The Arizona Strip is America’s Outback!   

Located at the BLM Recreation Center in St. George.  The Dixie/Arizona Strip Interpretive Association (D/ASIA), formerly Arizona Strip Interpretive Association (ASIA), partners with the BLM, Forest Service, and National Parks  to enhance your hiking and discovery experience. Our retail stores offer a wealth of interpretive resources, detailed maps, and souvenirs, while our Field Experience trip planning program can assist your planning needs. The Dixie/Arizona Strip Interpretive Association (D/ASIA) is a non-profit corporation formed in 1994. Its mission is primarily to enhance the understanding of the Arizona Strip and Southern Utah region including its history and resources.  D/ASIA is a cooperating association partnering with the BLM, USDA Forest Service, and National Park Service to provide interpretation, education, and customer service related materials to area visitors while assisting, where possible, with project funding. The Arizona Strip covers nearly 2 million acres in northwestern Arizona, which includes the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument.  The field office oversees five wilderness areas, including the internationally known Paria Canyon/Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area, the Old Spanish National Historic Trail, nine Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, and two river segments suitable for Wild & Scenic River designation.  The Grand Canyon isolates the Arizona Strip from the rest of Arizona, making it among the most remote and rugged public land in the lower 48 states.  There are approximately 4,000 miles of unpaved roads leading to spectacular scenic vistas, remoteness and solitude among rough scenic canyons and ponderosa pine forests. This distinctive part of Arizona has a special appeal to many people. A variety of resource management topics are offered on Friday afternoons during the months of October through April. Presentations begin at noon and last approximately one hour. Programs are held at the Interagency Information Center located at 345 E. Riverside Drive in St. George, UT.

 The greatest benefit D/ASIA provides to its clients is in the role of partner and liaison with local, state, federal and private agencies. As a non-government partner, D/ASIA can solicit grants and funding not available to their partner entities. With additional funding and the support of interagency partners such as D/ASIA, the BLM and Forest Service can provide more interpretive and educational programs and reach out to a larger segment of the public. This, in turn, helps teach visitors how to be good stewards of the land, and, at the same time, creates a favorable impression for its partners.

D/ASIA BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The Dixie/Arizona Strip Interpretive Association (D/ASIA) Board of Trustees consists of people dedicated to the Public Lands of Southern Utah and the Arizona Strip and to assisting D/ASIA clients in their missions. The Board includes members from St. George, Kanab, Pine Valley, and the Arizona Strip with background in business, law, politics, retail, education, geology, history, tourism, and accounting. Board members volunteer their time for the benefit of D/ASIA and its partners. D/ASIA operates sales and information areas for the Interagency Information Center in St. George, Kanab BLM Field Office, Paria Contact Station, and the Pine Valley Heritage Center.  D/ASIA sponsors the annual Evening on the Arizona Strip and Junior Ranger Scavenger each Fall.

DASIA has published posters of the Strip and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, postcards and several books including Far from Cactus Flat: The 20^thCentury Story of a Harsh Land, a Proud Family, a Lost Son by Lyman Hafen and a dinosaur activity book based on the character Arthur McArthur by Mark Swan. D/ASIA has produced two documentaries on the history of the Arizona Strip, High, Wild, and Lonesome – Parashant National Monument Sandstone and Silence – Vermilion Cliffs National Monument community and has several additional PBS quality documentaries in the works.  They have also produced an audio CD road log for the Vermilion Cliffs Highways interpretive project.  D/ASIA is in the process of production of two oral history CD’s. The oral history covering the local Civilian Conservation Corp involvement and back to school at Mt. Trumbull are in the process of completion. D/AISA also sponsors the popular educational Brown Bag programs at the Interagency Information Center in St. George on Fridays and Spring/Fall programs at the Virgin River Gorge Recreation Area. Additionally, D/ASIA sponsors summer programs for the Forest Service in Pine Valley. These sponsorships create good public relations between the BLM, Forest Service and theand

BROWN BAG SERIES.  The Brown Bag Lecture Programs have been increasingly popular. When first started, and for many years, attendees filled the conference room (100 people).  In this past year, each Friday, up to 90 guests were expected for each lecture. Our Education Series Coordinator invites presenters from all parts of Utah and Arizona. Professors, Teachers, and Rangers enjoy our group of Brown Bag attendees and the attendees enjoy receiving the knowledge about our beautiful area.   

INTERAGENCY INFORMATION CENTER.  

Please visit the Interagency Information Center located at 345 East Riverside Drive in St. George to enjoy a family oriented atmosphere, with a couch for watching national park videos, a listening center to hear Native American music, and more educational displays about our local history and wildlife.  We have expanded our book inventory to accommodate the increase in visitors. Hiking areas are expanding as is the population of St. George. More locals are coming in asking for recreation ideas. We pride ourselves on the information and customer service we provide.

DISCLAIMER

What We Collect and Store Automatically is for the exclusive use of D/ASIA and will not be shared with any other organization or person.