A Clearer View of Earthquake Risk: New High-Resolution Maps Reveal Central Utah’s Active Faults

Map of central Utah earthquake study areas showing new (red) and previous (black) fault mappings, epicenters, and legend.

The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) announced the completion of a major hazard mapping project focused on defining active faults in central Utah. These detailed new maps provide communities, planners, and developers in one of the state’s fastest-growing rural regions with the information needed to mitigate earthquake hazards and build more resilient communities.

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Utah’s fossil record is dino-mite!

Reporters Leia Larsen and Benjamin Zack sat down with James Kirkland to find out what Utah looked like 100 million years ago and learn about the discovery boom happening right now.

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James Kirkland, the state paleontologist with the Utah Geological Survey, goes through the bones of a Mierasaurus on Nov. 21, 2017, at his lab in Salt Lake City. The fossils were recently found in Southern Utah and belong to a species of dinosaur that was previously thought to only live in what is now Europe.

Uniquely Utah: State employees compete to fill calendar with beautiful shots

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Employees with the Utah Department of Natural Resources work in every corner of the state, and every year they submit photos in the hope of being featured in an annual calendar.

Check out this week’s edition of Uniquely Utah:

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Living Rock from the Great Salt Lake, Now in our Permanent Exhibits

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In June of 2016, we added a new, living exhibit in the Great Salt Lake Gallery on the third floor of the museum. At first glance, the three stone-looking bumps in a tank aren’t as impressive as the Cretaceous monsters looming in the background. But their humble appearance masks what might be the most awesome creature on display: these lumpy guys are one of the oldest forms of life on Earth.
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Utah aglow with new solar developments, rooftop systems

Did you see our 2016 Utah’s Energy Landscape is out? Read this feature on the new pub, and find the publication HERE.

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Utah, identified four years ago by the U.S. Department of the Interior as one of six states in the country with prime solar potential, is riding a boom of new utility-scale developments harnessing the energy of the sun.

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Energy Success Stories: Discovering Utah’s Geothermal Potential

The Utah FORGE team collaborated with the Utah Governor’s Office of Energy Development to produce this video short highlighting Utah’s vast geothermal potential.

Check out the Utah FORGE Facebook to follow updates on the projects!

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City seeks grant to stabilize blue clay slide area, purchase homes for demolition

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City officials are anxiously waiting to find out if they will receive a $1.6 million Federal Emergency Management Agency grant to purchase properties and stabilize a hillside that has destroyed homes and is threatening others.

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