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ST. GEORGE — At the end of the newly opened Tortoise Walk Trail, a 2-ton granite tortoise statue rests against a backdrop of Navajo sandstone and black lava, marking the culmination of a four-year project.
Park staff opened the Tortoise Walk Trail last Friday at the Upper Galoot Picnic Area in Snow Canyon State Park. Food and drinks were served.
Ann McLuckie, a wildlife biologist with the Division of Wildlife Resources, hosted a small exhibit featuring a live tortoise and several preserved specimens to teach attendees about the native reptile.
Additionally, educational signs were installed along the trail where walkers could stop and read about the tortoise as they made their way to the seating area and the larger-than-life tortoise sculpture that waits at the end.
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