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Wasatch Magazine

The Outdoor Magazine of the U

Wasatch Magazine

The Outdoor Magazine of the U

Wasatch Magazine

The Tree of Terrible Misfortune and Heartache

The Tree of Terrible Misfortune and Heartache

Emilie Bailey, Illustrator
September 3, 2025

The first thing they don’t tell you when you move away from home: When you begin living on your own, you are expected to learn to garden in ways you never have before.  In the last year that I have...

Aye-aye lemur

Not-So-Charismatic Critters

Auriana Dunn, Staff Writer
June 11, 2025

All information was sourced from the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN Red List), an inventory of the conservation status and extinction risk of species...

Thoughts From the Pervasive Climate Activist

Thoughts From the Pervasive Climate Activist

Madysen Gailey, Platform Manager/Writer
June 9, 2025

I am here to wake to golden 8 am light Filtering through the blinds and run my Tired fingers through soft fur. To walk Along cracked sidewalks in the dewy, Cool air, admiring the yellow birch Clawing...

Severed Connections

Severed Connections

Madison West
June 5, 2025

Our National Parks U.S. National Parks connect us with the natural beauty of this world. So much of the environmental wonder of this country is possessed within these borders protected from destructive...

Outdoor Research at the U: Red Butte Garden's Place in Plant Conservation

Outdoor Research at the U: Red Butte Garden’s Place in Plant Conservation

Auriana Dunn, Staff Writer
May 5, 2025

Look out any window, and I bet a plant is in view. Plants account for an estimated 80% of the Earth's biomass and number approximately 8.7 billion species. Plants sustain us and sustain the species that...

Like a Phoenix From the ... Garden Bed?

Like a Phoenix From the … Garden Bed?

Levi Seegmiller, Staff Writer
March 23, 2025

What happens when you take a vacant lot—one that has been unused for 20 years—and transform it not only into a useful space, but a vibrant garden that provides fresh food for many people experiencing...

Ode to the Garden

Ode to the Garden

Carolina Battistone, Staff Writer
March 21, 2025

What is a garden? In the most literal sense, a garden may be described as a physical space dedicated to growing various plants, vegetables, or flowers. Though accurate, I challenge us to ask ourselves,...

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...

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