Dan Potts
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Tips for Gardening with Nature
As a longtime gardener, I have learned a few techniques to garden with, not against, nature. Here are a few tips.
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Pronghorn Antelopes Prance just North of I-80 in Salt Lake City
Most Utahns do not know that our capital city may be the only one in America that has its own herd of native pronghorn antelope inside its city limits.
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Girls Wrestling Boys: Concerned About Mixing the Sexes on the Wrestling Mat?
I coached female wrestlers on its mostly male teams for decades. Early on, I concluded that there were really no concerns about mixing the sexes on the mat.
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The Top Five Lakes in the High Uinta Mountains to Visit
Utah’s Uinta Mountains has 600-plus fishable lakes. Over 55 year I visited most of them. Here are the top 5, that you must visit.
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The Story of Utah Lake: Murky and Misunderstood
Utah’s public has long considered Utah Lake to be highly polluted. Once known as the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi, it is surprising just how unpolluted what later…
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Eat the Weeds: How to Harvest Wild Foods
Weeds are among the easiest and most widely distributed foods, and although some can be bitter, most are good when cooked, especially when mixed with other wild greens.
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Gardening in Pots: Anyone Can Grow a Garden
After gardening virtually all of my life, and later teaching gardening classes through West High School’s Community Education Program, I have concluded that almost anyone can grow a garden. The…
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The Number One Tip for Successful Hunting from the Modern-Day Hunter Gatherer
Due to pandemic more Utahans considered either returning to hunting or fishing or taking up the sport for the first time, but they need proper advice to be successful.
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Are Utah Hunters Killing Off Starving Deer For Trophies?
Our North American model of managing game animals for sport and meat hunting is the best in the world. The approach involves limiting take, hunting in appropriate seasons, equipment restrictions,…
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New Utah State Prison and Inland Port
The new planned state prison and Inland Port will place prisoners and employees closer to the extensive wetlands and the mosquitoes they naturally produce.
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Squaw Peak Road – My favorite Sunday drive in Utah
Squaw Peak Road is my favorite Sunday drive in Utah. The out-of-car outdoor recreational opportunities are too numerous to list, but include lots of native flora and fauna viewing, many…
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Winter Gardening — Why Wait for Spring?
I have successfully grown cold-hardy plants such as spinach, lettuce, arugula and even carrots, beets, radishes and Swiss chard right through the coldest Utah winters for more than 30 years…
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Four easy ways to conserve water in Utah from snow
As Utahns, we live in one of the driest places in America. Yet those living along the Wasatch Front waste more water per person than almost anywhere else in the…
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Utah Hunting: Modern Day Big Game Hunting Cooperatives
For the past 40 years, my wife and I have essentially boycotted most commercially raised meat, mostly because that practice is not truly sustainable and damages Utah’s fragile ecosystems. Hunting…
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A Few Practical Ideas On Reducing Car Idling
In this article, I attempt to provide a few ideas towards reducing car idling as one of the main causes of increasing air pollution levels resulting in many different health…