Wednesday April 25, 2018 ~ Registration Check-in ~ Reception sponsored by Southern Utah University Agriculture Department
Thursday April 26, 2018 ~ NAAE Business Meetings ~ Workshops ~ Lunch on SUU Campus ~ Rotating Local Tours
Friday April 27, 2018 ~ Business Meeting ~ Workshops ~ Box Lunch on Tour Bus ~ Tours: Holt Dairy, Founded in 1975, Holt Farms LLC is a mid-sized organization in the field crop farms industry located in Enterprise, UT. It has 50 full time employees and generates an estimated $6.2 million in annual revenue.
Mountain Meadow Massacre, On September 11, 1857, some 50 to 60 local militiamen in southern Utah, aided by American Indian allies, massacred about 120 emigrants who were traveling by wagon to California. The horrific crime, which spared only 17 children age six and under, occurred in a highland valley called the Mountain Meadows, roughly 35 miles southwest of Cedar City.
Beaver Dam Wash Welcome to Utah's basement, in the Beaver Dam Wash, where an environment exists unlike anywhere else in the Beehive State. It's the Mojave Desert, where Joshua trees, blackbrush, creosote, yucca and other southern desert plants rule.
MuleyCrazy, for the past 20 years, MuleyCrazy has been facilitating trophy mule deer hunts in Southern Utah and Northern Arizona. In addition to producing a bi-monthly publication featuring the best bucks taken in the West each year,
Pipe Springs National Monument, American Indians, Mormon ranchers, plants, animals, and many others have depended on the life-giving water found in the beautiful desert oasis at Pipe Spring. Learn about pioneer and Kaibab Paiute life by exploring the museum, historic fort and cabins, garden, orchard, and Ridge Trail. Visit with rangers and ranch animals, and attend living history demonstrations and talks.
Zion National Park, Utah’s first national park, was deemed a national park in 1919 and features over 220 square miles of explorable land. ~ Awards ~ Dinner in Mesquite NV
Saturday April 28, 2018 ~ Ideas Unlimited ~ Workshops ~ Closing Business Meeting/ Awards Luncheon ~ 1 pm : Adjourn
Hotels
Hotels: We have a housing block with Quality Inn & Ramada Inn, however there are many hotel options available within 5 minutes of SUU campus. ~ Quality Inn & Suites $75 + tax King $82 + Tax for Queen * used CODE ”Agriculture Educators Conf “
~Ramada $100 night within walking distance of SUU campus * use CODE "NAAE”
Transportation
Airports: ~ Cedar City Regional Airport- flights daily from Salt Lake City ~ St. George Regional Airport– Flights Daily & 45 minutes ( 52 miles) to Cedar City ~ Salt Lake City Airport - 3.5 hour ( 255 Miles) drive south to Cedar City Shuttle Services: ~ St. George Shuttle: The St. George Shuttle has daily trips to and from Salt Lake City Airport & St. George. Prices start at $45
Local Tour Sites
~ Bryce Canyon National Park ~ Cedar Breaks National Monument ~ Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park ~ Dixie National Forest ( Navajo Lake, Brian Head, Mammoth Cave, etc) ~ Zions National Park