Sorry for the delay – working from home today with a very sick kiddo. 😦
High Country News: It takes a district – Escalante Valley citizens plan to save their declining aquifer – Standing in a circle of verdant alfalfa shoots, Cody Staheli peers from under his Staheli Farms ball cap, looking beyond the irrigation lines to the snow-packed mountains framing southern Utah’s Escalante Valley. This year’s snowmelt is expected to be higher than average. “I try not to cuss at the mud,” Staheli says. (This article requires a registration for a free trial period – hopefully you are already subscribing to HCN. If not, this is a great chance to give it a try for 30 days.)
Deseret News: Great Salt Lake Bird Festival starts Thursday – Birders from all over Utah are converging on Farmington this weekend for the 12th annual Great Salt Lake Bird Festival. The festival runs through Monday, and some bird-watching field trips are still available. To book a field trip, call 801-451-3286.
Salt Lake Tribune: Water pipeline going in along 3200 West – The Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District, the agency that provides most of the drinking water for the communities in the Salt Lake Valley, has launched a major pipeline expansion that will begin in Taylorsville and run through West Jordan and South Jordan.
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