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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 3 minutes
- Episodes
- 14
- Years Active
- 2025
The Logan Island Twin Rivers Reverence Vibe
The City of Logan has a special Logan Island Vibe anchored in the two arms of the Logan River which wrap around the heart of town as living blue trails and green stripes. We are the rivers, wetlands,…
00:02:33 |
Mon 01 Sep 2025
A Surprise visit with distant relatives of Cache Valley’s birds
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 …
00:03:57 |
Mon 25 Aug 2025
Chokecherries
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 rig…
00:03:14 |
Mon 18 Aug 2025
Birds Foster Community Connections
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 bel…
00:03:04 |
Mon 11 Aug 2025
Pollinator Camp: Bees
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. …
00:02:45 |
Mon 04 Aug 2025
Sobre las abejas y el ser abeja
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…
00:04:24 |
Mon 04 Aug 2025
Apricots Feeding Families
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 jo…
00:04:09 |
Mon 28 Jul 2025
Lakes
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 fourth…
00:03:22 |
Mon 21 Jul 2025
John Muir Didn’t Wear Tevas
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 gro…
00:04:20 |
Mon 14 Jul 2025
Love nature? There’s an app for that
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…
00:03:45 |
Mon 07 Jul 2025
Falconry
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, falc…
00:04:05 |
Mon 30 Jun 2025
Tenacious Beaver
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 inevit…
00:04:29 |
Mon 23 Jun 2025
Whitebark Pines
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,…
00:03:33 |
Mon 16 Jun 2025
Bass, Birds, Buddies, and Boats
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-mon…
00:02:55 |
Mon 09 Jun 2025
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