There is an ongoing disagreement among outdoor enthusiast about how many wild horses should be able to roam western public lands. In Utah this argument is often loud and leads to litigation. These discrepancies boil down to how each person weights the value of horses, cattle, wildlife, econo…
Against the backdrop of media coverage of the re-established Southern Utah National Monument boundaries a couple weeks ago, I took a trip to the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge looking for ducks. The discussions surrounding how big the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monum…
A characteristic that would increase the success of most hunters and anglers is to act as if each outdoor outing was a test of a hypothesis.
ELY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s Great Basin Institute has been awarded a federal grant to begin planning the creation of what the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources says is the nation’s first professional recreational trail-building school.
Its time for this year’s forecast of the waterfowl season. Most years this is a simple exercise, as you can look at the Fish and Wildlife surveys of spring nesting conditions across the prairie pothole region. This is the second year in a row, however, these surveys weren’t conducted as plan…
Robert Frost wrote in a poem, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” Wandering through the woods last week in pursuit of grouse, this poem came to mind and I wondered how we choose the roads we take. Hunting and angling …
It’s once again time for bird hunting season to commence. Monday, Aug. 30 is the opening day of Idaho’s forest grouse season, while Utahns have to wait until Sept. 1. Dove season in both states opens on the 1st.
An important facet of hunting and fishing is having respect for the animals that are pursued. Part of living up to this objective is paying attention to the ambient situation so animals are not unnecessarily stressed and their meat is not wasted. A condition that can cause animals to be natu…
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Back when we were still dating but contemplating marriage, one of the topics my husband and I discussed was the discipline of our potential future children. We agreed hitting children is wrong. My husband further articulated that the only stern physical contact he wanted his kids to receive …
To step through the arbor into the 1/8th acre garden of Dale and Charity Wallentine in Fairview, Idaho, is like entering into a picturesque wonderful world of animation. The Wallentine’s unique garden is full of their handmade sculptures made out of old tires that they carved and painted. Ea…
Desperation can cause us to look for answers where no answers can be found. I was reminded of this in a quote attributed to Leo Tolstoy who, while reflecting on extreme poverty in Russia, wrote, “The people of Moscow were looking for food in toy stores and hardware stores.” Tolstoy expresses…
The new documentary film “LuLa Rich” is about the rise and fall of the multi-level marketing company LuLaRoe, best known for its “buttery soft” women’s leggings in bright, loud prints, popular around 2016.
With September comes the harvest season. In our nearly 40 years of gardening in Logan, possibly due to this summer’s heat, we have had one of our best harvests ever. Early in our marriage we grew an heirloom dry bean we called “Hodgdon beans.” We never knew its real name, but we were told th…
The interior of my house is completely ripped apart. My husband and I, in a fit of ambition brought on by spending perhaps a little too much time together with all our children this past year, are painting and remodeling.
With school starting up soon, teachers might greet their students with a “trick” assignment that instructs them to read all the directions before starting. The lesson typically tells them to do things like drawing something on the paper, do an impossible math problem or to stand up and shout…
A “Black Widow” movie should have been done a long time ago. There were rumblings that Marvel didn’t think a female-centric movie could garner the box office buzz as some of the MCU’s other big-name heroes. That was early in the process, but now we know different.
Piling blankets and pillows in the back of a pickup truck to watch a drive-in movie may seem like a thing of the past, but Cameron Reeve, originally from Logan, hopes to revitalize the industry and get people out during the pandemic.
Taking pictures is more than a craft or creative pursuit for fine-art photographer Maria Ellen Huebner of Logan. It’s a way to connect with people.
Along the same lines as “Coco,” “Onward” attempts to grapple with the hereafter and how families deal with death. “Coco” is much more thoughtful about it, providing an emotionally resonant portrait love, loss, and death. “Onward” doesn’t reach those heights but does produce some satisfying s…
Whatever happened to social dancing? Even up until just a generation or two ago, waltzes, foxtrots, jitterbugs, Virginia reels and square dances were common forms of fun among the old and young alike. Are these community gathering art forms lost forever?
Jazz Night at Elite Hall, one of Cache Valley’s popular perennial events, returns this week in the run-up to the historic Hyrum dance hall’s long-planned renovation.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans reacted with rare collective joy Monday after director Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” won the Oscar for best picture and three other awards, good news that came as their country struggles to guard against a new virus and counter North Korea’s nuclear threat.
Pushed back from a November 2019 release after backlash focusing on the look of the title character, which was indeed nightmarish, Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog” seemed destined for failure. A revised February release date — with new special effects — didn’t do it any favors, as that time …
Summer is a time for trips. Whether you are taking a day trip to Bear Lake or an extended vacation, one thing you’ll always have to plan for is what food you’ll eat.
Along with hundreds of other people, I completed the 50-mile Cache Gran Fondo bike ride a few weeks ago. Wow! Some of the bicycles there cost more than my car is worth!
“Water is life” is a phrase that exists in some form throughout the world, both in language and culture. Few would deny the fundamental importance of water to people, and indeed, to all living organisms.
Editor’s note: The following column is part 2 of a two-part series on sleep. The first installment ran on May 7.
Editor’s note: The following column is part 1 of a two-part series on sleep. The second column will run in June.
Julia, 12, of Logan, tested her physical endurance on Saturday at Utah State University’s Maverik Stadium as she crawled on her hands and knees under steel hurdles, completed pushups and kicked a football into a goal post.
We are not great at evaluating our own health. Sure, our sniffles tell us if we have a cold, and back pain is pretty obvious. However, we probably tell ourselves that we weigh less and exercise more than we really do. The 2017 Utah Health Values Study noted that only 45 percent of people in …
Compared to the summer months, I always feel housebound during Utah’s winters. It’s not that I’m inactive. Rather, the limited daylight hours put a cramp in my style. I like running up Green Canyon on early summer mornings. I enjoy riding my bike around the neighborhood with my hubby, Robert…
