What YOU Can Do in 2024 to Help Get Water to Great Salt Lake!
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LEARN MORE
1. The Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA) has approved four project areas which include Great Salt Lake wetlands: Salt Lake City, Box Elder, Tooele, and Weber Counties. Between these project areas there are 11,679 acres inside of wetlands grant lines, and 37,552 wetland acres abutting project areas. A report (https://tinyurl.com/GSLWetlands-UIPAHarms) that UPHE worked on highlights the threat UIPA poses to wetlands, mainly around Great Salt Lake. The report (p.24) says that wetlands reduce particulate pollution from the airshed. In fact, the presence or absence of wetlands can be used to predict levels of particulate matter pollution in an area.
2. In our latest effort to garnish protections for Great Salt Lake, UPHE joined the Center for Biological Diversity; Ryan Carle and Kyriana Tarr, Oikonos Ecosystem Services; Ben Abbott, Ph.D., BYU; Utah Youth for Environmental Solutions; Terry Tempest Williams, author and writer-in-residence at Harvard Divinity School, and others in filing an Endangered Species Act Petition to list the Wilson’s Phalarope as an Endangered Species. https://www.uphe.org UPHE board member, Dr. Sara Johnson, spoke at the rally announcing the petition, "If we allow these birds, their habitat and the Great Salt Lake to disappear, we're endangering life along the Wasatch Front for humans as well. So while this is a petition to preserve wildlife ... it is also serving to extend preservation to the 2 million-plus inhabitants in this valley." Watch the Rally: https://tinyurl.com/ESARallyRecording
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3. Attend Stop the Polluting Port Meetings to be up to date on impacts to wetlands and GSL.
-If you are interested in joining the Stop the Polluting Port Coalition meeting on Mondays at 6pm, contact Deeda Seed.
Deeda Seed <DSeed@biologicaldiversity.org
SIGN A PETITION OR WRITE A LETTER
1. A proposed Weber County Inland Port will harm over 8,000 acres of wetlands. Everyone may sign this petition to the Utah Inland Port Authority Board calling on them to say NO to the Weber County Inland Port proposals: https://tinyurl.com/4snv8ke5 More info: www.stopthepollutingport.org
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PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS
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1. ​September 14 at 9:00 am-12:00 am: GSL State Park
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LDS Earth Stewardship,
GSL - International Coastal Cleanup Day Service Project
If you were rained out of our activity at GSL earlier this year, please join us for this one!
You can register for this event here.
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Friends of the Great Salt Lake
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2. GSL PEOPLE's SUMMIT September 7, 10:00-2:00
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Join Us at the 2024 People’s Great Salt Lake Summit – Your Support is Crucial!
We are excited to invite you to the 2024 People’s Great Salt Lake Summit, a critical gathering focused on taking meaningful and actionable steps to protect and restore Great Salt Lake. Your presence and support at this summit will be instrumental in our collective efforts to address the environmental challenges facing our community.
Event Details:
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Date: Saturday, September 7, 2024
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Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
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Location: Conference Center at Miller Campus 9750 S 300 W Sandy, UT 84070
Lunch will be provided!
This summit promises to be both informative and action-oriented. We’ve lined up impressive and inspirational speakers who will provide valuable insights into the state of Great Salt Lake and the urgent actions needed to protect it. Following the presentations, we will break out into small groups to strategize organizing town halls, meetings with legislators, and other advocacy efforts to ensure that decision-makers take the necessary steps to safeguard the lake, our environment and our health.
If you plan to attend, please RSVP to this link: bit.ly/gslsummit
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TEACH CHILDREN ABOUT GSL
1. Lake Art Puppets by Bridgerland Audubon: Lake Puppets artwork and text by Therese Berry, artist, and Nan Seymour, lake-facing poet. Learn how to make puppets of creatures around GSL. https://bridgerlandaudubon.org/lake-art-puppets/
2. The Great Great Salt Lake Monster Mystery. Hardcover – January 1, 2010. by Dr. Bonnie K. Baxter & Jaimi Butler; Illustrated by Arly Landry
THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPIRITUALITY
1. Daily Meditation on Behalf of Imperiled Waters - Join us for morning meditation dedicated to Great Salt Lake and her tributaries as well as imperiled water bodies across the planet, especially inland seas. Come from wherever you are! You will receive the Zoom link after you sign up. We sit in silence together Monday through Friday after brief dedication, from 7:00- 7:25 am MST via Zoom. The door closes at 7:05 MST to support practicing with presence. You can join belatedly by sitting in loving-silence knowing that others are sitting with you in community. REGISTER: https://riverwriting.com/events/daily-meditation-for-the-life-of-great-salt-lake
2. The Sister City Sister Sea-Salt Lake City Sister Cities Initiative. Connecting Salt Lake & the Dead Sea in a theme of life, peace, and environmental stewardship.
Email sistercitysistersea@gmail.com for more information.
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