September 2025 Events at National Parks Store
English with closed captions
This event pairs well with our Desert Reptiles with Live Animal Ambassadors special event at 10:15 AM. Separate registration required. Come join us for the fourth and final film in our Junior Ranger Summer Film Series! “Laws of the Lizard”, is a Smithsonian Channel live-action nature documentary about the anole lizard and its special adaptations. Enjoy popcorn and Junior Ranger giveaways for kids. Rated TV-PG. Runtime: 51 minutes. English with closed captions.
Dr. Yolonda Youngs returns to Tucson to share insights and highlights from her recent book, Framing Nature: The Creation of an American Icon at the Grand Canyon (2024). Learn how the park’s environment has changed over 150 years and the importance of preserving and protecting this special place.Dr. Youngs is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB), and was one of WNP’s featured authors at the 2025 Tucson Festival of Books. Book signing will follow the talk. The book, complete with stunning photographs and historic maps of the Grand Canyon and Colorado River, is available for purchase at The National Park Store. Registration required. Space is limited to 60 registrants.
The Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail commemorates the histories and landscapes of the Anza colonizing expedition of 1775-1776.The trail and its tributaries have existed for millennia as Indigenous pathways, and today, our modern freeways and web of urban infrastructure overlay the same routes. Each path in this wide network holds many stories. Join NPS Ranger Christopher Bentleyfor a journey along the Anza Trail, 250 years after the expedition. Learn the trail’s many stories and how it continues to connect us to the land, the past, and one another. Registration required. Space is limited to 60 registrants.
Celebrate National Public Lands Daywith two films about parks located within an hour’s drive of the Tucson Metro Area: “Tumacácori: A Cultural Crossroads”, about Tumacácori National Historical Park, and “Casa Grande: House of Many Stories”, about Casa Grande Ruins National Monument.
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