Wednesday June 22, 2022

After state level admonishment for previous attempts at noise regulation, Grand County’s staff and elected officials are rolling out new strategies to curb impacts in the community. ‘Noise 2.0’ is an inter-agency approach using education, advertising, enforcement and more. Grand County Commission Chair Jacques Hadler hopes Utah’s politicians will “work with us instead of against us on some of these issues.” Plus, a new study lays out all the ways that beavers are helping reshape rivers and streams, creating healthy waterways that are more resistant and resilient to the worst effects of climate change.

// Show Notes

// Photo: Grand County Sheriff’s Deputies test an ATV rental fleet for noise ordinance compliance in February 2022. A few weeks later, state lawmakers rolled back Grand County’s special regulation of ATV-related businesses. Now, Grand County will try other strategies to curb noise in the community. KZMU/Molly Marcello

// Grand County Noise Workshop (6/21/22)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa44HXIpnxQ

// Noise 2.0 Strategies (6/21/22)
https://www.grandcountyutah.net/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/298?fileID=39418

// KUNC: In the face of climate change, beavers are engineering a resistance
https://www.kunc.org/environment/2022-06-17/in-the-face-of-climate-change-beavers-are-engineering-a-resistance