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ST. GEORGE — A new app released by the Bureau of Land Management-Utah and American Conservation Experience will allow citizen scientists to help land managers monitor wilderness study areas in Utah.
The app, which is only available in Utah, so far has modules to cover nine of the 86 wilderness study areas in the state including Spring Creek Canyon, which borders Zion National Park and is the location of the popular Kanarraville Falls trail.
“BLM-Utah is incredibly excited about the potential for the WildSNAP app to engage a new generation of citizens in the stewardship of public lands,” Aaron Curtis of American Conservation Experience said. “WildSNAP brings the past and the present together. Wilderness Study Areas protect some of America’s most pristine and primitive landscapes, while this new mobile monitoring app brings monitoring into the 21st century.”
The new iOS application, WildSNAP, is available for download through Apple’s App Store.
So far, specific guides for nine wilderness study areas are available in the app: Crack Canyon, Mexican Mountain, San Rafael Reef, Sids Mountain, Deep Creek Mountains, North Stansbury Mountains, Spring Creek Canyon, Wah Wah Mountains and White Rock Range. Additional monitoring guides will be released on a rolling basis.
