Animal

And though elections can—and do—have direct impact on the wildlands of Utah and the health of our planet, today, the crows in the yellow pine in my front yard still call out, “Caw! Caw! Caw!” The Bear River keeps flowing to the Great Salt Lake, steady and silent.

For 44 years I have spent considerable time in the company of the desert creatures that reside outside my home in St. George Utah.

Those masked bandits raiding our gardens by night and bird feeders by day, who often wash their food (actually enhancing tactile experience), have human-like highly sensitive hands, love to eat chickens, as do I, and have a very clever brain- an animal full of contradictions much like us human animals.

Hearts 4 Paws, a local Utah non-profit that helps homeless pets find homes, is warning people of scammers who hacked their Facebook page.

While watering lawns less can be done to conserve water during a drought, using less water isn’t always possible in agricultural operations. As water…