The Wilson's phalarope, a tiny migratory bird, is at the center of efforts by environmental groups to protect the Great Salt Lake. A petition has been delivered to the USFWS for the bird's protection under the Endangered Species Act, elevating the issue to a national-global level. The bird's fate is crucial for the lake's future, with concerns over its decline and potential federal intervention.
Hundreds of migrating bird species depend on the imperiled Great Salt Lake for survival each year. A petition has called on the federal government to protect at least one of them from extinction. https://t.co/XXV42gyXDU
A migratory bird named Wilson's phalarope migrates from South America through Utah and stops at the Great Salt Lake. Learn more about the bird and why a group is petitioning for it to be protected by clicking the link below👇 https://t.co/Ne1P258rmn 📷Ron Ozuna https://t.co/88AI1VrZmv
How a tiny bird could trigger a federal response on Great Salt Lake https://t.co/lvMc93dHlq
Yesterday was a threshold moment as a petition on behalf of the threatened Wilson’s Phalarope was delivered to the @USFWS for protection under the Endangered Species Act. Great Salt Lake is no longer just a local or state issue but a national-global one https://t.co/X3WjfNXANa
Opinion: One little bird’s fate is intimately tied to the future of Great Salt Lake https://t.co/3XpCN7wThy
An endangered species listing for the Wilson's phalarope may be just the beginning in an effort by environmental groups to get federal intervention to reverse the Great Salt Lake's declines. https://t.co/zpcB29XZdJ
The plight of a tiny migratory bird is shaping up to play a big role in future efforts to save the Great Salt Lake. https://t.co/3g8QOEhl9i
A little bird on the Great Salt Lake could create a big problem for Utah political leaders https://t.co/FA7gztRPog