If you live in Eagle Mountain, or travel through Eagle Mountain, it will not take you long to see some of the diverse wildlife that call it and the Cedar Valley home. The current Mayor of Eagle Mountain, Tom Westmoreland, had started the process of trying to identify a wildlife corridor. A group of Eagle…
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Explore the natural world of Cedar Valley. From gardening tips and local wildlife to weather alerts and seasonal insights, this section connects you to the outdoors and environmental stories that impact our region.
Easy Ways to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle to Make Your Home More Eco-Friendly
Eagle Mountain does give its residents several ways to be Eco-Friendly. They offer a recycle program, a trash clean-up day, Christmas Tree recycling, and leaf collection in the fall. Ace Disposal offers Eagle Mountain residents a curbside recycling program. The recycling can is full-sized and is billed at the rate of $5 monthly, compared to…
Read moreKestrel Cam Upgrade
Over the last few years we have joined with the Eagle Mountain Kestrel Project and have been providing bandwidth and electricity to the Eagle Mountain Kestrel Cam. The last two years have given us some pretty good footage and some insight in what happens inside the nesting boxes for Kestrels in Eagle Mountain. With the…
Read moreThe Great Rabbit Hunt of 1914 (UPDATE)
In 2016 the rabbit population in Eagle Mountain exploded. Eagle Mountain Blvd was called by some as “slaughter road” because of the number of rabbits that were hit and killed nightly. During January 2016 the Eagle Mountain Citizens Facebook page had several people ask about the number of rabbits that were killed on the side…
Read moreCedar Valley High School Reveals Mascot
On Thursday September 20th, the mascot and logo were unveiled for the Cedar Valley High School that is currently under construction along Pony Express in what is called the City Center section of Eagle Mountain. The mascot that was selected for the High School is an American Kestrel. The smallest, yet most tenacious member of…
Read moreCoyotes in Cedar Valley
“In October 1852 a young man by the name of Eli Bennett in search of his dream of finding pasture land for his cattle and a place for a ranch entered what is now called Cedar Valley.” Cedar Valley contains the west side of Eagle Mountain know as Eagle Mountain City Center, Cedar Fort and…
Read moreKestrel Project Gets a New Nest Box
The Eagle Mountain Kestrel Project is a conservation project that has been running in Eagle Mountain for the last few years. This project is designed to help protect and encourage the growth of the American Kestrel population in Eagle Mountain. On April 14th, the EM Kestrel Project installed its 25th nest box. At first this…
Read moreVictory for the Kestrels
During the February 21, 2018 City Council meeting the City Council discussed the disposal or sale of Utah County Parcel Number 58:034:0332 for development. The property in question is 52.586 acres and has been owned by the City of Eagle Mountain since 2009, when it change hands from a defunct developer to the City. Ifo…
Read moreShon Reed – EM Resident Spotlight
Shon Reed is the go to man in Eagle Mountain for any and all bird questions. When JanaLee Pickett, an four year Eagle Mountain Resident , when asked about Shon Reed she stated, “If you have a question regarding birds of any kind – what type a bird is, what to do for an injured…
Read moreWinter Birding in Utah
Birding, or the observation of birds in their natural habitats as a hobby, has a large following in Utah. But sometimes the birder needs to do things to encourage birds to come to a location that they can enjoy them when the weather is not ideal. Birding in Utah is a fun hobby, and can…
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