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Lee's Canyon Road Reopened for Motorized Use

The Bureau of Land Management Salt Lake Field Office reopened Lee’s Canyon Road to motorized use on Sat. May 25.  The temporary closure was placed in effect on April 5 to protect crucial raptor nesting in Lee’s Canyon.
 
“We regret to announce that the raptor nest in the Lee’s Canyon failed due to unknown causes” said Brad Washa, Salt Lake Field Office Manager.  “I’d like to thank the public for their cooperation and support during this crucial time.”
 
In order to protect the raptor nests, locked gates were installed on both the east and west side of Lee's Canyon.  Those gates have been opened, and the closure signs have been removed.
 
During the closure, Hasting's Pass Road, the canyon to the south of Lee's Canyon, remained open to provide an alternate route to the public to travel across the Cedar Mountains. The Lee’s Canyon road is located along the Cedar Mountain Wilderness boundary in Tooele County, Utah.

For more information, contact Masako Wright 801-977-4300.


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The SLFO is located in the northwest corner of Utah. Much of this area is part of the Great Basin region, a place of isolated mountain ranges separated by wide sweeping sagebrush flats. 

This area is also a land of illusions, floating islands and vanishing water mirages. Almost touching the Utah-Nevada borders are the Bonneville Salt Flats, a unique plain of almost- pure, white salt. This geological oddity is one of the only places in the United States where one can see the curvature of the earth over dry land. Just south of the Salt Flats lies the Pony Express Trail where horse riders risked their lives delivering the mail in 1860 and 1861.  [more]

Salt Lake Field Office
2370 South 2300 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84119
(801) 977-4300