This past March, I attended a two-day virtual symposium hosted by the Wallace Stegner Center here at the University of Utah. The symposium had a central focus on plastics in our lives and was aptly...

Our galaxy is awe-inspiring and has long been the medium to creativity and openness, thought-provoking conversation and life-changing scientific discoveries. Since the creation of artificial lighting,...

Have you ever looked up from your daily commute in Salt Lake City to find yourself face to face with a National Geographic-worthy view of the Wasatch? It makes the routine a little more bearable, right?...

After Joe Biden's inauguration in January, a number of presidential executive orders were released to address a range of topics related to campaign promises. One of these executive orders is titled “Tackling...

For college outdoor enthusiasts, outdoor recreation can serve as an outlet from the labors of being a student. Time spent outside is what drives many to study what they do. What a lot of students don’t...

It has been several months since the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, and I still find myself and all of my peers in the middle of a collective sigh of relief. The...

Conservation in the United States has long centered on the concept of preserving wilderness. American environmentalists and conservationists are proud of the public lands legacy that thinkers like John...

Moab is known as Utah's very own desert heaven here on Earth. Until recently, over 114,000 acres of southern Utah land owned by the Bureau of Land Management was going to be opened up by the Trump Administration...

My name is Jamie Goetz and I am of mixed European and Lakota descent. I am currently finishing up a double major in outdoor adventure programming and archeology with a minor in ecology. My work primarily...