As a way of offsetting the environmental footprint of its Annual Meeting, the Ecological Society of America created the Cultivating Action for Regional Environmental Sustainability (CARES) donation program, which contributes $5 for each meeting registrant to a local project or organization in the region where the meeting is held.
Read MoreSageland Collaborative’s Frances Ngo, alongside artists Teresa Okawa and Alethia Rodriguez, chat with RadioACTive about Sageland’s inaugural Sci-Art Initiative
Read MoreOver the summer four West Side artists learn more about the ongoing efforts of shorebird conservation, bridging the science of shorebirds and art through painting, collage, glasswork, and more!
Read MoreAmidst the dawn chorus of avocets and phalaropes of Great Salt Lake, flocks of volunteers and scientists are gearing up to descend on Utah wetlands on April 25th. Their goal: count as many shorebirds as possible along the entire stretch of the lake and other wetland areas across the state.
Read MoreCatch Frances Cabrera Ngo, Sageland Collaborative’s Community Engagement & Outreach Specialist, talking all things conservation with Elizabeth Adeola on PBS Utah’s Contact!
Read MoreSageland Collaborative is proud to work in collaboration with partners at Utah State University’s Beaver Ecology & Relocation Collaborative and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to encourage beaver coexistence methods and education.
Read MoreExploring by the Seat of Your Pants brings science, exploration, conservation and adventure live into classrooms around the world through virtual guest speakers and field trips. Join Rose Smith, Sageland Collaborative’s Stream Ecologist, as she presents about the role of beavers in conservation in this recorded livestream!
Read MoreSageland Collaborative is proud to foster high school, college, and university students into the natural resources field through hands-on volunteer opportunities! Auriana Dunn with Wasatch Magazine highlights some of the many ways that students can “collect them all” by participating in our community science programs.
Read MoreSageland Collaborative and The Nature Conservancy are looking for volunteers to help plant native plants at the Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve this Friday.
Read MoreUtah is joining communities across the country this weekend in celebrating Latino Conservation Week, with events aimed at connecting culture and nature. Sageland Collaborative, along with a range of community partners, is leading the celebrations. Community outreach coordinator Frances Cabrera Ngo said the events are designed to create inclusive spaces for the Latino community to enjoy the outdoors.
Read MoreConversations around the restoration of Great Salt Lake often focus on water–but what’s happening with the ecosystem of the shoreline itself?
Read MoreIf you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be a beaver–wonder no more! Beginning August 29th, Sageland Collaborative kicks off our Riverscape Restoration season in streams and creeks across northern Utah.
Read MoreYou don’t have to travel far to meet wild neighbors in Salt Lake City. For over seven years, Sageland Collaborative and University of Utah’s Wasatch Wildlife Watch program has captured glimpses of our elusive wildlife neighbors via a network of trail cameras dotted throughout the Wasatch.
Read MoreOur Executive Director, Janice Gardner, spoke with Fox 13 News about how federal funding changes are impacting our stream and river restoration projects across the Great Salt Lake and Weber River watersheds. Despite the setbacks, we remain committed to healing degraded streams and engaging our community in conservation projects.
Read More“On October 22, 2022, it was another mundane, quarterly gathering of technical experts and brine shrimp harvesters reporting data on Great Salt Lake. Yet, in the middle of the meeting, I found myself — a biologist who has worked with the lake for 15 years — escaping from the conference room to cry in the bathroom.”
Read MoreOur team works passionately on multiple issues tied to Great Salt Lake. From riverscape restoration to our Migratory Shorebird Survey in Utah, our team cares deeply about the lake and communities who depend on it--from shorebirds to humans.
Check out The Nature Conservancy's recent article highlighting the work of Sageland Collaborative staff. Findings include bird activity as potentially linked to the shrinking lake.
Read MoreWe've been talking a lot about beavers, and we're not alone! CBS Mornings shared this story, which features our stream restoration site where we recently released beavers with our partners.
Read MoreA huge thank you to the amazing group of volunteers at our recent Conservación de Castor event.
Thank you as well to our partners at GreenLatinos, Tracy Aviary, Latinos In Action, Arts de Mexico en Utah, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, and Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation who made this possible. Read the full Fox13 story here.
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."
Read MoreAs climate change, drought, and questions about water allocation converge in the West, scientists like stream ecologist Rose Smith work to find meaningful solutions. What kinds of issues can stream restoration help support? Read this recent Fox 13 article to learn what scientists are saying.
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