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Digging Up Evidence of Past Earthquakes in Salt Lake Valley

Photo of the trench site, the trench is 5 feet deep and 140 feet long. Four geologists are surveying the trench site.
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Groundwater & Wetland News: IN-LIEU FEE WETLAND MITIGATION: A Boring Name For an Exciting Idea

Photo of Moab's Mill Creek, with native willows growing along the shoreline.Riparian wetlands of Moab's Mill Creek, where invasive species removal and cattle fencing has allowed native willows to grow again.
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May 1, 2023
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Glad You Asked: What do landslides, glaciers, and faults have to do with the lakes on the Wasatch Plateau?

Many of the Wasatch Plateau’s lakes are visible in this aerial image looking southward along the axis of Skyline Drive east of Gunnison, Utah. Deep Lake, the WPA ponds, and many of the other unnamed lakes and ponds of the Step Flats area are sag ponds created at the head of landslides within the Twelvemile Creek drainage. Island Lake and several other small lakes along the axis of the Plateau are graben lakes bounded by normal faults. Solid and dashed orange lines are normal faults, the bar and ball symbol indicates the down-dropped side of the fault. Emerald Lake is in a Pleistocene-age glacial cirque.
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May 1, 2023
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GeoSights: Springhill Geologic Park, Davis County, Utah

Springhill Geologic Park. March 2023.
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May 1, 2023
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Energy News: Utah Returns to Being a Net Energy Importer

Line graph showing Utah Energy Balance Production and Consumption from the year 1960-2021. An upward trend in consumption, with a peak in production before 2010 before falling in 2021.
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May 1, 2023
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Community Science Photo Station Installed at Bonneville Salt Flats

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January 24, 2023
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UGS Hosts Earth Science Week Activities

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October 3, 2022
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Hazard News-Putting Down Roots in Utah’s Earthquake Country Second Edition Provides Updated and New Information

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September 1, 2022
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Glad You Asked: What are the Oldest Rocks in Utah?

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New Release – Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country, 2nd Edition

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August 15, 2022
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