News – BIO-WEST

BIO-WEST Ecologist Presents Research on Ecosystem Restoration

As the human population rapidly expands, ecosystems are being severely affected. Human activities have caused [...]

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In Memory of Martin (Marty) Ruell Heaney, III

On May 5th, 2021, BIO-WEST lost a great friend, accomplished scientist, business partner, mentor, but [...]

BIO-WEST publishes expanded research on Colorado River Basin fish species

BIO-WEST biologists had the distinguished opportunity to publish a book chapter on the plight of [...]

Go with the Inflow: Endangered Fish Persists in Complex Habitat

BIO-WEST, as part of a collaborative research team, describes and compares Razorback Sucker use of [...]

Making History: Spawning Fish Discovery Shared in The Southwestern Naturalist

BIO-WEST and collaborating researchers recently published some “grand” news in the Southwestern Naturalist. Once thought [...]

Cracking Down: Why Tree Removal is Essential to Logan River Restoration

If you’ve walked along the Logan River Golf Course Trail or visited the Rendezvous Dog [...]

Rooting for the Underdog: Biologists Research Endangered Fishes in Lake Mead and the Grand Canyon

BIO-WEST’s study of the endangered razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) started more than 20 years ago, [...]

Ground Broken on Mountainous Effort

The adaptive ski facility dream is becoming a reality: construction of the AMK Foundation, [...]

BIO-WEST Teams with Wildlife Agencies to Research Lake Powell Endangered Razorback Sucker

To better understand how endangered razorback sucker are maintaining a wild population, also called [...]

Denbury Pipeline Archaeological Investigation

Denbury Pipeline Archaeological Investigation BIO-WEST provided Section 106 permitting assistance for the construction of a [...]

Beauty and Smarts: A Parking Lot for Second Dam

BIO-WEST is working with Logan City and the US Forest Service to design and construct [...]

Right on Track: 9 Line Corridor Master Plan Receives Award

A project vision, phasing, and implementation plan for a former Salt Lake City rail line [...]

A Cutthroat Endeavor

Bonneville cutthroat trout will be one beneficiary of designated environmental flows in the Blacksmith Fork [...]

A Big Dig: Petroleum Contamination Remediation

You can do a lot in 1 week. You could go on a diet and [...]

Raining Donations at the Ashlin Mae Kleven Charity Golf Tournament

When it rains, it pours, and when it pours BIO-WEST goes golfing. Despite very rainy [...]

BIO-WEST Finds Common Ground in Outdoor Adventure

Since 1998 BIO-WEST has supported Common Ground’s mission to provide life-enhancing outdoor activities for disabled [...]

Golden Eagles Unimpressed by Successful Rocket Test

When Orbital ATK Inc. (ATK) tested the largest solid rocket booster ever built for flight [...]

Photon Harvesting Fuels Electric Vehicle Charging at BIO-WEST Headquarters

All through the winter months, sunshine becomes quite scarce in northern Utah. The sun rides [...]

BIO-WEST Cleans up Diesel Fuel Spill

BIO-WEST recently responded to a 100 gallon diesel fuel spill in Nibley, Utah under a [...]

Turn Up That Geology: Rock and Roll BIO-WEST Style

When a lightning-caused fire destabilized boulders and rocks at Baumgartner Campsite, a popular recreation spot [...]

BIO-WEST Employees Volunteer at Fly Fishing Camp

Retired BIO-WEST founder Paul Holden and BIO-WEST employee Chadd VanZanten recently participated as volunteers at [...]

Rare Hot Spring Phacelia Found In Montana

In June 2010 BIO-WEST’s restoration technician Travis Taylor uncovered a population of hot spring phacelia [...]

Two New Bee Species Found in Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

BIO-WEST and Utah State University scientists say they are elated by the recent discovery of [...]

BIO-WEST Assesses the Presence and Distribution of Atlantic Rangia in Sabine Lake

BIO-WEST conducted an investigation and assessment of the presence and distribution of Atlantic rangia (Rangia [...]

BIO-WEST President Edmund Oborny Appointed to Texas Advisory Committee

In September 2009 Mr. Edmund Oborny, BIO-WEST senior fisheries biologist and president, was appointed to [...]

BIO-WEST Biologists Locate Rare Squirrel in Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

BIO-WEST biologists conducting mammalian surveys at the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) have captured [...]

Host of NPR's "Living on Earth," Steve Curwood, Addresses BIO-WEST Employees

In December 2004 BIO-WEST employees pooled funds to market the company rather than presenting company [...]

Rare Fish Shows Signs of Recovery

The June sucker (Chasmistes liorus), an endangered species that lives only in Utah Lake and [...]

Threatened Orchid Found in Cache Valley

BIO-WEST botanist Kari Coy discovered an undocumented population of Ute ladies’-tresses (Spiranthes diluvials) while conducting [...]

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