Project and Water News

November 12 at 6:30 pm - Marcus Jones was an extraordinary figure in Utah in the late nineteenth- early twentieth centuries, chiefly famous for his botanical explorations of the Western United States and Mexico. He traveled thousands of miles by horse and buggy, and by his own account collected nearly half a million plant specimens. He was also an avid photographer of the landscapes and geology.

In 2010 an archive of about 1000 glass slides and negatives was rediscovered in California. With a grant from Utah Native Plant Society, Dr. Bill Gray digitized many of these old images. Last year he traveled to some of the original locations to document habitat changes occurring in the intervening years. The talk will focus on Jones's major trip of 1894 with "then and now" images from around the State.

Dr. William Gray is Emeritus Professor of Biology at the University of Utah. He and his wife Sylvia came to the United States in 1964 and moved to Utah in 1970. Since retiring in 1997 Bill has devoted much of his time to studying the native plants of our region. He is a past president of the Utah Native Plant Society, and has just completed a Quick Reference Guide to Wildflowers of Central and Southern Utah.

Date: Monday November 12 at 6:30 pm

Where: Utah State University - Veterinary Science & Bacteriology Room 215

All are invited!

November 15, 2012 - The Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program is hosting the Wild and Scenic Film Festival and we would love to have you all join us.  Tickets are $5 and are also a raffle ticket.  Additional raffle tickets can be purchased for $1 the night of the event to win one of many great items donated by our National and Local sponsors.  Proceeds go towards our student scholarship fund. Reception starts at 6pm with appetizers and local music, films start at 7pm.

The issue is climate change and, even now that a summer of record heat and droughts has been followed by the landfall of one of the mightiest superstorms in human history,neither candidate shows much interest in outlining the problem or taking a stand on what can and should be done about it.

A statewide list of water projects, including their costs, is being shopped to Utah lawmakers, along with the warning that it is better to plan now and pay now, rather than wait until dams fail or taps run dry.