Zion National Park Superintendent Jock Whitworth: 36 Years Of Federal Service

Utah Public Radio | By Friend Weller,

Published February 6, 2014 at 1:06 PM MST

Retired Zion National Park Superintendent Jock Whitworth talks with Amnesty Kochanowski, National Park Service Safety Manager, about the role that our National Parks parks have played in his life and the life of his family. After 36 years of federal service Jock Whitworth retired January 3, 2014. He plans to pursue his interests in hiking, photography and volunteering for nonprofit organizations.

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Shalayne Smith Needham

Shalayne Smith Needham has worked at Utah Public Radio since 2000 as producer of Access Utah. She graduated from Utah State University in 1997 with a BA in Sociology, emphasis on Criminology. A Logan native, she grew up with an appreciation for the great outdoors and spends her free time photographing the Western landscape and its wildlife.

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