Timp Cave expert BJ Cluff to speak in Springville

r “Snapshots in History: The Discovery and Development of Timpanogos Cave National Monument” is the subject BJ Cluff, supervisory interpretive park ranger for the National Forest Service, will address at the Springville Senior Center, 65 E. 200 South, on Wednesday, June 7, at 6 p.m. All are invited to this free event to hear the adventure and to learn the stories of how the caves were found and became a national monument, while viewing historical photographs taken decades ago.

Ranger BJ Cluff is the supervisory park ranger at Timpanogos Cave National Monument. She was born in Salt Lake City and raised in Utah County, visiting national park sites all over the country with her family. By age 12 she knew she wanted to be a park ranger when she grew up so that she could always be outside and share these special places with others. She firmly believes in, loves, and cherishes these amazing sites that belong to everyone and tell America’s story. BJ graduated from Utah Valley University with a degree in Earth Science/Environmental Management. She and her husband, Gerald, have been married 31 years and have four sons and one daughter. BJ also shares her home in Provo with a three-footed dog, a grumpy cat, a noisy cockatiel, and a parakeet.