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Have you seen wildlife when recreating the Foothills? Learn more about how to safely navigate a wildlife encounter.

Salt Lake City Creates Improved Access to the Foothills As a way to increase access to the Foothills Natural Area, Salt Lake City Department of Public Lands opened the first of four new trailheads at Bonneville Boulevard, 675 N. Bonneville Blvd on Tuesday. The new trailheads offer welcoming spaces that create an improved and user-friendly experience […]

Observing Memorial Day in the Salt Lake City Cemetery Salt Lake City Cemetery is full of history, as the largest municipally owned cemetery in the nation. Over the past 169 years, Salt Lakers have laid their loved ones to rest in this peaceful garden that has come to hold so many treasured memories. Memorial Day […]

Foothills Ecology: Rehabilitation After Disturbance The Rocky Mountain Power (RMP) Wildfire Mitigation Project brought safer power poles to the Foothills, helping protect Salt Lake City and its Foothills from the threat of wildfire. These upgrades also brought heavy construction equipment to the Foothills, leaving a number of heavily disturbed areas. Fortunately, the RMP Wildfire Mitigation […]

Spring wildflowers are filling the Foothills! learn more about what’s blooming now.

A section of the Jordan River Trail Parkway between Cottonwood Park and 700 North is temporarily closed for environmental and safety improvements. This temporary closure is part of a larger effort to revitalize this public space while also disrupting illegal activity in the area. The City aims to reopen a safer, cleaner, better-designed corridor that […]

Bigroot Prickly Pear cacti used to be widespread in our valley. Can we help them make a comeback?

Monarch populations have been in decline in recent decades due to development, climate change, and other factors. Currently, monarch butterflies are under federal protection and may be added to the threatened species list by the end of 2025.

About the Seed Exchange Program Native Plant Program staff collect seeds from Utah native plants in the field or from previously harvested seeds that have been propagated in our greenhouse. These seeds are available to the public through the seed exchange program at Salt Lake City public libraries while supplies last. Our goal is to […]

Are “Social Trails” a Problem? Social trails, also known as user-created trails, are found throughout the Foothills. Many of these unofficial trails were formed before active management of the Foothills. Hikers, dogs, and bikers have created routes that shortcut managed trails, follow ridgelines, or lead to viewpoints. So what’s wrong with that? Should You Use […]