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In The Spotlight . . .Dedicated Hunters Assist BLM with Aquatic Habitat ProjectsDedicated Hunters, volunteers, DWR and the BLM worked together to repair fencing and replace signage at Salt Wells Wildlife Habitat Area (WHA), a collection of brackish springs surrounded by salt flats on the north end of the Great Salt Lake. The fence had been compromised and traffic into the area could affect nesting snowy plovers and other shore birds and waterfowl that use the area. Salt Wells is home to over 60 species of birds. BLM manages the area for waterfowl and shorebird habitat.
New signs are up welcoming and educating visitors to the sensitive resource area. People looking for a place off-the-beaten-path should check out Salt Wells in Box Elder County for solitude, bird watching and duck hunting. Salt Wells WHA is located approximately 40 miles west of Brigham City, The WHA is bordered by the Hansel Mountains on the Wet and the Promontory Mountains on the East. Visitors can access the WHA from the County Road on either the west or east side.
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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
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