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May 17, Logan Canyon Weed Day

Community Events, Field Trips

Please join the Logan Ranger District, Bridgerland Audubon Society, Utah Native Plant Society, Cache Trails Alliance, Logan City, and Stokes Nature Center to help control the spread of spread of noxious weeds on our lands.
What: 7th Annual Logan Canyon Weed Day
When: Saturday, May 17, 2025, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Where: Canyon Entrance Park Pavilion (First Dam), US 89 & Canyon Road, Logan, UT
Contact: Kristin Johansen, Volunteer Coordinator, 385-466-0369, kristin.johansen@usda.gov
Wear protective clothing, including gloves, long pants, long sleeved shirts, sturdy footwear and bring drinking water. Some tools will be provided but bring your own heavy-duty weeding tools if you can.
The goal of this project is to help reduce and eradicate invasive weeds threatening the native plant community of the local area. Target weeds are dyers woad, burdock, houndstongue, Scotch thistle, myrtle spurge and other invasive plants. Control methods will include hand pulling, digging and possible bagging.
For more information, contact Kristin Johansen, Volunteer Coordinator, Logan Ranger District, 385-466-0369,
kristin.johansen@usda.gov, Dave Wallace, Utah Native Plant Society, (435) 750-5913, or Hilary Shughart,
Bridgerland Audubon, hilary.shughart@gmail.com.

Sponsored by:
USDA Forest Service
Utah Native Plant Society
Bridgerland Audubon Society
Cache Trails Alliance
Logan City
Stokes Nature Center

Feb 8, GBBC Invitation & Adam Brewerton’s Black Rosy-Finch Research

Community Events, , ,

Great Backyard Bird Count Invitation and the Black Rosy-Finch Research Report February 8, Logan City Library 285 N Main Street Logan UT 84321

Great Backyard Bird Count Invitation and the Black Rosy-Finch Research Report
February 8, Logan City Library
285 N Main Street
Logan UT 84321
Art Courtesy Logan Library

Attention all bird enthusiasts! Logan Library is partnering with the Bridgerland Audubon Society to bring you the Great Backyard Bird Count Invitation and the Black Rosy-Finch Research Report. Come attend this event on Saturday, February 8, from 1:30-2:30 in the Logan Library Community Room A to discuss Rosy-Finches, including breeding and wintering ecologies, conservation concerns around these birds, as well as the work being done to figure out how to conserve these beautiful and amazing birds.

Additional Bridgerland Audubon Reading:

Rosy-finch bird feeder count project – Volunteer Recruitment: https://bridgerlandaudubon.org/econet-rosy-finch-bird-feeder-count/

Impacts of Climate Change-Black Rosy-Finches: https://bridgerlandaudubon.org/our-projects/impacts-of-climate-changeon-black-rosy-finches/

Greene, Jack, Rosy Finches, Wild About Utah, March 9, 2020, https://wildaboututah.org/rosy-finches/

Leavitt, Shauna, Finding the Black Rosy-Finch, Wild About Utah, June 8, 2020, https://wildaboututah.org/finding-the-black-rosy-finch/

Feb 6, Zootah Member Night with Val Grant

Community Events
Zootah Member Night February 6, 2025 419 S 700 West, Logan, UT 84323 Courtesy & Copyright Zootah

Zootah Member Night
February 6, 2025
419 S 700 West,
Logan, UT 84323
Courtesy & Copyright Zootah

Listen to Val Grant, former president of Bridgerland Audubon, tell stories about starlings.
Zootah Member Night
February 6, 2025
419 S 700 West,
Logan, UT 84323

Grant, Val, Short-tailed Bird of Perdition-Starlings, Wild About Utah, June 5, 2009, https://wildaboututah.org/short-tailed-bird-of-perdition-starlings/

Greene, Jack, Common Starlings, Wild About Utah, January 18, 2021, https://wildaboututah.org/tag/starlings/

Dec 2 Intermountain West Fall Shorebird Survey

Barrens Blog, , ,

Hello partners,

I am pleased to share preliminary counts from Utah’s portion of the Intermountain West Shorebird Survey from fall migration 2024. This report also includes preliminary results of the regional surveys. Our 116 community science volunteers and partner biologists counted 525,971 shorebirds across Utah! These results prove just how critical the Great Salt Lake and associated habitats are for migrating shorebirds, and inspire me to help protect these areas for years to come.

Thank you for your support, access to your wetlands, and participation counting shorebirds with this amazing team! Please reach out to me with any questions, and planning for spring 2025 surveys is already underway.

Cheers,
Emm
—
Emily Clark (she/her/ella)

Avian Ecologist | Sageland Collaborative
cell: (508) 274-8805
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Clark, E., E. Hamel, M. Malmquist and J. Neill, 2024. Fall Migration 2024 Intermountain West Shorebird Survey: Utah Preliminary Results. Technical Report. Sageland Collaborative, https://www.imwss.org/s/Intermountain-West-Shorebirds-Preliminary-Data-Summary-November-2024-Updated.pdf