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Wild About Utah

Wild About Utah

Wild About Utah is a Utah Public Radio production featuring contributors who share a love of nature, preservation and education. Contributors include Bridgerland Audubon Society, Cache Valley Wildlife Association, Quinney College of Natural Resources at Utah State University, Stokes Nature Center, and the Utah Master Naturalists Program from the USU Cooperative Extension Service.

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3:57

A Surprise visit with distant relatives of Cache...

Wild About Utah ·

2025/08/25

Awhile back, I was riding my bicycle along country roads in Cache Valley, when suddenly 6 unusual looking chicks ran across the road in single file right in front of me. I slammed on the brakes just in time as the chicks disappeared down the farmhouse driveway on the other side of the road. I … Continue reading "A Surprise visit with distant relatives of Cache Valley’s birds"

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3:14

Chokecherries

Wild About Utah ·

2025/08/18

Certain plants were considered sacred by many native tribes. Chokecherry made the list. This versatile plant was highly prized for food, medicine, implements, and building material. And you could rightfully say it changed the history of our nation. Legend has it that the young Shoshoni girl Sacajawea was gathering choke cherries when captured by the … Continue reading "Chokecherries"

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3:04

Birds Foster Community Connections

Wild About Utah ·

2025/08/11

I don’t know why, but birds possess a special power to connect diverse communities. You see, birds don’t discriminate; they don’t care who you are, what you look like, where you live, or what you believe; they are always there to offer you their wonder, beauty, and interesting behaviors, so long as you are willing … Continue reading "Birds Foster Community Connections"

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2:45

Pollinator Camp: Bees

Wild About Utah ·

2025/08/04

By Kate Hunter, Leer en español In late June of this year, we at Stokes Nature Center held our first pollinator camp. In this period, we worked with a local beekeepers, visited the USDA U.S. National Pollinating Insects Collection at Utah State University, and we fed hummingbirds from the palm of … Continue reading "Pollinator Camp: Bees"

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4:24

Sobre las abejas y el ser abeja

Wild About Utah ·

2025/08/04

Por Kate Hunter, Read in English Estudio las abejas. Las he observado, capturado, diseccionado, registrado y he enseñado sobre ellas. A finales de junio, en Stokes Nature Center impartimos un campamento de polinizadores durante dos días. En ese tiempo, ayudamos a un apicultor local a agregar alzas para miel a sus … Continue reading "Sobre las abejas y el ser abeja"

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4:09

Apricots Feeding Families

Wild About Utah ·

2025/07/28

When I started writing for Wild About Utah, I made myself a promise that each piece would be a journey of learning. This meant I had to actually get in my car and go learn something. This month my journey led me to a venerable old apricot tree in a quiet neighborhood in SW Logan. … Continue reading "Apricots Feeding Families"

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3:22

Lakes

Wild About Utah ·

2025/07/21

I’m a lake person born in the Great Lakes region, land of Hiawatha’s “shining big sea waters”. Fishing, hunting, swimming, and boating were at the center of our culture. Now having lived three fourths of my life in Utah, I’ve found it a well-watered desert with all descriptions of lakes from the intermittent, seasonal, inches … Continue reading "Lakes"

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4:20

John Muir Didn’t Wear Tevas

Wild About Utah ·

2025/07/14

Our 15 year-old and two of her friends just returned from their first backpacking trip without adults. When she hatched the idea, my wife and I were supportive of this big voyage, knowing all the growth that happens when you venture out on our own into the wilds for the first time. We asked questions … Continue reading "John Muir Didn’t Wear Tevas"

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3:45

Love nature? There’s an app for that

Wild About Utah ·

2025/07/07

We hear a lot these days how people spend too much time with their electronic devices. The internet is full of advice on how to get kids away from their screens to enjoy nature, and that’s great. But for me, as someone who has always loved natural spaces, I’m finding that a screen can actually … Continue reading "Love nature? There’s an app for that"

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4:05

Falconry

Wild About Utah ·

2025/06/30

In 1962, Rachael Carson rocked the bird watching world with her book Silent Spring. She identified the commonly used pesticide DDT as the culprit responsible for declining populations of eagles, falcons and hawks. Rachael was able to prove that once DDT got into the food chain, it fatally weakened the eggshells of these birds. DDT … Continue reading "Falconry"

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4:29

Tenacious Beaver

Wild About Utah ·

2025/06/23

The most important lessons I can give my daughter are not through me, but instead those found best in the wild. Though she can’t talk, I know she still listens. Though her childhood amnesia is inevitable, I know that neural circuits are still being formed. Those circuits will do her good one day. Our favorite … Continue reading "Tenacious Beaver"

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3:33

Whitebark Pines

Wild About Utah ·

2025/06/16

Five needle pines- I love them! It was the stately eastern white pine that introduced me to these trees of the five needle clan in my early years in Wisconsin & Michigan. I marveled at their majesty, once the dominant pine of north central and north eastern states, until mostly logged off. Now, about 1% … Continue reading "Whitebark Pines"

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2:55

Bass, Birds, Buddies, and Boats

Wild About Utah ·

2025/06/09

I sit on the front swivel seat of a drift boat gliding across the smooth water of Newton Reservoir. The sun begins to send morning rays of brilliance over the Cache Mountains. My only child, a 14-month-old boy named James, excitedly wriggles in my lap. Behind me in the captain’s seat is my long-time buddy, … Continue reading "Bass, Birds, Buddies, and Boats"

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3:57

A Tropical Flash in the Desert

Wild About Utah ·

2025/06/02

Not long ago, while walking up a gravel road in Bears Ears National Monument, my eye was distracted by a flash of brilliant, almost neon green against the red rocks and sand. Soon I got another glimpse, just as brilliant, just as green. If you’ve hiked the canyons of southern Utah, you may have already … Continue reading "A Tropical Flash in the Desert"

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3:49

Climate Data Recording

Wild About Utah ·

2025/05/26

Last week while walking across the Utah State University campus, I rounded the Northeast corner of the University Inn and suddenly found myself face to face with a giant stick figure made of steel tubing. Painted a gleaming white, it looked like an elegant butler standing stiffly at attention. Planted firming on three sturdy legs, … Continue reading "Climate Data Recording"

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3:29

Forests

Wild About Utah ·

2025/05/19

Forests are beyond amazing! As a field ecologist for the U.S. Forest Service, and chairing the Smithfield City Tree Committee, their branches and roots have penetrated deep into my heartwood! A community of trees has much in common with human communities. Trees nurture and protect one another through an intricate web of roots and mycelium. … Continue reading "Forests"

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4:57

Eye to Eye

Wild About Utah ·

2025/05/12

If you spend enough time in the wilds you acquire some remarkable stories. I’ve had some noteworthy wildlife encounters over the years, but one stands out from long ago. In May, 1991, two high school friends and I headed for Thunder Bowl in the Wasatch Range, with skis on our packs. We had a long … Continue reading "Eye to Eye"

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3:18

Las luciérnagas encuentran el amor en Utah

Wild About Utah ·

2025/05/05

Mi nombre es Kate, y me llamo Carlos, y hoy este Wild About Utah está en español e inglés. Esta historia también, se puede escuchar on line en UPR.org Contra todo pronóstico, las luciérnagas encuentran el amor aquí en Utah. En lugares como el Parque de las Luciérnagas en Nibley, puedes ver estas deslumbrantes linternas … Continue reading "Las luciérnagas encuentran el amor en Utah"

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2:25

Fireflies Find Love in Utah

Wild About Utah ·

2025/05/05

My name is Kate and my name is Carlos. Today’s Wild About Utah is in both Spanish and English. The Spanish version will be read by Carlos Ramos. You can also listen to this story in Spanish this Wednesday evening between 9:01-9:06 or online. Against all odds, fireflies find love here in Utah. Out at … Continue reading "Fireflies Find Love in Utah"

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3:29

May Day in Mendon

Wild About Utah ·

2025/04/28

Never have I seen the coming of spring celebrated with more flair than Mendon’s May Day. On the first Saturday in May, Maypoles with 20 foot long ribbons appear in the Mendon town square. By ten o’clock a couple hundred residents have gathered around the poles. A piano in the gazebo strikes the first chords … Continue reading "May Day in Mendon"

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