ECONET August 12th BRLC Open House @ Mendon Meadows

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Mendon Meadows Preserve
Open House
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Please join us for an open house at Mendon Meadows Preserve to learn more about how we can blend agricultural practices with small-scale, community-based stewardship projects to protect natural habitats, increase biodiversity, and support ecosystem health and resilience.
When: Saturday August 12th, 2023 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Where: Mendon Meadows

Or Approximately 5400 W 1800 S, Mendon, Utah 84325

What to Bring: Water, Boots, Sun Protection, and a Rain Jacket.

Questions?

Email: brlc@bearriverlandconservancy.org

View BRLC MailChimp Page: https://mailchi.mp/bearriverlandconservancy.org/volunteer-opportunity-this-saturday-9391489

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ECONET Ute Ladies’ Tresses Monitoring Fridays, 7/28 >> Early September, 6 p.m.

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Bear River Land Conservancy is seeking community volunteers of all ages that want to help us conduct our annual monitoring of Ute Ladies’ Tresses. Fridays, 7/28 through Early September, 6 p.m.

Bear River Land Conservancy is seeking community volunteers of all ages that want to help us conduct our annual monitoring of
Ute Ladies’ Tresses
Meet Fridays, 7/28 through Early Sept., 6 pm
~5400 W, 1800 South, Mendon, UT 84325

Click to visit Bear River Land Conservancy Page

Ute Ladies’ Tresses (ULT) monitoring, Fridays 6 p.m. July 28th to early September

Cache Valley friends, Bear River Land Conservancy is seeking community volunteers of all ages that want to help us conduct our annual monitoring of Ute Ladies’ Tresses.

Monitoring events will occur on Friday evenings beginning July 28th through early September. Each Friday, we will meet at 6 p.m. at ~5400 W, 1800 S in Mendon. Please wear long sleeve shirts, pants, and sturdy shoes.

Ute Ladies’ Tresses are a threatened perennial flowering orchid found in open wetland and riparian micro-habitats, are mostly pollinated by bumblebees, and are dependent on mycorrhizal fungi. As part of our efforts to manage Mendon Meadows Preserve and to protect this rare orchid, Bear River Land Conservancy conducts annual monitoring and established a pollinator garden in 2022.

For more information on Ute Ladies’ Tresses see the following resources:
https://plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/plantguide/pdf/pg_spdi6.pdf
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8d9e23d0c90e4a978fa6110f266b1f7f
https://www.bearriverlandconservancy.org/mendon-meadows

ECONET: Environmental News for Cache, Rich, Box Elder, and Franklin Counties. Sponsored by the Bridgerland Audubon Society.
To subscribe or unsubscribe send an email with subject heading “ECONET” to hilary.shughart@gmail.com
Protecting the nature of Utah for people and wildlife.

Bridgerland Audubon Society
PO BOX 3501
Logan, UT 84323-3501
435-213-3668
https://bridgerlandaudubon.org/econet/

June 24, Green Canyon

Field Trips

June 24, Green Canyon

>>>>> Cancelled due to Illness <<<<<

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.

Meet at the Green Canyon – Trailhead at upper end of parking lot near the restrooms (inside the forest service boundary)
Link to Google Maps
Participants should gather at the parking area of the Green Canyon trailhead. To access the site, follow 1900 North (also known as Green Canyon Drive) east through North Logan. Take the left fork and proceed to the parking area with restroom facilities.

eBird Printable Checklist for Green Canyon
Green Canyon, Recent Sightings, eBird.org
Utah Birds for Green Canyon

Participants agree to the terms of the Bridgerland Audubon Society Sign-up Sheet and Liability Waiver

May 15, 5-7 p.m. Virtual Mtg
BLM – Public Lands Rule

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Courtesy US Bureau of Land Management No Endorsement Implied with Use

Courtesy US Bureau of Land Management
No Endorsement Implied with Use

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:

Background provided by Audubon Rockies:

  • 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

FACT SHEET: Proposed Public Lands Rule
https://www.blm.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2023-04/Public%20Lands%20Rule%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf

UPDATE: BLM RELEASES PUBLIC MEETING INFORMATION FOR PROPOSED PUBLIC LANDS RULE (May 10)
Rule would protect healthy public lands, promote habitat conservation and restoration and further thoughtful development
https://www.blm.gov/press-release/update-blm-releases-public-meeting-information-proposed-public-lands-rule
Original press release May 3: https://www.blm.gov/press-release/bureau-land-management-releases-meeting-dates-proposed-public-lands-rule

May 18, Logan River Icon Trail

Field Trips,

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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!

Sign Up on Google Docs

Parking is available at Rendezvous Park along HWY 89.
See Google Maps for South Rendezvous Park

Logan River Golf Course eBird Hotspot: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L353701
Logan River Icon Trail eBird Hotspot: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L2107185