Shorebirds rely so heavily on the Great Salt Lake that one conservation group considers it one of the most important spots in the western hemisphere for the birds.
Sageland Collaborative ecologist Janice Gardner takes a photo of a shorebird at Timpie Springs Waterfowl Management Area in Tooele County on Aug. 12.This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative that partners news, education and media organizations to help inform people about the plight of the Great Salt Lake—and what can be done to make a difference before it is too late.
Gardner says the lake is “like the best Maverik” gas station for dozens of shorebird species coming from all over the hemisphere. She sees black-necked stilts first, their long, pink legs trotting through the shallow waters as they poke their needle-thin beaks around in search of food. American avocets and willets float on the pond’s calm surface nearby. Gardner then spots the bobbing heads of a snowy plover and its chick among the grasses. There are also pelicans corralling fish into a corner of the pond before gobbling them up.
The survey told experts which sites were most important for shorebirds, such as Owens Lake in California, Lahontan Valley in Nevada and the Great Salt Lake. This 2022 survey hopefully will update that important information so that land managers can make decisions on how best to preserve them in the places they are now, Malmquist said.
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the lake level near Farmington Bay was closer to average, and there was more saltwater there, Neill explained. But as lake levels dropped in the following years, the bay became more freshwater than saline, and more fish are present in the bay now.
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