Winter

It’s me, your little friend, the one who helps with pollination and eats caterpillars in your garden. I always wear a yellow jacket in case bad weather catches me away from home. Yes, that’s me—Marie, the yellow jacket wasp.

Fall bird migration is well underway! Our winter residents and migrating drop-ins are now beginning to populate our feeders and lower landscapes.

Spring, though, again, is the moments. When our eyes flutter awake with birdsong; when light comes before alarms; when we begin to manifest all we longed for during the dreamt night.

More precipitation is falling as rain, instead of snow — which impacts ski resorts, tourism and ecosystems.

There are many reasons for having a bird feeder, especially in the winter season when birds are often hanging on by a thread due to challenges from inclement weather and lack of food.

The Bridgerland Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count is always hosted on the first Saturday on or following December 14th, and we have been contributing Cache Valley, Utah data to the National Audubon database since 1956.

Ben Schow, USU Extension's Washington County agriculture and horticulture agent, shares tips on how to prepare and preserve your garden during the winter ahead of the spring and summer months.

In other news, Gov. Spencer Cox sent letters to educators encouraging them to restrict cell phone access in classrooms. And, Salt Lake County is increasing the pay for many of its hourly employees.

Winter is the season of withholdings come free and taboos undone. Those things we tell ourselves which are not for the warm months come to roost, and our allowances to ourselves grow as the season’s light shrinks.

The Hardware Wildlife Management Area offers sleigh rides through herds of wild elk to the public.