Wild About Utah

Utah Public Radio
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Wild About Utah

Wild About Utah is a weekly nature series produced by Utah Public Radio in cooperation with Stokes Nature Center, Bridgerland Audubon Society, Quinney College of Natural Resources, Cache Valley Wildlife Association, Utah State University and Utah Master Naturalist Program - USU Extension. More about Wild About Utah can be found here. Utah is a state endowed with many natural wonders from red rock formations to salt flats. And from desert wetlands to columns of mountains forming the basin and range region. When we look closer, nature is everywhere including just outside our door.

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    Goats in the mountains

    A domestic goat is very different from a wild mountain goat. It's very unlikely a hiker will ever see a wild goat because there are less than 2,000 scattered about in a few small herds in Utah.

    4 min

  2. DEC 17

    Wild About Utah: Excitement at the bird feeder

    There are many reasons for having a bird feeder, especially in the winter season when birds are often hanging on by a thread due to challenges from inclement weather and lack of food.

    3 min

  3. DEC 2

    Wild About Utah: Christmas Bird Count

    The Bridgerland Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count is always hosted on the first Saturday on or following December 14th, and we have been contributing Cache Valley, Utah data to the National Audubon database since 1956.

    4 min

  4. NOV 25

    Dinosaurs in our past

    Not all bones become fossils. So you can imagine the excitement in the scientific community when a fossil bed containing more than 12,000 dinosaur bones were discovered 30 miles south of Price.

    3 min

  5. NOV 18

    Mindful birding

    Mindful birding is a practice that incorporates a heightened awareness and deepens our relationships with birds and our connection to the natural world.

    4 min

  6. NOV 11

    Wild About Utah: The earth keeps turning

    And though elections can—and do—have direct impact on the wildlands of Utah and the health of our planet, today, the crows in the yellow pine in my front yard still call out, “Caw! Caw! Caw!” The Bear River keeps flowing to the Great Salt Lake, steady and silent.

    4 min

  7. NOV 4

    The unique biodiversity of Washington County

    For 44 years I have spent considerable time in the company of the desert creatures that reside outside my home in St. George Utah.

    3 min

  8. OCT 28

    Tailing of the sheep

    It's rare these days to see a sheep dog actually at work. But the International Sheep Dog Competition comes to Soldier Hollow every year, and I wouldn't miss it for the world.

    3 min
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About

Wild About Utah is a weekly nature series produced by Utah Public Radio in cooperation with Stokes Nature Center, Bridgerland Audubon Society, Quinney College of Natural Resources, Cache Valley Wildlife Association, Utah State University and Utah Master Naturalist Program - USU Extension. More about Wild About Utah can be found here. Utah is a state endowed with many natural wonders from red rock formations to salt flats. And from desert wetlands to columns of mountains forming the basin and range region. When we look closer, nature is everywhere including just outside our door.

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  • Creator
    Utah Public Radio
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2024
  • Episodes
    80
  • Rating
    Clean
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    Wild About Utah

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