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, …
Well, it is 4 degrees outside, with a wind chill of -16 and I was thinking it was a little crazy to be walking all the way down to the Salmon Hole today, and apparently, the foxes were thinking along those very same lines. There were no fresh tracks to be found among the trees …
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The squirrels are feeling scampery, the foxes are feeling like slow strolls, and I’m feeling like slippery runs in the snow are soo much more fun than studying inside!! All of these nature signs point to it being DECEMBER and FINALS week! Despite the high stress commotion on campus, I found great relief from the …
Happy November!! My Phenology site sure knows that winter is coming! I was so surprised to see that so many of the trees that had been full of leaves, even green leaves, only two weeks ago, had barely any left! The canopy is much more open, and I can see more of the river from …
To get to the Salmon Hole from main campus, start by getting yourself to Colchester Avenue and then follow it East towards Winooski. Take a sharp right onto Riverside Avenue, and follow that until you get to a dirt path on your right heading downhill, into the trees. There should be …