Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 9:00-9:30am Salt Lake City is pleased to announce the opening of a new trailhead at Bonneville Boulevard. The Bonneville Boulevard Trailhead is one of four new trailheads opening in 2025. The other three trailheads are Popperton Park, Victory Road, and Emigration Canyon. Trailheads offer welcoming spaces for the community to gather before […]
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.
July 10, 2025 Update: The Jordan River Parkway Trail is now open. Read more about what was accomplished during the closure. 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 […]
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 […]
Who lives in the Foothills? Fresh snow creates great opportunities to see animal tracks in the snow! Fresh, thin snow is ideal for tracking. If the snow is too dry, it can be blown away, and deeper snow can obscure animal prints. Below are real-life images of common animal tracks we can find right here […]