Plunge Into Stream Restoration—Utah's Degraded Streams Need YOU!
Plus, learn about conservation-minded artists in the heart of SLC and join our thank you event
If you've spent time near Utah's streams, you may have noticed something: many of them are straight, cut into the ground, or don't have much diversity of life gleaming in and around them. These things usually mean an unhealthy stream, and they are caused by things from beaver removal to development.
A Utah stream improving with beaver dam analogues (the wooden structures crossing the stream) and willow plantings, all made possible by volunteers, partners, and donors. Photo ©Sarah Woodbury
Our volunteers help heal these riverscapes using beaver-inspired tools. Starting this week, we have stream restoration projects that need your help. Join us as we "pretend to be beavers" and help these ecosystems!
Save the Date: Volunteer Thank You
2022 project volunteers, save the date! Our Thank You Bash is on September 28 at Tracy Aviary. Join us for food, prizes, and Aviary magic. RSVP here.
Wild Earth Market: Conservation-Minded Artists in the Heart of SLC
Held in the heart of Salt Lake City, Wild Earth Market is a biannual market brimming with artists with a special reverence for the natural world. Founder Courtney Johnson says, "I think art is incredibly important as we face climate change and other environmental crises. It gets the word out, educates, motivates, inspires us to act, and most importantly, it gives us hope and reminds us what we are fighting for.
An environmental nonprofit partner is chosen as a beneficiary for each market, and in 2022, Sageland Collaborative was honored to be chosen. Meet some Wild Earth artists in our recent post.
Market founder and Sageland volunteer Courtney Johnson in one of her prints.
Sagebrush necklaces by Wild Earth artist Aja Martin of Sage Hen Jewelry.
Butterfly Hospitals and Wonder: Meet Our Communications & Outreach Director
Sarah Woodbury has been in Sageland Collaborative’s orbit for over four years. As Communications & Outreach Director, she tells impactful stories on our projects and dedicates her diverse skillset to connect communities across the West to conservation.
Sarah doing what she loves most: being moved by a place.
Enchanted by the many intersections between humans and the more-than-human world, Sarah is also researching socio-ecological questions as part of a larger, Shoshone-led project restoring Wuda Ogwa, the site of the Bear River Massacre.
If you’ve volunteered with us, you’ve probably met Sarah. Get to know her with our interview below!
In the News:
Great Salt Lake Shorebird Surveys
The health of the shrinking Great Salt Lake is "a matter of life and death for migratory shorebirds," according to Janice Gardner, Sageland ecologist quoted in a recent KSL article. "However, with the lake's water level dropping to historic lows two years in a row," the article continues, "shorebirds are slowly losing critical habitat."
Thank you for your passion for wildlife and lands in the West! Support the future of conservation by donating today.
Visit the project page on our website or connect with us on social media (see links below) to learn more about our conservation work, and please contact us with any questions or suggestions.