The Utah Department of Agriculture provided $20,000 to target noxious weeds and continue pilot revegetation strategies to restore and enhance habitat value at the Mill Creek Confluence in South Salt Lake, UT.
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The 40% design drawings for daylighting Red Butte, Emigration, and Parleys creeks, where they meet the Jordan River, in Salt Lake City, UT. Drawings outline the implementation process, including vegetation, excavation, restoration, and construction, and site cross sections with flood levels.
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This excerpt outlines the restoration of the Jordan River through Murray and Taylorsville. Trees are used to stabilize stream banks and provide valuable in-river fish habitat.
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An article exploring artwork created out of items found in nature. This activity develops stewardship of the outdoors, while exploring free, zero-waste art and creativity.
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A report on community engagement in the Folsom Trail and daylighting of City Creek with University of Utah Westside Studio students in Salt Lake City, UT.
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Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts, & Parks funding will host 25 watershed walks in Salt Lake City, South Salt Lake, and West Valley City through the Seven Creeks | Walk Series. Programming will lay the foundation for youth to become community leaders.
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Community engagement along the Folsom Corridor, through the AARP’s Community Challenge, encouraged exploration and built support for its implementation. Urban intervention and programming were successful in gathering thoughts, visions, and ideas for the future Folsom Trail and daylighting of City Creek.
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Access to nature is critical to our mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing. Follow this journey of recovery as the natural beauty of the Wasatch Range restores balance and strength after tragedy.
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The Seven Canyons Trust, Salt Lake City, and BIO-WEST, Inc. received an Achievement Award under the Project/Study/Master Plan category from the Utah Chapter of the American Planning Association. The award recognizes the innovative stream daylighting design and community engagement approach at the Three Creeks Confluence in Salt Lake City, UT.
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A synopsis of breeding and non-breeding bird surveys at the Three Creeks Confluence in Salt Lake City, UT. Data will be used to compare bird diversity and frequency after construction of the restoration project.
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There are plans to renovate the historic Salt Lake Costume building. There is opportunity to uncover a portion of Emigration Creek during redevelopment.
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Plans to remodel the Seven Canyons Fountain in Liberty Park received backlash. This article explains a proposal to renovate the fountain for less.
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Due to safety, the Seven Canyons Fountain has been dewatered. There are questions about the estimated cost for renovations to bring water back to the fountain.
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A daylighting feasibility report for a new planned development to renovate the Salt Lake Costume Building. It details two design options for uncovering Emigration Creek and interventions to make the underground creek visible again.
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An article highlighting an AARP Community Challenge grant for community engagement and tactical urbanism along the Folsom Corridor in Salt Lake City, UT.
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The Bend-in-the-River, along the Jordan River, served host to “Those with Wings.” The performance is an immersive dance experience based on Terry Tempest Williams’ book When Women Were Birds.
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A review of the “Those With Wings” performance put together by Liz Izkovich, Ashley Anderson, and Alysia Ramos. It was a movement interpretation of When Women Were Birds by Terry Tempest Williams at Bend-in-the-River along the Jordan River.
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A creek walk along Red Butte, Emigration, and Parleys creeks with local students, exploring the Three Creeks Confluence in the Glendale neighborhood. Students learned about Salt Lake City’s underground waterways, removed noxious weeds, and chalked a message above the underground creeks. Fish are here.
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