Recreation

The importance of outdoor education

Jim Sibthorp, Ph.D.
Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism
April 19, 2022

Camps can be key for kids and young adults developmentally because they help facilitate social-emotional learning, perspective-taking and healthy family separation. 

A massive line of cars wait in traffic to enter Zion National Park in the southern part of Utah in the United States. Midway in the line of traffic is a sign with the park’s name on it. In the background is a cliff of red rocks that the region is known for. Green trees tower over the cars.

The rise of ‘Zoom Towns’ in the rural west

Lisa Potter
science writer, University of Utah Communications
October 14, 2020

COVID-19 has accelerated a trend of rapid growth in western gateway communities. This “amenity migration” is causing urgent planning challenges.

DAY TRIPPIN’

Andy Thompson
June 19, 2017

While Utah is home to five national parks, they usually require a few days (and nights) to visit. Here are six excursions away from the Wasatch Front where you’ll still be back by bedtime.