*Beginning Aug. 4, 2008 Great Salt Lake Nature Center Standard Hours of Operation Are: Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. UNLESS STAFF CALLED OFF-SITE FOR OUTREACH EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS AND PROJECTS For Expanded Hours--Based On Volunteer Availability and Fieldtrip Bookings and Special Events See Nature Center Calendar

VOLUNTEERS MAKE

VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS

WITH THEIR TIME, LABOR

AND DONATIONS

The "Write Flyers", a Service Group From Westminster College, Construct a Wildlife Viewing

Blind for the Nature Center.

The Great Salt Lake Nature Center has been so fortunate in having

people volunteer to either donate equipment or donate their time

and expertise in helping to improve the Nature Center facility itself.

The following members of the public, near and far, have donated the following:

David Powell, Birding Scope and Tripod

Joe Ford, Nature Photographs for Educational Bulletin Boards and Displays

Ted Steinke, Nature Photographs for Nature Center Brochure

Maunsel Pearce (Foundation Boardmember), 3 Microscopes

John Liegel (Volunteer Naturalist), Microwave

Utah Society of Environmental Education, 30 Binoculars Available for Check-out to Educators

Participants in the Dedicated Hunter Program have donated the following:

Brian Snyder, Snyder's Taxidermy, Taxidermed American Wigeon Drake

Aaron Pettley, Taxidermed Canada Goose and Mallard Drake

Brad Sneddon, Nature Center Deck Repair

Ron Seguin and Don Quinton Cannon, Nature Trail Resting Bench

Daniel E. Wilding Sr., Nature Trail Resting Bench

Daniel E, Wilding Jr., Nature Trail Resting Bench

Terry Larsen, Nature Trail Information Request/Comment Boxes

Howard Martinez, Wood Parking Lane Designators for the Parking Lot
Erik Sorenson, Framing and Footers for Decking
Blair Sandall, Framing and Footers for Decking and Railing
Benjamin Nielsen, Drilled for Parking Lane Designators for the Parking Lot
Richard Kirton, Painted Nature Center Classrooms
Bradley Withers, Painted Nature Center Classrooms

The following Dedicated Hunters Donated a Total of 45 Pair of Binoculars

       1. Layne Peterson
       2. Nancy Pettit
       3. Kenneth Holm
       4. David Hales
       5. Maloy Hales
       6. John Berceau
       7. Malcolm Stokes
       8. Kim Leishman
       9. Ryan Leishman

Please support the Great Salt Lake Nature Center!

Our success has and will continue to depend on

charitable donations made to the Utah Wildlife

and Conservation Foundation, a registered

non-profit organization dedicated to this cause.

Because we are a 501(c)(3) organization,

all donations are tax deductible.

If you would like to make a donation, please call the Great Salt Lake Nature Center at 801-589-2373.

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Support Event October 18, 2005 EnergySolutions Environmental Foundation presented the Great Salt Lake Interpretive Trust (now known as the Utah Wildlife and Conservation Foundation) with a check for $150,000 on October 18, 2005, for the relocation of the Nature Center to its new permanent site at 1700 W. Glover Ln. From Left to Right: Mike Styler, Director Utah Department of Natural Resources; James Karpowitz, Director Utah Division of Wildlife Resources; Robert Springmeyer, Board President of the Utah Wildlife and Conservation Foundation ; Jordan Clements, Boardmemeber Envirocare Environmental Foundation; Pearl Wright, Executive Director Envirocare Environmental Foundation; Robert Hasenyager, Executive Director of the Utah Wildlife and Conservation Foundation;
		• Chevron • U.S. Magnesium • EnergySolutions Environmental Foundation • PacifiCorp • Union Pacific Railroad • Colonial Lumber • Menlove Dodge Toyota • Duncan Electric • Utah Artemia Association • George S. and Delores Dore Eccles Foundation • Aquarius Plateau Trust • Swanson Family Foundation • Utah Wetlands Foundation • Davis School Foundation • Davis County Commission • Dr. and Mrs. Maunsel Pearce • Shipley Family Foundation • Cooper Roberts Simonsen Architects • Great Salt Lake Interpretive Trust Robert Springmeyer, Jr., President Maunsel Pearce, Vice President Jennifer Garff Folkerson, Treasurer Stephen Swindle, Secretary Richard Shipley, past President Robert Valentine Lane Beattie Sheryl Allen, Executive Director, Davis School Foundation Steve Mangel, Science Supervisor, Davis County School District Robert Hasenyager, UDWR Northern Region Supervisor Justin Dolling, Wildlife Manager Phil Douglass, Conservation Outreach Manager Wendy Christensen, Fiscal Manager Rich Hansen, Farmington Bay WMA Superintendent Farmington Bay Volunteer Naturalists James McIntyre, Photography Brian L. Currie, Photography Robyn Erkelens, Graphic Design Kelly Schaefer, Graphic Design Leah Jaramillo, Communications Planning and Consultation XMission, Web Hosting