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Salt Lake having very dry April, but Utah’s water supply is still in top-notch shape

April 19, 2024 News & Media No Comments
SALT LAKE CITY— While Utah’s water supply continues to get stronger, Salt Lake City saw a very abnormally dry start to April.KSL Meteorologist Matt Johnson said the Salt Lake City International Airport registered only .34 inches of rain so far in April, when it normally gets 2.16 inches for the entire month. That’s only 15% ...
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The Great Salt Lake has a chance to be healthy again for the first time in over a decade

April 18, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ Promontory Point during an EcoFlight around the Great Salt Lake on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Scott G Winterton / Deseret News In a couple of months, the Great Salt Lake has a chance of reaching its healthy range for the first time in over a decade.The Natural Resources Conservation Service recently forecasted the Great ...
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How a productive March changed Great Salt Lake’s spring outlook

April 16, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ Last month was Utah’s 23rd-wettest March since 1895. (Megan Banta | The Salt Lake Tribune) Stansbury Island during a flyover of the Great Salt Lake with EcoFlight on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. The Great Salt Lake was already expected to receive a strong boost from this year’s snowpack, but projected inflows are now ...
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New report shows Biden administration policies could yield 40% reduction in fossil fuel emissions from public lands, alongside myriad additional carbon savings from conservation, renewables policies

April 15, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ A hot air balloon over the Thompson Divide. EcoFlight. Administration tapping opportunity to make public lands part of the solution to biggest conservation, climate challenges As the Biden administration continues its release of a series of final rulemakings, management plans and other agency decisions pertaining to public lands in the coming months, ...
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A new approach to Crystal River protections

April 14, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ A log creates a small wave in the Crystal River. Jason Charme/Aspen Daily News After roughly 40 years of debate and litigation over keeping dams and out-of-basin diversions off the Crystal River, stakeholders say they are now finding greater alignment.Crystal River Valley community members and governments say an ongoing “stakeholder process” has been ...
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Tax credits for riding rural rail

April 12, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post  ➡️ Image by Sly from Pixabay A bill working its way through the Colorado Legislature not only could help boost economic development in counties impacted by dwindling coal production, but also help spur more passenger rail on the Western Slope.While Senate Bill 190 focuses on Moffat County and the northwest corner of the ...
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Pilot’s Blog – April 2024 New Blood

April 11, 2024 Captain's Blog No Comments
Pilot’s Blog Starship 1XE, Day 11 in the month April, Earth Calendar year 2024. Bruce here, it’s that time of year again when we make like F-15 pilots on a scramble alert. We drop our ski equipment, drop our ice-climbing gear, shed our super heavy down parkas, and hop into our trusty aircraft to begin ...
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A classic comeback for Old Man Winter

April 10, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ A high mountain valley beneath Chair Mountain drains snowmelt into Rapid Creek, a tributary to the Crystal River, in this image from April 3. The Crystal River joins the Roaring Fork River in Carbondale. This view was from a flight provided by EcoFlight. Austin Corona/Aspen Daily News Old Man Winter pulled off an ...
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Flyover photos show current state of Great Salt Lake

April 9, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ (MEGAN BANTA | THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE) STANSBURY ISLAND DURING A FLYOVER OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE WITH ECOFLIGHT ON TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2024. THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE JOINED A FLIGHT OVER THE GREAT SALT LAKE ON A SIX-SEATER PLANE TUESDAY MORNING. HERE’S WHAT WE SAW. The propeller whirs loudly as local wildlife ...
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Nonprofit aims to spur advocacy for Great Salt Lake by providing unique aerial views

April 9, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ OGDEN, Utah (ABC4) — As the spring runoff is about to get underway, a small nonprofit is giving Utah officials, scientists and reporters a valuable perspective on the Great Salt Lake: a bird’s-eye view.EcoFlight, a Colorado-based company, uses small aircraft to boost conservation efforts across the Western United States. This week, their ...
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