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Wasatch Magazine

The Outdoor Magazine of the U

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Positive Climate News in Utah

Positive Climate News in Utah

Madysen Gailey, Platform Manager/Writer
March 3, 2025

Despite the apparent harms modern society seems to consistently commit against the environment, there are always good people doing good work, and Utah is no exception. Here I’ve compiled a list of positive...

Outdoor Research at the U: Building a Safer Campus For Our Birds

Outdoor Research at the U: Building a Safer Campus For Our Birds

Auriana Dunn, Staff Writer
February 24, 2025

When I first saw the 2016 film Storks, I was in stitches. The movie has all sorts of comedy from Andy Samberg’s witty stork character to the ludicrously dumb Pigeon Toady. However, what had me chuckling...

Outdoor Research at the U: Calling all Cavers

Outdoor Research at the U: Calling all Cavers

Auriana Dunn, Staff Writer
January 19, 2025

Never go caving alone. If you are interested in joining the caving community in Utah, check out a local grotto of the National Speleological Society. A thousand years ago, it might have been snowing...

What’s Up With The Gondola?

What’s Up With The Gondola?

Joshua Evan Battermann, Staff writer/photographer
December 2, 2024

What’s up with the gondola?   If you’re a Salt Lake local or just visiting, you've likely heard about the controversy surrounding “the gondola” in Little Cottonwood Canyon. But what is...

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Feathers and Feces

Levi Seegmiller, Staff Writer
November 25, 2024

Every year, during Thanksgiving season, millions of families in America gather around the dinner table for one reason: to eat their body weight’s worth of delicious food. Feasts featuring classics like...

Outdoor Research at the U: Caught on Camera

Outdoor Research at the U: Caught on Camera

Auriana Dunn, Staff Writer
October 30, 2024

The Salt Lake Valley is teeming with various wildlife, from coyotes and foxes to moose and mountain lions. Despite this diversity, the University of Utah only has one lab dedicated to studying these animals:...

The Instant Perspective

The Instant Perspective

Brandon Long, Staff Writer
October 26, 2024

Shooting a Polaroid will never not be an awesome experience. Watching a photo develop in front of you just minutes after snapping a shot feels so surreal; a physical moment captured in time through a series...

Peter Lenz and the Wasatch Graffiti Busters

Peter Lenz and the Wasatch Graffiti Busters

Emerson Hagy, Guest Contributor
October 18, 2024

When driving down I-215, heading towards Little Cottonwood Canyon to flail on something presumably moderate, I am always drawn towards this pile of rock right before the entrance of Parley’s Canyon....

Blue As The Lake: The Power of Poetry

Blue As The Lake: The Power of Poetry

Auriana Dunn, Staff Writer
July 12, 2024

By mid-March, spring has arrived on Antelope Island, the large State Park and oasis in the middle of the Great Salt Lake. This island is home to bison, pronghorn antelopes, coyotes, and plenty of birds....

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