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Bass, birds, buddies and boats Jun 10, 2025

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I sit on the front swivel seat of a drift boat gliding across the smooth water of Newton Reservoir. The sun begins to send morning rays of brilliance over the Cache Mountains.

A tropical flash in the desert Jun 02, 2025

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Not long ago, while walking up a gravel road in Bears Ears National Monument, my eye was distracted by a flash of brilliant, almost neon green against the red rocks and sand.

Climate data recording May 28, 2025

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Last week while walking across the Utah State University campus, I rounded the Northeast corner of the University Inn and suddenly found myself face to face with a giant stick figure made of steel tubing.

Wild About Utah: Forests May 19, 2025

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Forests are beyond amazing! As a field ecologist for the U.S. Forest Service, and chairing the Smithfield City Tree Committee, their branches and roots have penetrated deep into my heartwood!

Eye to eye May 12, 2025

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If you spend enough time in the wilds you acquire some remarkable stories. I’ve had some noteworthy wildlife encounters over the years, but one stands out from long ago.

Fireflies May 05, 2025

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Against all odds, fireflies find love here in Utah. Out at places like Firefly Park in Nibley, you can watch these dazzling lanterns dance and bounce, starting around early June.

Mendon's May Day Apr 28, 2025

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A piano in the gazebo strikes the first chords and the May Queen and her entourage step around the corner of the church and onto the green.

Meadowlarks Apr 21, 2025

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A bird of the prairie and countryside, the western meadowlark releases songs synonymous with spring grasslands flush with balsam root, lupine, death camas, larkspur, prairie smoke, and wind tossed grasses that shimmer in morning sun.

Watch the world’s moments become memories, and memories become you Mar 31, 2025

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Spring, though, again, is the moments. When our eyes flutter awake with birdsong; when light comes before alarms; when we begin to manifest all we longed for during the dreamt night.

Wild About Utah: Giant hole in the ground Mar 24, 2025

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The story of this giant hole in the ground is woven into Utah’s history, but it’s also left its mark on our planet Earth.