Bonneville Salt Flats

Open House Meeting
Bonneville Salt Flats Withdrawal Extension

Salt Lake City, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces a public open house meeting for the proposed Bonneville Salt Flats (BSF) Withdrawal Extension. The BLM invites you to attend the public meeting. The meeting information follows:
 
Monday, February 13, 2012, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
BLM Salt Lake Field Office
2370 South 2300 West, Salt Lake City, Utah
 
The BLM would appreciate receiving comments by March 27, 2012, and we ask that submitted comments be as specific as possible. Please refer to Bonneville Salt Flats Withdrawal Extension in your correspondence.
 
Please include your address, phone number, e-mail address or other personal identifying information with your input.  The BLM will not consider anonymous input. Please be aware that the entire input, including personal identifying information, may be made available to the public at any time.  Requests can be made to withhold personal identifying information from the public review; however, such requests cannot be guaranteed.  All submissions from organizations, businesses and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses will be available for public inspection in their entirety.
 
Send all comments to:
 
Utah State Director
Bureau of Land Management
P.O. Box 45155
Salt Lake City, Utah 84119

For further information, contact Shauna Derbyshire, Realty Specialist at 
(801) 539-4132 or via email at sderbyshire@blm.gov.

Bonneville Salt Flats

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Area Information

Managed by the BLM as an Area of Critical Environmental Concern and Special Recreation Management Area, the Bonneville Salt Flats are a 30,000 acre expanse of hard, white salt crust on the western edge of the Great Salt Lake basin in Utah. "Bonneville" is also on the National Register of Historic Landmarks because of its contribution to land speed racing. The salt flats are about 12 miles long and 5 miles wide with total area coverage of just over 46 square miles. Near the center of the salt, the crust is almost 5 feet thick in places, with the depth tapering off to less than 1 inch as you get to the edges. Total salt crust volume has been estimated at 147 million tons or 99 million cubic yards of salt! The Bonneville Salt Flats are comprised of approximately 90% common table salt.

BSF entrance signBonneville Salt Flats, Tetzlaff Peak

To aid in the management of the public lands, we ask that you follow proper land use etiquette such as Tread Lightly! and Leave No Trace.  A few examples of these principles are the proper disposal of human waste, packing out litter, and ensuring any livestock feed used or transported across public lands is certified weed-free.