Over spring break, I was backpacking with my dog, Moose, in southern Utah. We spent five days exploring Ticaboo canyon and its surrounding area, which is just northwest of Lake Powell. To get to the trailhead, I drove south from Salt Lake City, moving from mountainous terrain into the land of expansive, dusty agriculture. Once …

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For my second blog posting of the semester, I went for a rainy run down to the waterfront. The squirrels froze when I ran by, and up above them their nests, as well as different sized bird nests, were exposed from the lack of foliage. The landscape is still very muted, the trees, reeds, grass, …

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