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Katherine Creighton/Utah DWRThe project near Moab had a breakthrough this fall in its quest to give young Colorado River fish a refuge from invasive predators. -
Murphy Woodhouse/Boise State Public RadioThe alarming signs of climate change are all around us: devastating fires destroying whole communities, new temperature records set only to fall the next year, glaciers disappearing in real time. It's an overwhelming problem, but some have turned to e-bikes as one way to do their part to stave off the worst effects of our still-changing climate.
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The Imperial Irrigation District in California announced it will conserve 100,000 acre-feet of water in 2024, less than its initial water conservation goals. -
The plan to build a new highway through a conservation area near St. George has taken a step back. The Bureau of Land Management is revisiting its formal analysis of the road’s environmental impact after a lawsuit from conservation groups.
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Snowy weather brings deer – and the cougars that eat them – closer to human-occupied lower elevations of Utah. Here’s when you should report a sighting.
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The money is aimed at improving access to mental health and substance abuse care in more remote parts of the state.
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The North American wolverine will receive long-delayed federal protections under a Biden administration proposal.
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More and more Utahns are having fewer and fewer babies.
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The Bureau of Land Management quietly posted a notice on its website last week that it will no longer use the M-44 ejector devices across the 390,625 square miles it manages nationally.
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Fervo Energy, the company partnered with Google, is using the Nevada pilot project to launch others, including one in Utah that will deliver far more carbon-free electricity to the grid.
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There’s been an increase in hydropower projects across the U.S., including on different tribal reservations. But some advocates say tribes like the Navajo Nation aren’t being consulted enough about their development.
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The “leave the leaves” social media movement can help improve Utah’s dry soil, but people should be careful about where they leave their leaves.
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For faith groups that choose to go solar, the benefits can be both financial and theological.
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The invasive snail, recently discovered in the largest alpine lake in the Mountain West, can spread incredibly fast because it multiplies by cloning itself. One female can produce over 40 million offspring in a single year.
