KZMU News

- Stronger beer now allowed in grocery stores after state passes bill

- Public Lands Corner features a kayak trip down a flooding Courthouse Wash

KZMU welcomes Doug McMurdo, associate editor of The Times-Independent to chat about their latest coverage. This week – the study committee promises transparency in change of government process, Grand County joins Moab City to study overnight accommodation land use, and a federal agency's lack of communication causes a lockdown at local schools. Plus, Canyonlands Half Marathon this weekend and record breaking weather. Tune in.

KZMU welcomes Doug McMurdo, associate editor of The Times-Independent to chat about their latest coverage. This week – the study committee promises transparency in change of government process, Grand County joins Moab City to study overnight accommodation land use, and a federal agency's lack of communication causes a lockdown at local schools. Plus, Canyonlands Half Marathon this weekend and record breaking weather. Tune in.

- Bill aiming to prohibit local plastic bag bans shouted down at state legislature

- Environmental groups sue over Utah's first oil shale development

- Utah's diverse biomes on Wild About Utah

- Bill aiming to prohibit local plastic bag bans shouted down at state legislature

- Environmental groups sue over Utah's first oil shale development

- Utah's diverse biomes on Wild About Utah

For the last 55 years, Glen Canyon has been submerged under the waters of Lake Powell. Drowned with it are ancient sites and features recalled as beautiful, healing, and sacred. For 55 years, legendary river runner Ken Sleight has thought about the Glen Canyon he once knew, when the river ran wild. The exhibit, Glen Canyon: A River Guide Remembers, is open until March 23rd at Green River’s John Wesley Powell Museum. Tune in and learn more.

[Show Notes: Thanks to Martha Ham for some providing audio, including "Farewell to Rainbow" written and read by Vaughn Short]

For the last 55 years, Glen Canyon has been submerged under the waters of Lake Powell. Drowned with it are ancient sites and features recalled as beautiful, healing, and sacred. For 55 years, legendary river runner Ken Sleight has thought about the Glen Canyon he once knew, when the river ran wild. The exhibit, Glen Canyon: A River Guide Remembers, is open until March 23rd at Green River’s John Wesley Powell Museum. Tune in and learn more.

[Show Notes: Thanks to Martha Ham for some providing audio, including "Farewell to Rainbow" written and read by Vaughn Short]

Starting in the late 1980s, rainbow trout in the Western United States began dying off because of a parasite that causes whirling disease. By 1997, wild rainbows in neighboring Colorado had all but vanished. Now thanks to efforts by that state’s parks and wildlife agency, the fish popular with anglers and conservationists alike could be on the rebound.

[photo: A volunteer holds rainbow trout in his hand, prior to clipping its adipose fin. Courtesy KRCC]

Starting in the late 1980s, rainbow trout in the Western United States began dying off because of a parasite that causes whirling disease. By 1997, wild rainbows in neighboring Colorado had all but vanished. Now thanks to efforts by that state’s parks and wildlife agency, the fish popular with anglers and conservationists alike could be on the rebound.

[photo: A volunteer holds rainbow trout in his hand, prior to clipping its adipose fin. Courtesy KRCC]

- 'Massive' natural avalanche in La Sals found by Utah Avalanche Center on Saturday

- Utah's smallest counties might be restricted to smallest lawmaking bodies; Phil Lyman's bill moves forward, exempts Grand County

- Public Lands Corner features bills affecting National Monuments in Utah

[photo: Evidence of a natural avalanche on Pre-Laurel Peak that ran into Horse Creek. Credit Utah Avalanche Center]