Poll shows Utah sportsmen concerned about environment By TOM WHARTON The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jan 31, 2012 12:11PM MDT A large majority of Utah hunters and anglers are concerned about loss of habitat for fish and wildlife, water pollution and funding cuts for state parks. They are less worried about the impact of oil and gas drilling on the land, toxins and pesticides in food and drinking ...
Research finds Great Salt Lake spiders loaded with mercury By Brian Maffly The Salt Lake Tribune Published Feb 5, 2012 04:27PM MDT Chasing spiders and pulverizing them sounds like kid stuff. But for Westminster College undergraduates like Jim Goodman, it’s scientific research that will get his name on peer-reviewed studies and open doors to graduate school. Goodman is among a cadre of science ...
About 100 protesters gathered outside the Utah Lake State Park Visitors Center Thursday night to oppose a proposal to shift the last 1.5 miles of the Provo River channel to the north and restore it to a more natural delta environment.
A program to help save an endangered fish in Utah Lake is proposing to shut down the lower portion of the Provo River, an idea that is not sitting well with some.
Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune People ice fish on Rockport Reservoir looking to hook one of more than 30 tagged trout swimming beneath the reservoir's ice Sunday. Lucky anglers who catch one and take it to the Rafter B store can claim prizes ranging from cash to gear.
Park Service, wildlife biologists against Alton mine expansion By brandon loomis The Salt Lake Tribune Published Feb 2, 2012 08:38PM MDT The National Park Service says an expanded Alton coal mine will hurt Bryce Canyon’s views and tourism, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it likely will wipe out the southern Utah area’s sage grouse population. Those are among skeptical government ...
The Associated Press The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY Utah officials have been scrambling to craft a sage grouse-protection plan to possibly replace new federal guidelines they fear will harm the state's mining industry and hinder oil, gas and wind energy development. Gov. Gary Herbert's administration will form a committee to come up with the plan within the next three months, Utah ...
A group trying to save an endangered fish species supports a federal project to alter the lower Provo River. However, in doing so, several farms and businesses would be forced out and residents voiced their concerns Thursday night.
Utah to follow Wyoming’s lead in protecting sage grouse By Brandon loomis The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jan 27, 2012 10:36PM MDT Utah is rushing to adopt a sage grouse-protection plan that can win federal biologists’ approval and replace new national standards before those rules start hindering industrial development. Utah Department of Natural Resources Director Mike Styler told a gathering ...
