Lands While Learning
Published: May 05, 2018 | Author: Haven Scott | Read Time: 2 minutes
Experience the public lands surrounding Cedar City like never before with Southern Utah University and Dr. Jacqualine Grant. Make your summer meaningful by helping to restore lands damaged in the 2017 Brian Head fire.
SUU Community Education is offering a summer course entitled “Plants and Public Lands.” Participants will learn all about Utah’s amazing native plants within the scenic landscapes surrounding southern Utah.
“This is an amazing opportunity for our community to help our public lands while learning something new from an experienced professional,” said Suzette Beach, assistant director of SUU Community Education.
The course will be offered in two different sessions, June 7-22 and July 30–Aug. 3, with one in-class presentation and two field trips each session. Course participants will also learn how to keep a field journal, the difference between native and non-native plant species, plant and flower identification, and will contribute to restoration efforts on the Dixie National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management that were heavily damaged in the Brian Head Fire.
Dr. Grant, an award winning experiential educator and biology professor at SUU, will be instructing the course, as well as leading the field trips that include several short hikes.
“There is an abundance of magnificent flowering plants that bloom in southern Utah even though we are immersed in a desert environment,” Grant said. “This applied course will lead you through the identification and biology of common wildflowers, the mechanics of keeping a scientific field journal, an introduction to how seeds are collected for restoration efforts, and an explanation of citizen science and how you can contribute to global databases.”
The course is open for children ages 12 and up. Chance encounters with bees that sleep in globemallows, and other pollinators, could occur.
For more information on “Plants on Public Lands,” or any of the more than 30 courses being offered by SUU Community Education this summer, visit suu.edu/wise, email bewise@suu.edu or call (435) 865-8259.
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