“Beautiful flowers with wings”, a phrase frequently used to express the exquisite beauty of butterflies. Join the Bridgerland Audubon Society for a fieldtrip to learn the secret lives of these amazing sparks of life, the flowers they visit, and birds that eat them! Place: Tony Grove meadows. Meet at the US Forest Service parking lot 1500 East Hwy 89 at 9am on July 23rd for carpooling. Return early afternoon. Bring lunch, water, light jacket, hat or sun screen, binoculars, camera, butterfly net (we will have some).
Trip leader: local naturalist Jack Greene jackisgreene@yahoo.com or764-4815. Bring binoculars and a lunch. Return by mid afternoon.
The Bridgerland Audubon Society invites you to join Matt Kugel and our birding mentors to visit Green Canyon. Close to North Logan, this canyon contains several habitats as you rise from sage and grasslands to mid-level scrub to mid and high alpine forests. Find birds not seen in-town or at your feeder. Bring a lunch and water.
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BLM announced that they are considering changing how they manage public lands in a proposed ‘Public Lands Rule’. BLM is considering how they should balance the many demands on these public lands – to consider conservation, recreation, wildlife, and cultural lands protections.
There will be in-person meetings in Denver, Reno and Albuquerque
Here’s info on the 2 virtual meetings … registration required:
BLM manages 1 in every 10 acres of land in the US and approximately 30% of the nation’s minerals.
BLM is responsible for 22.8 million acres of public land in UT – that’s 42% of the state!
In March, BLM announced that they are considering changing how they manage these public lands in a proposed ‘Public Lands Rule’. BLM is considering how they should balance the many demands on these public lands – to consider conservation, recreation, wildlife, and cultural lands protections. This is a REALLY big deal
“Because of the importance of public lands to many of you, providing amazing recreational opportunities and habitat for wildlife, I wanted to make sure that you’re aware of these upcoming virtual meetings. It’s also worth noting that recent science has reported that we’re losing – get ready for this – 1.3 million acres of functional sagebrush habitat a year (that includes a lot of public land). So big decisions are being considered, right now, on how public lands across the West can be managed to be more resilient to wildfire and drought, and all the other challenges.”
Daly Edmunds
Policy and Outreach Director, Audubon Rockies
Join Bridgerland Audubon and Common Ground along the Logan River Icon Trail.
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Notice of a new activity in collaboration with Common Ground Outdoor Adventures!
UPDATE: Due to high water, Trapper Park has been closed until further notice. Please meet at Rendezvous Park Our backup can be the paved nature trail that cuts into the golf course.
We will have a birding event at the Logan River Icon Trail departing from Trapper Park on Thursday, May 18th at 5 PM! Folks from Common Ground Outdoor Adventures will be along for this educational and pleasurable walk. The Icon Trail offers some of the best birding (species diversity) in the valley and I am confident we will yield a 50-species list and possibly more! We will depart from Trapper Park at 5 PM and walk along the paved Icon trail to the IFIT building and back (~2 miles). Upon returning to Trapper Park, the Common Ground folks will depart and whoever is still interested will continue birding until twilight passes.
This is an as-you-please event so feel free to leave as you please and track down our group and join in when you get time.
It is spring time so who knows what species will be about, but I am predicting we should get all of our spring migrants and who knows what else!
Please sign up on our Google doc so I can have an idea of what to expect for participation! Drop your email in the google doc for updates on field trips!
Have a birdie day!
Meet at Canyon Entrance Park (First Dam) Pavilion, US 89 & Canyon Road, Logan, UT.
Please join the Logan Ranger District, Bridgerland Audubon Society, the Utah Native Plant Society and Logan City as we work to protect our land by preventing the spread of noxious weeds in Cache County. What: 5 th Annual Weed Day When: Saturday, May 20, 2023, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Where: Canyon Entrance Park Pavilion (First Dam), US 89 & Canyon Road, Logan, UT Contact: Anthony VonNiederhausern, Rangeland Management Specialist,
Anthony.vonniederhausern@usda.gov, 435-994-9424
Wear protective clothing, including gloves, long pants, long sleeved shirts, sturdy footwear and bring lots of 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 include, dyers woad, burdock, houndstongue, Scotch thistle and other invasive weeds. Control methods will include hand pulling, digging and possible bagging.
For more information, contact Anthony VonNiederhausern, Rangeland Management Specialist, Logan Ranger District, (435) 994-9424, Dave Wallace, Utah Native Plant Society, (435) 750-5913, or Hilary Shughart, Bridgerland Audubon, hilary.shughart@gmail.com.
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PO BOX 3501
Logan, UT 84323-3501
435-213-3668
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