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Member Highlight Video - FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake

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Last week, some of the USEE staff decided to ditch the office for the day, strap a canoe to the top of the car, and drive out to the Great Salt Lake itself to highlight FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake (FoGSL). We had the opportunity to talk with Emily Gaines, the Education and Outreach Director. She explained that “FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake is a nonprofit, membership based organization with the mission to preserve and protect the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem and raise public awareness and appreciation of the lake through education, research, and advocacy.” Some of the current issues that FoGSL is battling is the development in the uplands and wetlands, diverting riverine and instream flows that would normally enter the lake, and discharges into the lake from industry and a growing population.

The salinity of the Great Salt Lake is 3 to 5 times that of the ocean causing it to have a unique ecosystem. There are no fish in the lake, so the ecosystem depends on brine shrimp and brine flies. These tiny creatures are of utmost importance because they feed migratory birds. The Great Salt Lake is an essential stop over location for birds as it gives them a place to rest and recover as they feed on the brine shrimp and flies during migration. As we got close to the edge of the water, we could see the tiny brownish red brine shrimp and their eggs that covered the coast line.

FoGSL shares USEE’s enthusiasm and awareness of the importance of education in increasing environmental knowledge. Their programs and advocacy backed by research make a strong program for environmental education. FOGSL attends dozens of community events every year to distribute information about the Great Salt Lake. They also carry out formal and informal Great Salt Lake education programs such as lakeside learning field trips, the Salt Lake Initiative for Conservation Education (SLICE program) which incorporates attributes of the Great Salt Lake into academic standards in the 4^th grade curriculum, and through distribution of “The Lake Affect” DVD. Gaines explained that she has the joy of spending every workday of the summer on a field trip explaining the issues and conservation tactics of the Great Salt Lake. After spending a day on the lake, it was easy to see how that would be a great way to spend the summer.

During our visit to the Great Salt Lake Marina we had the joy of canoeing out onto the lake and enjoyed beautiful scenery, which is enough reason in itself to protect the lake. Gains also explains that beyond boating, the area surrounding the lake is also used for wildlife viewing, bird watching, hiking, biking, and hunting by duck clubs. The beautiful blue water and tall surrounding mountains were what got me, but as Gaines explained, there are reasons for people of all interests to want to preserve the lake. USEE is convinced…how about you?

For more information on FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake, visit www.fogsl.org

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