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Research team studys Zion National Park frogs

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Last updated Monday, June 27, 2011 - 11:40am

ST. GEORGE -- A research team from southern Utah's Dixie State College is studying the relationship between a fungus and frogs in Zion National Park.

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Zion National Park launches volunteer program

The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, June 11, 2011 - 6:23pm

ZION NATIONAL PARK -- Zion National Park has launched a weekly, drop-in volunteer program to allow the public to help improve the park.

Officials say the new Friday-only program is open to both visitors and residents of park-area communities from June to November.

Volunteers should meet at the Zion Canyon Visitor Center shuttle stop at 9 a.m., and expect to work about three hours.

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Zion National Park launches volunteer program

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, June 10, 2011 - 9:24am

ZION NATIONAL PARK -- Zion National Park has launched a weekly, drop-in volunteer program to allow the public to help improve the park.

Officials say the new Friday-only program is open to both visitors and residents of park-area communities from June to November.

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Searchers locate 2 hikers at Zion National Park

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 1:15pm

SPRINGDALE -- A park official says search crews have located a pair of overdue hikers in Zion National Park.

Park spokesman David Eaker says 22-year-old Nate Simon and 35-year-old Matthew Files were found about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday while walking out of the Subway slot canyon.

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Roy woman, Oregon man may have been found with others in Zion

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 12:00am

SPRINGDALE -- Zion National Park Rangers are "fairly confident" they have found a Utah woman and an Oregon man who have been missing since Sunday.

About 25 park rangers, employees and volunteers were searching for Evgenia Buzulukova, 25, from Roy, and Jonathon Wilson, 28, from Portland, Ore. The search expanded to David Balkcom, 37, of Salt Lake City, after he was overdue to return after entering The Subway canyon on Monday.

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Roy woman missing in Zion National Park

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - 11:00pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A search and rescue team is looking for a Utah woman and an Oregon man who have been missing since Sunday in Zion National Park in southern Utah.

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(JUD BURKETT/The Spectrum) Chandler Prior (left) and Zach Gibbs paddle a canoe down 20 East in St. George as sandbags line the fronts of houses in an effort to keep the flood waters of the Virgin River at bay Tuesday. The waters began receding Wednesday.

Receding waters ease flood fears in Southern Utah

Jennifer Dobner, Josh Loftin, The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 12:07am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Receding flood waters in Southern Utah on Wednesday left emergency officials with fewer problems than originally feared.

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Zion National Park will reopen Thursday

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 5:08pm

SPRINGDALE -- Administrators say Zion National Park is set to partially reopen unless flooding on the Virgin Rivers gets worse.

Park officials said in a news release Wednesday that the Zion Lodge and Watchman Campground will also reopen Thursday. The south entrance and the visitor center opened Wednesday afternoon.

State Route 9 will remain closed from the Zion Canyon Scenic Drive to the east entrance. The highway closed Monday after a 300-foot section was washed out by heavy rain.

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Flooding, dam scare in Southern Utah

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 1:06am

SALT LAKE CITY -- A dam on the Virgin River in Southern Utah that was feared to be close to breaking has been declared safe.

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Flooding closes Zion National Park

Josh Loftin, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 4:00pm

SPRINGDALE -- Authorities have closed Zion National Park in southern Utah because of rising river levels and the risk of flooding.

Park officials said in a news release that they evacuated an unspecified number of people Tuesday. Those included guests staying at the Zion Lodge and campers in the park.

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(NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner) Three snowboarders strap into their boards at the top of the John Paul lift Monday at Snowbasin resort in Huntsville. New snowfall and plenty of rain have increased the avalanche danger in the Ogden area to high. The Top of Utah has seen more than an inch of rain over the weekend and Monday. More rain and snow is expected through Wednesday.

Avalanche, flooding risk rises from constant heavy rain

Charles F. Trentelman, The Associated Press Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 12:03am

OGDEN -- An "atmospheric river" has been flowing over Top of Utah since Saturday morning, which explains the constant heavy rain.

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Virgin River overflows

Josh Loftin, The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, December 20, 2010 - 3:52pm

SPRINGDALE -- Heavy rains washed out a section of state Route 9 in Zion National Park and swollen rivers were threatening towns in southern Utah on Monday.

The National Park Service said in a news release that an area about 300 feet long around and under the road had eroded and was unsafe for travel. The damaged section is about two miles west of Zion's east entrance.

Park officials closed about six miles of Route 9, commonly called the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway, from the east entrance to the junction with the Zion Canyon Scenic Drive.

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