In Utah, the Great Salt Lake is Shrinking and it Could Have Catastrophic Consequences The modern oasis of the Great Salt Lake is being threatened. Last summer the lake recorded its lowest level on record, and it doesn’t appear the trend is changing anytime soon. In the 1980s, the lake’s surface area covered 3,300 square miles. Today it covers less than 1,000 square miles according to the U.S Geological Survey. That means it has […] Industry News Brent Thomas | June 13, 2022 5 Comments
Bison Attacks and Seriously Injures Female Trail Runner in Utah State Park On Friday, at approximately 7:30 pm, a 22-year-old Utah woman encountered a Bison while running with a male friend on the Lakeside trail on Antelope Island State Park, UT.ย Related: VIDEO: Parents Run Away As Bison Tosses 9-Year Old Girl Into the Air at Yellowstone National Park Witnesses to the incident reported park staff that the trail runner was running […] SnowBrains | October 1, 2019 3 Comments
Snowbird, UT Conditions Report: The Bird is Getting Absurd (Amounts of Snow!) *Report from Monday 2/18/19. Our plans for first tram for Saturday’s 12″ powder day were derailed due to a closure on I-80 Friday night. We quickly adjusted, pointed north and grabbed first tram at Jackson Hole Saturday. Following an outstanding day in the Tetons, we got back on track and down to Utah. The first half of February brought some […] Conditions Report Jon Roubik | February 22, 2019 0 Comments
Denver and Salt Lake Eyeing 2026 Winter Olympics There is an outside shot that the U.S. could host two Olympic games within the next 11 years. Groups in both Salt Lake City and Denver are considering putting together bids for the 2026 Winter games, just two years before the 2028 Los Angelesย Summer Olympics. With the IOC’s new emphasis on host cities that haveย existing infrastructure and the ability to […] Olympics Jake Rubnitz | September 14, 2017 1 Comment
Utah’s Great Salt Lake Under Major Threat NASA recently released two satellite images, taken five years apart, of the Great Salt lake in Utah.ย Major signs of decreased water levels are evident.ย It’s no surprise that water levels are down in large part because of the significant droughts that the American West has seen these past five years, but droughts are a part of the climate and not uncommon. […] Dylan Cautela | November 8, 2016 0 Comments
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