Experts offer rattlesnake safety tips as weather heats up

Sunday, June 16th, 2013, 4:36pm

SALT LAKE CITY – Warmer weather can bring unwanted guests into backyards, and rattlesnakes are among the animals looking for shelter and shade.

The season is still early, but there have already been several reports of rattlesnake bites. Reptile Rescue is a non-profit organization that removes snakes free of charge, and they said they receive about a dozen calls each week.

“When food is more abundant you usually have more snakes, and we had a lot last year,” Jim Dix of Reptile Rescue said. “This year it is just starting to warm up, and we will start seeing an increase in snakes.”

Dix said a rattlesnake bite can be a very costly experience.

“The anti-venom is about $8,000 a vial, and they start you off with six vials,” he said. “$48,000 right off the bat with no hospital bill, so it’s an expensive lesson to learn. And even after you’ve been bit you can still have side effects.”

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Utahns drink to Father’s Day at annual Brewfest

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Sunday, June 16th, 2013, 4:08pm

SALT LAKE CITY – Father’s Day means different things to different people, but for some Utahns it’s an opportunity to enjoy a cold one in the mountains.

Snowbird’s Fifth Annual Brewfest brought people together for a weekend of music, food, vendors and beer. The brews enjoyed are made locally in Utah.

Snowbird Event Manager Misty said it was a nice change of temperature and scenery.

“It’s a beautiful day,” she said. “I mean, it’s gonna be 91 in the valley I think today, so it will probably be, you know, 80 here maybe, hopefully not more than that, but it’s been a beautiful weekend.”

A total of nine breweries participated in the event.

For more information about Brewfest, visit the resort’s website.

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Hikers, bikers replace skiers in Utah’s canyons

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Saturday, June 15th, 2013, 10:32pm

PARK CITY, Utah – Utah’s canyons are home to the greatest snow on earth, but when that snow melts outdoor lovers still flock to the mountains for summer fun.

The Canyons Resort opened this week for a summer of dining, shopping, golfing and hiking.

Coleen Earnshaw was one hiker who took to the hills this week.

“We’re up here looking for wildflowers and just really enjoying it,” she said. “I’ve spent a lot of years hiking on these mountains. We knew the gondola was gonna be open today for the first day, so we hiked for six and a half miles to get to the gondola to have a free ride down.”

Jenna Prescott is the vice president of mountain services at Canyons Resort, and she said they have plenty of space for hikers to enjoy.

“We’ve got the bike park available for hiking, if you wanna come have lunch at mid-mountain, we had folks sort of looking at wildflowers, so lots of fun to be had for all folks,” she said.

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Budah at the Heber Valley Pow-Wow

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Friday, June 14th, 2013, 9:53pm

MIDWAY, Utah – The Heber Valley Pow-Wow is back in Soldier Hollow this weekend for its ninth annual festival.

FOX 13 sent Big Budah out to Midway to check out the festival.

For more information on the festival, visit www.heberpw.com.

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DEQ director plans to address Congress on ozone standards

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Wednesday, June 12th, 2013, 10:15am

By Alexandria Autrey

SALT LAKE CITY – The executive director of Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Amanda Smith plans to testify before Congress Wednesday on the EPA’s plan to enforce stricter standards for the ozone under the Clean Air Act.

“The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments included specific strategies and deadlines to solve an urban ozone problem that was primarily caused by mobile sources,” said Smith.

In addition, recent studies indicate that ozone from as far away as Asia, and wildfires closer to home contribute significantly to the background ozone levels.

“If EPA moves forward with a more stringent standard before mechanisms to address western ozone issues are developed, it will guarantee failure for Utah and many other western states, leading to severe consequences for those states,” Smith said.

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Legislature, Dept. of Agriculture declare ‘War on Weeds’

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Monday, June 10th, 2013, 2:56pm

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Legislature has appropriated $2 million to be used in a statewide “War on Weeds.”

According to the Utah Department of Agriculture, many counties in Utah are affected by non-native weeds that interfere with recreation, poison wildlife and livestock, displace productive farmland and contribute to wildfires.

In Wasatch County, weed control program workers are spraying for evasive weeds from a specially fitted rail car at the back of a train on the Heber Valley Railroad.

Invasive weeds cost Utahns millions of dollars in lost economic production and in firefighting costs, the Dept. of Agriculture said in a press release.

Citizens are encouraged to report sightings of invasive weeds at: http://www.eddmaps.org/mrwc/report/index.cfm

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Park Silly Sunday Market takes over Main Street

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Sunday, June 9th, 2013, 6:40pm

PARK CITY, Utah — Park City likes to get silly with their Sunday market, and an open-air market on Main Street opened Sunday and will return each Sunday through September.

The Park Silly Sunday Market, which runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., features a wide variety of things, including artists, chefs and even bartenders.

Rachel Tilton of Top Shelf Bar Tending said the market shuts down a portion of the street.

“They close off most of Main Street,” she said. “You can walk up and down, take your time, or you can take a seat and soak in the crowd.”

Tilton said the Bloody Mary Bar lets people get hands on with their beverage.

“It is an interactive Bloody Mary Bar,” she said. “…You know when you go to the dinosaur park and you are a kid and you get to dig for the bones? This is similar but on a 21 and older level.”

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