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May 13-17, 2010
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12th Annual Great Salt Lake Bird Festival May 13-17, 2010
The 12th
Annual Great Salt Lake Bird Festival has announces that acclaimed author Terry
Tempest Williams will be the Keynote Speaker on Saturday, May 15th.
Registration for Great Salt Lake Bird Festival programs begins at 9 am,
March 4th on-line or by calling 801-451-3278.
Terry
Tempest Williams has been called "a citizen writer," a writer who
speaks and speaks out eloquently on behalf of an ethical stance toward life. A
naturalist and fierce advocate for freedom of speech, she has consistently shown
us how environmental issues are social issues that ultimately become matters of
justice. Williams gained national attention in 1991 with her book, Refuge: An
Unnatural History of Family and Place. The book interweaves memoir and
natural history, recounting her mother's battle with ovarian cancer and the
concurrent flooding of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, a place special to
Williams since childhood.
On
Saturday, May 15th we are pleased to again welcome Joy Bossi
host of Joy in the Garden on 570 KNRS as a workshop presenter.
The Festival is also offering
several ‘Behind-the-Gates’ and other new field trips to exciting birding
areas in northern Utah. The Bike and
Bird trip on the Legacy Parkway Trail and a Backyard Pond Tour in partnership
with The Utah Water Garden Club were very successful last year and will be
repeated this year. A highlight of
the Festival is the opportunity to go ‘Behind-the-Gates’ at Bear River
Migratory Bird Refuge,
There are many opportunities
for youth to be involved with birds, crafts, and art at the Festival.
The Festival and partners are sponsoring a student art contest.
Art entries can be submitted on or before April 1, 2010 to Davis County
Memorial Courthouse, 28 East State Room 221 in
Previous speakers include: Scott Weidensaul, Bruce Thompson, Rosalie Winard, Ron Rohrbaugh, Denny Olson, Arthur Morris, John Acorn, Al Batt, Kent Clegg, Pete Dunne, Kenn Kaufman, Terry Tempest Williams, Michael O. Leavitt
