15 UTAH | Upper Bear River The waters of the Bear River and Bear Lake are the primary input for the Great Salt Lake, which is drying and shrinking at an alarming rate. Uplands are key habitat for big game and the largest, most contiguous intact sagebrush/sage-grouse habitat in Utah. Rip...
Example of a plot layout. Plots are set up with a plot center and three extending 25 m transects.Credit BLM-Utah, Paria River District. Terrestrial crewmembers from the Great Basin Institute work together to lay out plot transects in the proper direction using a compass.Credit BLM-Utah, Pa...
The court ruled in a case involving a Utah traffic accident that a state court jury's award of $145 million was excessive and found that punitive damages should not so vastly exceed the actual damages. The court also said juries may not award giant sums to pun- ish companies just because...