Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter

After 17 years at the Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter, Nell Larson is moving on to start a new chapter in New Mexico.

The Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter opened an interactive exhibit this month using mini golf to teach different aspects of the environment. It’s called FORE! the Planet.

Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter Exhibits Manager Hunter Klingensmith has details about the new bat exhibit.

Landowners in the Wasatch Back are required by state law to manage noxious weeds on their property. And this spring has seen a proliferation of them around town.

Rhea Cone, conservation coordinator at the Swaner Preserve and Ecocenter joins the show to talk about their upcoming events to celebrate Earth Day.

On today's episode of This Green Earth, Chris Cherniak hosts with Claire Wiley, covering for Nell Larson. In honor of "Earth Week" and the local events happening in our community to celebrate, their guests on the show include, (01:13) Rhea Cone, conservation coordinator at the Swaner Preserve and Ecocenter, (21:12) Kelsey Christiansen, Storm Water Manager of Summit County and (33:52) Kate Mapp of Park City Library on their new Sustainability Resource Center. Chris and Claire have some round table discussion moments with all the guests throughout the show as well.

In this episode of This Green Earth Nell and Chris are joined by award winning science writer (01:41) Nancy Castaldo. She has a new book out called When the World Runs Dry: Earth's Water in Crisis. Water is essential for life on this planet, but not every community has the safe, clean water it needs. Castaldo takes readers from Flint, Michigan to Cape Town, South Africa, to explore the various ways in which water around the world is in danger, and why we must act now. Then, (20:22) Kim Hersey from the Department of Wildlife Resources comes on to talk about the recent capture and release of a wolverine in Utah. This is just the eighth confirmed wolverine sighting in Utah since 1979, and the first capture and release. (47:02) Chris and Nell end the hour talking about Swaner's event Climate Change and Utah's Ski Resorts, a free virtual event on March 22 from 6:30 to 8:30PM.

With the East Canyon Creek running very low, local environmental agencies are looking for ways to support more robust flow.The creek flows south through…

Someone applied herbicide to a large area of the Swaner EcoCenter in the Snyderville Basinearlier this month. But the ecocenter didn’t pay anyone to spray…

With so many things made from plastic today, Recycle Utah and the Swaner EcoCenter are putting on a virtual presentation Thursday to teach the community…