Utah Environment

Every August, volunteers at the Mendon Meadow Preserve count and record the current number of Ute ladies' tresses orchids, a flower listed by the U.S. Fish Wildlife Service as threatened.

The sixth annual Logan Canyon Weed Day is taking place this weekend, where volunteers unite against invasive species threatening the ecosystem.

Native and youth groups gathered on the steps of the Utah Capitol Building on Saturday to call for increased protections for Great Salt Lake.

At a virtual press conference, the Utah Rivers Council announced new policy action guidelines to get more water into the shrinking Great Salt Lake.

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 Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water, and Air annual report will be presented to Utah Governor Spencer Cox on Thursday in Salt Lake City.

US Magnesium, a mineral extraction company on the shore of Great Salt Lake, has applied for a dredging permit to extend its water intake canals because lake levels have gotten so low.

Our guest for the hour on Tuesday’s Access Utah is Brian Steed, the new Executive Director of the Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water and Air at Utah State University.

After years of protesting, local activists are finally able to celebrate the closing of a medical waste incinerator that has loomed over North Salt Lake.

No matter where you live in the State of Utah, you are located in one of the 38 Conservation Districts managed by the Utah Conservation Commission. Each…