Program Highlights & Schedule
Wednesday, May 7th – Reckoning with a Simply Complex Ecosystem
Free to the Public
- Eared Grebe and Bald Eagle Mortality Event During Utah Winter 2013-14
- 2013-2014 Brine Shrimp Harvest
- Panel Discussion on Proposed Bridge Construction on the UPRR Causeway
- Evolution of Great Salt Lake Minerals Pond Expansion Permit Request
- Legacy of Mine Waste, and Long Term Management
Thursday, May 8 th– Fabled History, Singular Beauty, Symbolizes Community
- Restoring Greatness to a Salt Lake
- Elemental Ways of Seeing: The Art of Great Salt Lake
- 2014 Doyle Stephens Scholarship Award
- The Freemont Culture During the Medieval Climatic Anomaly – Another Climate Change
- Poster Session + Reception
- Banquet at the Alta Club – Keynote: Tom Wharton
- 2014 Friend of the Lake Award
Friday, May 9th – Living Together Along the Shores of Something Hemispheric
- Importance of Great Salt Lake as a Hub for Migratory Bird Conservation
- Gunnison Island and Its Pelicans
- The Legacy Preserve Today and Tomorrow
- The Bear River- Conservation Action in GSL’s Largest Tributary
- Learning from Sister Saline Systems in the Region and Around the Planet– Mono Lake (CA), Lake Urmia (Iran), Aral Sea (the Stans)
Saturday, May 10th – Post Forum Field Trip
- Antelope Island