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UPR joins the new Colorado River Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative supported by the Utah State University Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water, and Air.
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Colorado's Rocky Mountains have reached peak snowpack, but climate change is changing the way snow turns to water. States around the region are debating new rules for the river that center around new water deficits.
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Water negotiators from states around the Southwest said they are planning to submit separate proposals to the Bureau of Reclamation about managing the Colorado River after 2026.
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Shed hunting, or antler gathering, is a popular activity this time of year in Utah. From Feb. 1 to April 15, anyone who wants to gather shed antlers must take an Antler Gathering Ethics Course and carry their certificate with them.
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House Bill 11 originally would have restricted turf on new government construction. After objections from turf farmers, the bill was modified to allow turf but prohibit sprinkler systems.
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Over the next three weeks, multiple departments at Utah State University are putting on a symposium called Dialogues on Economic Growth and Sustainability.
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Nearly 400 members of the medical community in Utah and across the U.S. delivered a letter to policymakers urging them to save the declining Great Salt Lake.
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The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources are asking the public for help.
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Recent large-scale fires that have consumed entire communities in the wildland-urban interface are a result of human-built structures rather than wildfires, according to new research published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Avalanche danger in the Utah mountains has been high this year. Listen to hear what a ski patroller and a physicist can teach us about why avalanches happen and how to stay safe on the slopes.
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The Fifth National Climate Assessment is a congressionally mandated report that comes out every five years, most recently November 2023. With the goal of informing policy, scientists from across the country are selected for their expertise on climate science and it's wide reaching impacts.
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The Great Salt Lake Strike Team, gave an update this month on their work to get more water into the shrinking lake, highlighting a need for a multi-year approach.