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Utah State University, in partnership with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the Foundation for America’s Public Lands, will host a conference on October 21 in Logan, Utah, marking the 50th anniversary of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), pivotal legislation governing America’s public lands in the modern era.
The 2025 Report by the Janet Quinney Lawson Institute, presented to the Governor and Legislature, highlights a collection of data and research to provide context to key issues and concerns regarding Utah’s natural resources that affect current and future quality of life, industry, and security.
The 2025 Metrics Report on Utah's Land, Water, Air & Energy provides a snapshot of synthesized data visualizations from the online repository. Both the report and repository provide publicly available data in easy to read tables, maps, and charts.
This week, USU researchers were in the news in several key issues at the intersection of land, water, and air science and policy. In air news, Utah Senator John Curtis and Colorado Senator John Hinkenlooper announced the Methane Monitoring Science Act, a ...
Happy New Water Year! October 1 marks the start of water year 2027, and a fresh start is welcome after a hard 2026. Utah's snowpack peaked at a record-low 8.3 inches of snow water equivalent and melted out more than a week early, and by mid-September stat...
Utah's weather turned strange and dangerous this past week. A rare high-elevation tornado touched down on a ridgeline above Fruit Heights on September 18, and the next morning lightning struck a shelter near the summit of Mount Timpanogos, killing a 19-ye...
