With beautiful cinematography, the PBS series Shared Planet features inspiring stories of people and wildlife flourishing together — including some in Utah and Idaho — and celebrates the unique benefits of making room for nature while offering a look at a...
After her first year and getting used to college, Price said she immersed herself in campus life. She has taken on many roles, including participating in student government, leading clubs and working as a peer adviser. She became president of the USU Wild...
The camp’s workshops include activities from all sorts of environmental fields. From wildfire management to eco-art, there are activities for everyone to enjoy, according to Starr. The workshops are directed by USU faculty as well as professionals from va...
Utah State University researcher Michael Stemkovski has received the prestigious Haldane Prize from the British Ecological Society, an international honor recognizing outstanding early-career contributions to ecological science.
This winter was Utah’s warmest on record, and statewide snowpack has cratered to new record lows. That’s likely to leave a mark, said Justin DeRose, an associate professor of applied forest ecology at Utah State University. “2026 is shaping up to be a mar...
Without a winter snowpack to convert into spring runoff, trees will shift into very low gear, growing little and leaving narrow bands in their tree-ring records. In really bad years there is no growth, and no ring, at all. Justin DeRose, dendrochronologis...
Using camera traps and scent lures, the researchers documented animals in rural neighborhoods spending more time in object-vigilant behaviors like crouching, tail-tucking or flinching.
State officials recently killed three gray wolves near Avon, Utah, in the southwestern corner of Cache County. Wildlife ecology experts from the Department of Wildland Resources at Utah State University answered questions about wolves in Utah.
About a decade ago, scientists discovered that coyotes mate with just one partner in their lifetimes. But more recent research has turned to the sadder side of their lifelong love: the grief of widowhood. Scientists hope their inquiries can build compassi...
Under the new system U.S. residents will continue to pay standard rates at entrances and for annual passes (which will now be run through a digital system). Residents will also be offered eight “resident-only patriotic fee-free days” (up from five or six ...
A simple technology shows promise toward alleviating some of that conflict, according to Julie Young, a wildlife biologist from Utah State University’s Department of Wildland Resources and the Ecology Center, as well as director of the Berryman Institute ...
Mule deer that call Utah home have to be tough — freezing winters and scorching summers are part of a typical year. But as droughts in the West get longer and more severe, these animals are being forced to move further afield to find the resources they ne...
The Beaver Ecology and Relocation Collaborative at Utah State University works with the U.S. Forest Service to live-capture nuisance beaver and quarantine them for release, saving them from the specter of lethal trapping.
Utah State University's Wildland Fire Club traveled to the Greater Yellowstone area in September to learn about wildland fire policy, ecology, and interagency management. The trip gave students the chance to meet with professionals, including fire managem...
The Colorado Department of Transportation is building what will be the world's largest wildlife crossing over I-25 north of Monument and south of Denver. It will help prevent vehicle-wildlife crashes here that average one per day.
