STS090-752-094 Wasatch Mountains and Uinta Mountains, Utah April 1998
A northwest-looking image shows the rugged terrain of northern Utah extending westward and northward into the Basin and Range Province of northern Nevada and southern Oregon. The Great Salt Lake is visible just slightly above the center of the image. To the lake’s west is the Great Salt Lake Desert, the floor of former Lake Bonneville. Just south of the Great Salt Lake and at the center of the image is Utah Lake. East of Utah Lake and extending north-south are the snow-covered peaks of the Wasatch Range, considered part of the Rocky Mountains. Extending in an east-west line are the faulted, snow-covered Uinta Mountains, which are also part of the Rocky Mountains. North of the Uinta Mountains near the right center of the image are the Great Divide Basin and the Flaming Gorge Reservoir of southwestern Wyoming. To the south of the Uinta Mountains and north of the Book Cliffs is the Uinta Basin, a major oil and natural gas region. Toward the bottom left of the image is the San Rafael Desert.
Courtesy NASA
Celebrate Earth Day in Utah:
Invest in our Planet
Stokes Nature Center Earth Day Soiree: https://logannature.org/
USU Sustainability Earth Week: https://www.usu.edu/sustainability/get-involved/earthday
Earth Day Organization: https://earthday.org/
May 7, 2022: Slate Canyon Park, Provo, Utah, USA, Slate Canyon Pavilion https://conserveutahvalley.org/events/
Utah Department of Natural Resources Twitter Feed, State of Utah, https://twitter.com/UtahDNR/status/1517512433195094017
Semerad, Tony, ‘Sustainable growth is an oxymoron’ — a look at Utah’s vanishing open spaces, Salt Lake Tribune, April 22, 2022, https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/04/22/its-earth-day-so-how-much/
Utah State Parks Spring Celebrations, State Parks, State of Utah, https://stateparks.utah.gov/2022/04/14/spring-celebrations/
A Proclamation on Earth Day, 2022, Presidential Actions, WhiteHouse.gov, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/04/21/a-proclamation-on-earth-day-2022/
Twitter Video
Administration Earth Day Twitter Video: https://twitter.com/i/status/1517518871087009792
Past Events:
2021:
Hickman , Katelyn, Slate Canyon Earth Day, The Review, Utah Valley University (UVU), https://www.uvureview.com/news/slate-canyon-earth-day/
Harrison, Shawn, Annual Earth Day recycling event returns, The Herald Journal, Apr 16, 2021, https://www.hjnews.com/news/business/annual-earth-day-recycling-event-returns/article_a833fea3-54c6-585a-be6c-886489b82ede.html
2017:
Dolan, Sean, USU celebrates Earth Day, The Herald Journal, Apr 21, 2017, https://www.hjnews.com/allaccess/usu-celebrates-earth-day/article_5aeba76a-01ff-534c-bf1b-086c7e12c6fe.html
Christensen, Jennie, For Cache Valley resident, every day is Earth Day, Cache Valley Daily, April 17, 2017, https://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/archive/2017/04/17/87d07530-232d-11e7-9e89-130e4345463b/#.YmLXXdrMJaQ
2013:
Opsahl, Kevin, Logan Celebrates Soggy Earth Day, The Herald Journal, Apr 20, 2013, https://www.hjnews.com/allaccess/logan-celebrates-soggy-earth-day/article_df06c414-aa2b-11e2-9e35-001a4bcf887a.html
2012:
Earth Day festival encourages eco-friendly living, Cache Valley Daily, April 24, 2012, https://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/archive/2012/04/24/a320cf1e-9be7-5340-9a8c-aa2f355f4681/#.YmLZUdrMJaQ
2011:
Funk, John, Logan arts organization celebrates Earth Day downtown, The Herald Journal, Apr 23, 2011 Updated May 4, 2015, https://www.hjnews.com/news/logan-arts-organization-celebrates-earth-day-downtown/article_6a65120e-6d48-11e0-a266-001cc4c002e0.html
Holloway, Bryant, This Earth Day, let’s preserve our public lands, Deseret News, April 23, 2021, https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2021/4/23/22385896/utah-public-lands-earth-day-national-parks-outdoor-recreation