Jordan River Cleanup
The Jordan River Commission organizes service projects on the second Saturday of each month. (Locations vary.) Details will be posted here as they become available.
The Jordan River Commission organizes service projects on the second Saturday of each month. (Locations vary.) Details will be posted here as they become available.
The Future of the Great Salt Lake | March 16-17, 2023 The Stegner Center’s 28th annual symposium on March 16-17, 2023, will focus on the Great Salt Lake. One of the world’s largest hypersaline lakes, the Great Salt Lake is on the verge of collapse due to climate change, drought, and population pressures that have reduced inflows and shrunk the lake by more than two-thirds. The Great Salt Lake has been in the media lately, not only locally, but nationally and internationally given the unique nature of the lake and the grave risks to human health—referred to by the New York Timesas “Utah’s environmental nuclear bomb”—that would result from the toxic dust of a desiccated lakebed. Day one will consider the state of the lake and factors leading to its decline. We will then consider the risks to human health and the millions of migratory birds dependent on the lake, along with economic impacts, if this ecosystem collapses. Day two will focus on solutions to preserve the lake with presentations by scientists, water policy experts, politicians, community leaders, and others. The symposium will be hybrid, with speakers in person and attendees joining in person and online.
Featuring Darren Perry
Join with other groups to help clean up along the Jordan River. Click here for more details, and to register.
Volunteer to help with the Wasatch Community Garden Spring Plant Sale. Click here for more information.
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Held annually, the Wasatch Wildflower Festival is a multi-day event hosted at the four Cottonwood Canyons ski areas to celebrate the beauty and diversity of wildflowers in the Wasatch Mountains. The 2023 Festival will be held on the following dates and locations: July 8 (Brighton Ski Resort, in conjunction with the Brighton Institute’s Brighton Days), July 9 (Solitude Mountain Resort, and celebrating local artists), July 15 (Snowbird Ski Resort), and July 16 (Alta Ski Area). The Festival begins at 9 am each day, and the last guided walk leaves at 1 pm. The event is free, but registration is required. Registration will open in May. Click here for more information.
University of Utah Welcome Week Tabling Fair University of Utah 2023 “Welcome Week” happens the first week of the school year at the U. For LDSES, this is an opportunity to promote LDSES to new incoming students as well as those returning. We are planning an LDSES table at the Welcome Week Tabling Fair on the Union Plaza, August 21-25 daily from 10 AM to 2 PM. We are looking for volunteers that can support our table during this week. If you are a University of Utah alum or just interested in promoting our organization to students, we would love to have your support. You can contribute a couple of hours, a full 4 hour shift, or multiple days. Please email slc@ldsearthstewardship.org if you have availability
Salt Lake Area LDSES will team with the Provo Utah LDSES Chapter at Utah Valley University on September 8, 2023, to staff a table and share our Latter-day Saint Earth Stewardship mission and resources with attendees at this event. If you are interested in volunteering at our table, contact us at SLC@LDSEarthStewardship.org.
The annual International Coastal Cleanup Day at Great Salt Lake State Park is scheduled for Saturday, September 16 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Volunteers will remove trash from Great Salt Lake’s shores and tributaries to restore critical wildlife habitat and improve water quality. Please wear clothes you can get dirty, shoes appropriate for mud and sand, and pack a rain jacket. Gloves, trash bags, and other cleanup supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring any of your own supplies. Schedule: 9:00 am – 9:30 am: Meet at Great Salt Lake State Park 9:30 am-12:00 pm: Cleanup at designated sites This is a volunteer event where we are teaming with Friends of Great Salt Lake and Great Salt Lake Audubon. Please register for this event Here If you have additional questions or need transportation to this event, contact Shelly Parkin at shellyrn83@gmail.com
Rally to Save Our Great Salt Lake on Saturday, January 20th at 3 pm on the south steps of the Utah State Capitol. Many community service organizations will be supporting this event, sponsored by Save Our Great Salt Lake. @saveourgsl
Come “let your light shine” (Matthew 5:16) for Great Salt Lake during the 2024 Utah State Legislative Session! On Tuesday, January 23rd from 5 to 6 PM, LDSES will be keepers of the Great Salt Lake Vigil at the Capitol 2024, to celebrate and amplify awareness of our love for the Great Salt Lake. We will meet on the east steps of the Utah State Capitol at 5:00 PM and carry brine shrimp puppets (see pictured above), flocks of birds, and other lake species around the Capitol, walking clockwise until 6:00 PM. For those of you who have an LDSES bandana, be sure to wear it. This event is appropriate for adults and children. We encourage adults to bring kids and grandkids. We need many hearts and hands! Sign up here if you can support our group on January 23. Other groups will be hosting vigils daily throughout the legislative session, which ends on March 1st. If you are unable to participate in our January 23 vigil, we encourage you to support other 1-hour vigils that will be happening every morning and evening during January and February. Also, LDSES will be keepers of the February 14 vigil so watch your email for more on that as well. We will be glad to be with you on the steps!