| New 2009 USFWS Report Assesses GSL Contaminants |
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released a new report entitled "Assessment of Contaminants in the Wetlands and Open Waters of the Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1996-2000". This report is the first-ever comprehensive evaluation of contaminant concentrations throughout the avian food chain in the Great Salt Lake and surrounding wetlands. Several geographic areas where contaminants are present at levels that approach or exceed levels of concern in avian dietary items or eggs are identified. The complete text of the report is available for download, below:
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George Dibble
Somewhere there should be a place for artists and tourists—if no one else is interested—to watch the gulls wheel into a flaming sunset and to ripple their hands in the smooth brine.
George Dibble,
"Deserted Site Remains Tourist Artist Mecca," Salt Lake Tribune, 1961