Aimee Van Tatenhove
Science News ReporterAimee Van Tatenhove is a science reporter at UPR. She spends most of her time interviewing people doing interesting research in Utah and writing stories about wildlife, new technologies and local happenings. She is also a PhD student at Utah State University, studying white pelicans in the Great Salt Lake, so she thinks about birds a lot! She also loves fishing, skiing, baking, and gardening when she has a little free time.
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This month’s USU Ecology Center speaker will explore the intricacies of bird migration, and how little we know about it. -
A planned housing development near the Logan River prompted the Logan City Council to pass code amendments, ones that update rules for future construction within the city’s floodplains. -
The Utah Rivers Council, along with twelve Utah municipalities announced Tuesday the start of this year’s initiative to distribute discounted rain collection barrels across the state. -
News of the shrinking Great Salt Lake has reached audiences across the world, but how are other saline lakes faring? One saline lake, half a world away from Utah, is the target of ambitious protections and education initiatives, even as environmental threats against it mount. -
The Great Salt Lake Strike Team, a group of researchers and state officials, announced findings and policy suggestions in a new report at this month’s Kem C. Gardner Newsmaker Breakfast. -
The Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation commemorated the Bear River Massacre over the weekend. Despite strong winds and poor road conditions, the event drew a sizable crowd. -
The Bear River Massacre near the Utah-Idaho border was one of the bloodiest attacks on Native Americans in the United States. Now, the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation are partnering with Utah State University researchers and local ecologists to heal the site, both culturally and ecologically. -
Large saline lakes, like Great Salt Lake, provide essential habitat for migrating birds across the Americas. -
A teen draws comparisons on mortality and demise of the Great Salt Lake -
Around Christmas-time each year, the National Audubon Society holds the Christmas Bird Count, an event where bird-loving volunteers count as many birds as they can in a twenty-four hour period.
