Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve - Layton Utah
The Shorelands Preserve located in Layton Utah is spread out on 4,400 acres but you are only allowed to hike along the one mile wooden boardwalk loop. This is a unique place where many different types of birds migrate through.
Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve, USA
It is located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah
The preserve is located west of the town of Layton, at the end of 3200 West Street. From I-15, take Exit 330.
The Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve (formerly called the Layton Wetlands Preserve) was The Nature Conservancy's first preserve in Utah.
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Please help protect 721 acres of the Great Salt Lake and its wetlands from Kennecott / Rio Tinto
Please help protect 721 acres of the Great Salt Lake and its wetlands.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is evaluating a permit application to construct the Kennecott Tailings Impoundment Expansion project, which would result in impacts to approximately 721 acres of waters, including wetlands, adjacent to the Great Salt Lake. The project site encompasses approximately 1,992 acres of land.
You can protect the Great Salt Lake. Send an email to the US Army Corps of Engineers regarding SPK-2009-01213-UO
Email: john.e.urbanic@usace.army.mil
Once you cover a wetland with a 3 story tall pile of mining waste, it will be forever destroyed.
Please let John Urbanic know that thousands of birds use the area in the destruction zone of the proposed Kennecott Utah Copper / Rio Tinto Tailings Ponds Expansion.
Let John know that Kennecott Utah Copper / Rio Tinto has already polluted the ground water and air in Magna, Utah and beyond. They emit tons of waste every year.
Let him know that you don't want any more tributaries and wetlands of the Great Salt Lake destroyed by Kennecott Utah Copper / Rio Tinto. The wetlands and the tributaries will forever be destroyed if this expansion project is approved.
Let him know that the wetlands along the shorelines of the Great Salt Lake cannot be replaced. Please ask him to protect what's left of the wetlands and shorelines and tributaries surrounding the current Kennecott/Rio Tinto tailings ponds, smokestack, industrial plant, and waste water ponds.
Let him know how toxic these tailings ponds are already, and how the dust from the waste from the smelters and the tailings ponds wafts into the Salt Lake Valley.
Let him know that the Tailings Ponds are too big already and should not be made taller or larger. The Tailings Ponds (aka toxic mining waste dumps) should never have been placed on the wetlands in the first place. They are so large that people living in Magna can't even see the Great Salt Lake anymore!
Let him know that the wetlands under the tailings ponds were obliterated when the US Army Corps of Engineers issued their previous permit to Kennecott Utah Copper / Rio Tinto for their current Tailings Ponds.
Please let him know we don't need any more mitigation projects.
Please read the public notice.
Please email your public comments to john.e.urbanic@usace.army.mil or send a letter to the address below. Photographs and videos that are labelled are accepted for public comment. Videos must have a written transcript to go with them.
John Urbanic,
Senior Project Manager
US Army Corps of Engineers, Utah Regulatory Office
533 West 2600 South, Suite 150
Bountiful, Utah 84010
Email: john.e.urbanic@usace.army.mil
Be sure to reference SPK-2009-01213-UO proposed Kennecott Utah Copper Tailings Expansion Project in your email or letter so that your public comment will considered as an alternative to protect the Great Salt Lake ecosystem.
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Watch our full length work in progress documentary on YouTube.
Thanks for coming to see Evaporating Shorelines at the Great Salt Lake Bird Festival
You can protect the Great Salt Lake by writing a letter or email.
Please write one letter to Jason now, and one letter after the Draft Environmental Impact Statement is released later this year.
Jason Gipson
Reference: SPK-2007-00121
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Utah Regulatory Office
533 West 2600 South, Ste. 150
Bountiful, Utah 84010
(801) 295-8380 x 14
Email: jason.a.gipson@usace.army.mil
Let Jason know that we don't need any more mitigation projects. We need to protect the Great Salt Lake.
Let Jason know you don't want him to turn public lands into private industrial sites. Let him know that the habitat along the shorelines of the Great Salt Lake is a worldwide treasure that has value and needs to be preserved in it's natural state.
Please write your letter concerning mineral leasing on the Great Salt Lake. Please let Jason know what you want included in the Environmental Impact Statement about the Great Salt Lake. We need to heal the Great Salt Lake and protect its shorelines. We need to protect WILD Utah.
We don't need any more mitigation projects. We need to protect the Great Salt Lake.
Spread the word about our video - Evaporating Shorelines (work-in-progress)
The deadline has been extended to ___________
Migration over the Great Salt Lake
Driving on the causeway from Antelope Island back to the mainland, alongside birds who flock to the northern portion.
Evaporating Shorelines (work-in-progress)
Update: Sept. 4, 2013. Make sure you are part of protecting Farmington Bay by sending a public comment to UDOT - deadline Sept. 6, 2013
Tell UDOT to protect what is left of the wetland mosaic which now exists along the Great Salt Lake shoreline and uplands. Ask them not to build a freeway through globally important migratory bird habitat. Deadline for public comments is September 6, 2013.
Call: 877.298.1991
Email: westdavis@utah.gov
Mail: West Davis Corridor
466 North 900 West
Kaysville, UT 84037
Here is a the video section of my friends who are passionate about migratory bird habitat in Farmington Bay, Utah
The 360º bird report at the Great Salt Lake Bird Festival was filmed at Farmington Bay. Look for it in the documentary to see some of the birds that live in the area that UDOT wants to build a freeway through.
If you love wetlands and migratory birds, please send in your email within the next 2 days. You can also send photographs with descriptions of why Farmington Bay needs to be protected for the well being of world bird populations.
Please sign this petition on Change.org and also email UDOT your personally written public comment by September 6, 2013. Petitions are powerful, but you need to also send your individual written comments to UDOT. Your comments will be considered for the UDOT Environmental Impact Statement.
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Update: May 12, 2013. You can protect the Great Salt Lake. Please write one letter to Jason now, and one letter after the Draft Environmental Impact Statement is released later this year. They are still accepting comments. We just spoke to the Army Corps of Engineers and they are still accepting emails and letters and photographs for public comment on this project. Let them know why you think the Great Salt Lake should be protected.
You can protect the Great Salt Lake by writing a letter or email that will be included as a scoping comment in the Environmental Impact Statement concerning the Great Salt Lake Minerals Corp./Compass Minerals proposed expansion on the Great Salt Lake. Please write your letters to:
Jason Gipson
Reference: SPK-2007-00121
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Utah Regulatory Office
533 West 2600 South, Ste. 150
Bountiful, Utah 84010
(801) 295-8380 x 14
Email: jason.a.gipson@usace.army.mil
Please write one letter to Jason now, and one letter after the Draft Environmental Impact Statement is released later this year.
If you have friends that love birds, please spread the word.
Let Jason know that we don't need any more mitigation projects. We need to protect the Great Salt Lake.
Let Jason know you don't want him to turn public lands into private industrial sites. Let him know that the habitat along the shorelines of the Great Salt Lake is a worldwide treasure that has value and needs to be preserved in it's natural state. Please ask Jason to deny mineral expansion on the Great Salt Lake.
Please write your letter concerning mineral leasing on the Great Salt Lake. Please let Jason know what you want included in the Environmental Impact Statement about the Great Salt Lake. We need to heal the Great Salt Lake and protect its shorelines. We need to protect WILD Utah.
We don't need any more mitigation projects. We need to protect the Great Salt Lake.
Spread the word about our video - Evaporating Shorelines (work-in-progress)
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Natural wonders can be found all around the world, even close to home. Many people think that the only places left to explore and discover are far away, but we still have lots to learn about ecosystems all over the world. For instance, Great Salt Lake is relatively under-studied, especially considering its uniqueness. Great Salt Lake provides crucial habitat for interesting and amazing birds, but many locals have never explored the wonders of the lake. Most people agree with the importance of conserving natural resources, but they equate conservation with particular species and places far away. The places we each live in are worthy of conservation too, and in fact we have a responsibility to conserve our local wonders. Great Salt Lake desperately needs more water to support a healthy ecosystem. Low lake levels are harmful to wildlife and to human health. Learning about and experiencing the amazing places, the “Amazons” in our own backyards and neighborhoods can inspire us to care for these places so that future generations may enjoy and explore them as well.
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