How many kinds of trees can you name off the top of your head? Probably a lot if you really sat down and had a good think. Why is that? I’m sure you can’t name nearly as many grasses or ferns or bushes....
As a bright-eyed University of Utah freshman, I lived in the farthest dorm building from the main hubs of campus. Two to three times a day for a year — in rain, sun and snow — I would walk the same...
Some humans say trees are not sentient beings,
But they do not understand poetry—
Nor can they hear the singing of trees when they are fed by
Wind, or water music—
Or hear their...
If you're a national park enthusiast, then the Grand Tetons are probably high on your list for a visit. The tall granite peaks suddenly rising from the open fields make for an astonishing first impression....
Meadow Hot Springs: A Robbed Local Treasure
In central Utah right off the Pahvant Mountain Range, a cluster of hot springs is nestled into a vast desert landscape. These naturally occurring springs located...
Something has Utah in a chokehold, and it's not what you might think. It’s not skiing. It’s not the gondola. It’s not watering a perfectly green lawn in the middle of the desert. These things are...
I have heard from incredible researchers from our university and the surrounding community across the course of my personal column, “Outdoor Research at the U.” Most of those researchers have been...
As the days grow warmer and snow melts into streams down the Wasatch Mountains, it’s almost time for University of Utah students to close their laptops, touch some grass, and take a much-needed summer...
The Endangerment Finding underpinned federal authority to set greenhouse gas standards under the Clean Air Act. In a move aligned with the current administration’s push for general environmental deregulation,...
