Episodes

  • Falconry

    Falconry
    Jul 1 2025
    Falconry is an ancient sport going back thousands of years. In Shakespeare’s time, it was a way of putting food on the dinner table.
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    4 mins
  • Whitebark pines

    Whitebark pines
    Jun 19 2025
    Five needle pines- I love them! It was the stately eastern white pine that introduced me to these trees of the five needle clan in my early years in Wisconsin & Michigan.
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    4 mins
  • Bass, birds, buddies and boats

    Bass, birds, buddies and boats
    Jun 10 2025
    I sit on the front swivel seat of a drift boat gliding across the smooth water of Newton Reservoir. The sun begins to send morning rays of brilliance over the Cache Mountains.
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    3 mins
  • A tropical flash in the desert

    A tropical flash in the desert
    Jun 2 2025
    Not long ago, while walking up a gravel road in Bears Ears National Monument, my eye was distracted by a flash of brilliant, almost neon green against the red rocks and sand.
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    4 mins
  • Climate data recording

    Climate data recording
    May 28 2025
    Last week while walking across the Utah State University campus, I rounded the Northeast corner of the University Inn and suddenly found myself face to face with a giant stick figure made of steel tubing.
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    4 mins
  • Wild About Utah: Forests

    Wild About Utah: Forests
    May 19 2025
    Forests are beyond amazing! As a field ecologist for the U.S. Forest Service, and chairing the Smithfield City Tree Committee, their branches and roots have penetrated deep into my heartwood!
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    3 mins
  • Eye to eye

    Eye to eye
    May 12 2025
    If you spend enough time in the wilds you acquire some remarkable stories. I’ve had some noteworthy wildlife encounters over the years, but one stands out from long ago.
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    5 mins
  • Fireflies

    Fireflies
    May 5 2025
    Against all odds, fireflies find love here in Utah. Out at places like Firefly Park in Nibley, you can watch these dazzling lanterns dance and bounce, starting around early June.
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    2 mins