Chook Rescue companions with Maggie Sottero Designs and Mates of Nice Salt Lake for Conservation Motion Program habitat cleanup.
Chook Rescue held our first Conservation Motion Program company partnership occasion on the Nice Salt Lake in Utah with the group from Maggie Sottero Designs and representatives from Mates of Nice Salt Lake. Collectively we got down to study extra in regards to the distinctive ecosystem of the Nice Salt Lake and the threats that it’s dealing with as we speak after which take motion to go away the habitat higher than we discovered it with a trash cleanup.
The Nice Salt Lake is a vital habitat for a big selection of wildlife, together with over 300 species of birds. It supplies a crucial stopover level for hundreds of thousands of migrating birds together with American White Pelicans, Snowy Plovers, and Eared Grebes, permitting them to relaxation, nest, or refuel on their annual journeys.
On Could 25, over 30 members of the Maggie Sottero group and representatives from Chook Rescue and Mates of the Nice Salt Lake spanned out over a portion of the lake shoreline to scrub up trash whereas additionally protecting a watchful eye out for birds using the habitat. We gathered again collectively to tally the load of the trash baggage: a grand complete of 243 kilos! Birds sighted through the cleanup embrace California Gulls (the state chook of Utah), a wide range of swallows, and a few vocal Killdeer.
“The well being of the Nice Salt Lake is significant to the worldwide ecosystem and the house of Maggie and the Maggie household. Working to make it more healthy is a obligatory a part of our group help!” mentioned Christina Blanchette, Maggie Sottero Vice President of Gross sales and Advertising and marketing.
The Conservation Motion Program is supposed to encourage individuals all over the place to get out of their native habitats and take motion in methods that can assist make them safer and cleaner for wildlife and ourselves. Via this occasion, now we have helped our group achieve a deeper appreciation for an typically misunderstood ecosystem and executed our half to guard it.
If you want to study extra about this program and get entangled, go to our Conservation Motion Program web page or attain out to us at conservation@birdrescue.org.
