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The Wild About Utah logo shows a circle split in two. The top half features the iconic red rock Delicate Arch under a night sky. The bottom half features two deer in a forest.
Wild About Utah

Wild About Utah is a weekly nature series produced by Utah Public Radio. Utah is a state endowed with many natural wonders from red rock formations to salt flats. And from desert wetlands to columns of mountains forming the basin and range region. When we look closer, nature is everywhere including just outside our door.

Wild About Utah is produced in cooperation with Stokes Nature Center, Bridgerland Audubon Society, Quinney College of Natural Resources, Cache Valley Wildlife Association, Utah State University and Utah Master Naturalist Program - USU Extension.

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  • Blue gentian flowers in a meadow
    Nature’s monuments
    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.
  • A group of students gathered in the mountains
    Summer school
    I became an educator because I hoped to have an impact on future generations—but I did not anticipate the profound impact my students would have on my own life.
  • A group of students gathered in the mountains
    Summer school
    I became an educator because I hoped to have an impact on future generations—but I did not anticipate the profound impact my students would have on my own life.
  • A crow standing on the snow-covered ground
    I'd like to report a murder
    I had a festering contempt for any bird of the corvid variety—corvid meaning crows, ravens, magpies … you know, the boring/detestable birds.
  • Sheep and dog standing together on green grass in Iceland
    Working sheep dogs are a joy to watch
    In northern Utah we don't get to see very many sheep grazing on our hillsides. But we can see plenty of working sheep dogs at the International Sheep Dog Competition held every Memorial Day at Soldier Hollow outside Midway, Utah.
  • A calf and a cow grazing in the grass
    Milking cows-then and now
    When I moved to Mendon in 1980 a neighbor asked me if I'd like to go along with her to feed calves at a local dairy farm. I jumped into her car and off we went.
  • Yellow breasted-chat bird on a branch
    Birds calling the night
    It’s not unheard of for birds to be active in the nighttime. But most nocturnal birds are not songbirds. Then there’s the yellow-breasted chat.
  • Eric Newell standing near river rapids
    The land of 10,000 lakes
    Most canoe trips into the Boundary Waters are days to weeks long, but you can get a good sampling in a long day on the water.
  • Milky way above Chesler Park, Canyonlands National Park with silhouette of a mountain in the foreground
    Every day needs a night
    When one has the opportunity to experience the grandeur of the Milky Way, witness a shooting star, or identify a new constellation, such moments can spark curiosity, a sense of awe, and provide memories that last a lifetime.
  • A sliver of Earth is illuminated against the blackness of space in this photo taken by an Artemis II crew member through an Orion spacecraft window on the third day of the mission.
    Earth Day
    Earth Day, Earth Week, and my preferred, Earth Year. Let’s pretend to join the Artemus II crew for a wild 300,000 mile journey to the dark side of the moon for an Earth rise.