Wild About Utah

Falconry Terms

Wild About Utah — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:41:06 +0000

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 …

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Elkweed/Green Gentian

Wild About Utah — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:41:34 +0000

In keeping with our nation’s 250-year celebration, Red, White, and Blue have decorated Utah’s higher elevations, from Tony Grove in the north to Cedar Breaks in the south. Sprinkled in between are mountain meadows carpeted with wildflowers, Indian paintbrush, penstemons, columbine, patriots of the loveliest hues. Additionally, nature’s erosional forces have created monuments found in …

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Summer School: How to Make Tent?

Wild About Utah — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:41:55 +0000

Years ago, when I taught at Mount Logan Middle School in northern Utah, we ran two-week outdoor-based summer school programs. The model, “Bringing Literature to Life,” was the mastermind of two now-retired teachers, Dave Anderson and Bryce Passey. Teachers offered a variety of summer courses around this theme—all were funded by grants. Each session was …

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I’d Like to Report a Murder

Wild About Utah — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:41:24 +0000

Driving the return road from our family’s trip to Goblin Valley, I scoured the lonely San Rafael landscape, searching for something to keep me alert. Suddenly, a shadow peeled off the ground and drifted into the sky. Was that an eagle? A second later, I sighed. That was no eagle. It was a blasted crow. …

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