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Collected Item: “Visitor guide at Canyonland National Park”

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Visitor guide at canyonland national park

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Photo of a poster

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This object is an informational poster that provides information to visitors at canyonland, allowing them to choose hikes and plan their visit without having to interact with rangers. This information could be useful to future historians studying how outdoor recreation and the parks service were affected by Covid. Because so much was shut down, and because experts recommend being outdoors if you’re going to spend time with friends, outdoor recreation has been one of the sectors that have been positively affected by covid. Because of this, the way the national parks responded to covid is a significant part of 2020, even if it might not seem like it at first glance.

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#HST241, #CovidMiniCollection, #Suffolk, #Canyonland #Canyonlandnationalpark #vanlife #Moab #hiking #camping

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Photo taken by Ainslee Moorehead of a poster created by canyonland national park.

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2020-10-11
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