Thursday June 23, 2022

Democratic Party candidate Davina Smith is running against Republican Phil Lyman for a new Utah State House district. About the size of West Virginia, it includes all of Utah’s national parks and portions of the Navajo Nation and Ute Mountain Ute tribal land. If elected, Smith would be the first Native woman to serve as a Utah representative. She visited Moab yesterday to speak about her campaign. Plus, a small group of citizen scientists are helping detect Moab’s most pesky mosquito, the aedes aegypti, which can carry viruses like West Nile. And, a new informational guide is helping visitors learn about mounting ecological crises at the Great Salt Lake. 

// Show Notes

// Photo: Democratic Party candidate Davina Smith is running against Republican Phil Lyman in Utah's new House District 69

// Moab Mosquito Abatement District
http://www.moabmad.org/about.html

// Moab Sun News: Moab residents can learn to collect mosquito data on June 22
https://moabsunnews.com/2022/06/17/moab-residents-can-learn-to-collect-mosquito-data-on-june-22/

// Utah Public Radio: Nature Conservancy and Utah Office of Tourism partner to create Great Salt Lake-centric travel guide
https://www.upr.org/utah-news/2022-06-17/nature-conservancy-and-utah-office-of-tourism-partner-to-create-great-salt-lake-centric-travel-guide