snow pack – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Groundhog Day 2022 – What It Means To Me In Utah

By Mia McPherson|February 2nd, 2022|Categories: Box Elder County, Utah, Yellow-bellied Marmots|Tags: adult, burrow, desert, female, forecast, grass, grasses, male, marmot, Marmota flaviventris, marmots, rocks, snow, snow pack, spring, winter, Yellow-bellied Marmot|

Groundhog Day is simply another day where I grow even more concerned about life giving water here in Utah. I'm not superstitious. I rely on facts.

Utah’s Drought Crisis

By Mia McPherson|March 21st, 2021|Categories: Conservation, Utah|Tags: extreme drought, Great Salt Lake, lake levels, snow, snow pack, spring, water crisis, water restrictions|

I could grumble and complain about waking to find fresh snow outside this morning because it is the second day of spring. I won't because we are in a drought.

Growing Tired of the Winter That Wasn’t & Looking Forward To Spring

By Mia McPherson|February 9th, 2018|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-necked Stilts, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: adult, Black-necked Stilt, Himantopus mexicanus, male, Mirror Lake, mountains, reserviors, shorebirds, snow pack, snowpack, spring runoff, stilt, stilts, water, winter|

When I look up at the tops of the Wasatch, Oquirrh, Stansbury and Promontory mountain ranges and they look more like late April or May than they do on a normal winter because there is just so little snow up there.