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Wild About Utah: Search and find Oct 26, 2026

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As far back as the Middle Ages, monks in the Saint Bernard monastery in the Swiss Alps discovered how helpful their dogs could be searching for travelers who had become lost in the mountains.

Wild About Utah: Insects Oct 19, 2026

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Throughout history, insects have markedly shaped human culture—from serving as valuable sources of food, pigment, and fiber, to inspiring our greatest feats of engineering, art, and design.

Wild About Utah: The Return of the Juncos Signals Fall Bird Feeding Time! Oct 12, 2026

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The seasonal changes in backyard birds is as exciting as the rare bird sightings because it isthese changes and outliers which keep us alert, in tune, and connected to the world around us.

Wild About Utah: High Uintas Oct 05, 2026

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Camping in the High Uintah’s is never easy. Due to the rugged landscape and high elevations, every trip offers its own unique adventure. On this occasion, my long-time hunting buddy and two labs, after a 4-mile hike with 2000 feet of vertical climb, were setting up tents in the dark with pelting graupel, lightning, and rain, at nearly 11,000 feet elevation.

Wild About Utah: Autumn Colors Oct 02, 2026

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Autumn Colors: The brilliant colors of our trees are indicative of leafy plants frugality with their valuable nutrient stores.

Wild About Utah: Bees in the backyard Sep 28, 2026

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The queen becomes the mother of most of the bees in the hive. All the worker bees are female. Any drone lucky enough to mate with a virgin queen drops dead afterwards. It's a matriarchal society all the way.

Wild About Utah: Are We in the Rockies? Sep 26, 2026

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Are we in the Rockies: Is the Bear River Range really in the Rockies? Are the Wasatch Mountains in general? Some say no, the basin and range region...

Wild About Utah: Endemic Plants of Utah Sep 26, 2026

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Endemic plants of Utah: Utah ranks sixth in the nation for its number of endemic species. Only Hawaii, California, Texas, Florida and Georgia have more. Utah hosts 247 endemics out of 2602 unique plants in all, plus 393 subspecies or varieties.

Wild About Utah: A Close Encounter of the Cricket Kind Sep 21, 2026

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I stood perplexed. I was looking at an insect I had never seen before. The bug was the size of my thumb and shifted awkwardly in what little dirt could be found just below the bare ridge of the Wellsvilles.

Wild About Utah: Don’t Move a Mussel Sep 14, 2026

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The aquatic invasive species threat is real and I hope this segment will make you a believer in inspection and decontamination stations.

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