In this three-part series, we talk with Anna Decker, organizer of the TEDx program at the Leonardo (and additional simulcast sites) September 20. Read Part I Read Part II Decker, 31, is a University of Utah graduate student with experience in event planning. She wanted […]
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UtahOutsider Interviews TEDx Organizer, Part III
In this three-part series, we talk with Anna Decker, organizer of the TEDx program at the Leonardo (and additional simulcast sites) September 20. Read Part I Read Part II Decker, 31, is a University of Utah graduate student with experience in event planning. She wanted […]
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Camping part two, Maine versus Utah
Things you can count on in the Maine wilderness: Insects (black flies, deer flies, mosquitos, ticks, etc.) Wet (humidity, fog, rain, snow, ponds, lakes, ocean, rivers, streams) Trees (lots and lots of them) Because of the trees, you tend to focus on things close to […]
Read moreInside the Salt Palace, looking out
If it bothered any of the 30,000 people buying, selling, and otherwise attending the gigantic Outdoor Retailer Summer Market earlier this month, they weren’t saying. “It” being the following incongruity: We were in a convention center (the Salt Palace), manically focused on how best to […]
Read moreInside the Salt Palace, looking out
If it bothered any of the 30,000 people buying, selling, and otherwise attending the gigantic Outdoor Retailer Summer Market earlier this month, they weren’t saying. “It” being the following incongruity: We were in a convention center (the Salt Palace), manically focused on how best to […]
Read moreUtahOutsider at Outdoor Retailer
How odd to be inside all week. At UtahOutsider, it goes against the grain. This week, however, was spent entirely indoors, horseless, dogless, trail-less. Small sacrifice for what will be gained for our readership! Specifically we were at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt […]
Read moreUtahOutsider at Outdoor Retailer
How odd to be inside all week. At UtahOutsider, it goes against the grain. This week, however, was spent entirely indoors, horseless, dogless, trail-less. Small sacrifice for what will be gained for our readership! Specifically we were at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt […]
Read moreCrows and Wildlife Watchers lose big
You can’t play if you don’t pay the ante or even have a seat at the table. That’s what wildlife advocates and bird watchers learned at the 7th and final public hearing on Utah crow hunting. Despite overwhelming public condemnation and apparent lack of supportive […]
Read moreCrows and Wildlife Watchers lose big
You can’t play if you don’t pay the ante or even have a seat at the table. That’s what wildlife advocates and bird watchers learned at the 7th and final public hearing on Utah crow hunting. Despite overwhelming public condemnation and apparent lack of supportive […]
Read moreCrow Hunt Quandary, Part Two
Last month, the simmering tension between diverse wildlife interests came to a boil as birders, nature lovers, and photographers squared off with hunters and the Wildlife Board. At stake, the future of Utah’s crow population. The Board voted to initiate a crow hunt for the […]
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