{"id":90481,"date":"2021-06-16T05:34:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T11:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=90481"},"modified":"2026-04-11T15:28:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:28:45","slug":"utah-is-hot-cooling-winter-wetland-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/06\/16\/utah-is-hot-cooling-winter-wetland-views\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Is Hot – Cooling Winter Wetland Views"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FarmingtonFarmington Bay WMA wetlands in winter 2015 – Nikon D300, f10, 1\/800, ISO 320, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 18mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday temps tied the all-time hottest temperature ever recorded in Salt Lake City and broke the all-time June record when the thermometer hit 107\u00b0F. It felt even hotter than that because of our extreme drought conditions in the state.<\/p>\n

Salt Lake City ties all time record; what the heat wave means for Utah’s climate, drought and fire risk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Usually I don’t feel the need to look through my cooling winter landscape photos until mid July or early August to remind myself that the heat will pass when autumn and then winter arrive. According to the calendar that people have constructed it isn’t even summer here yet. We are still technically in the season we call spring.<\/p>\n

If people are hot so are the birds and animals that live in our mountains, marshes, wetlands, plains, grasslands, sagebrush steppes, deserts and urban areas.<\/p>\n

\"BearBear River MBR wetlands in winter 2020 – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/3200, ISO 400, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 52mm, natural light
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Utah is hot. It is scorching. Our hottest temps are yet to come and there is no relief in sight for our drought.<\/p>\n

I selected two photos to share today of the wetlands of Farmington Bay WMA and Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in winter. Both photos show the Wasatch Mountain Range covered in snow. They do cool me down when I look at them but only temporarily because I know we are getting less snow in those mountains now than when I moved here in 2009. I also know that the reservoirs in those mountains that provide us with drinking water are currently at extremely low levels.<\/p>\n

Shockingly low.<\/p>\n

For a moment I’m going to recall the cold, crisp air of winter, fresh snow and the beauty of Utah’s wetlands in the winter.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Utah landscape\u00a0 and travel photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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