Salt Lake City Foothills — What Will Our Legacy Be?
The Wasatch Mountains are an icon of Salt Lake City, recognized for world class skiing, biking, hiking, birding, and delicious drinking water. We also enjoy the quickest, most convenient access to natural areas and wildernesses of any city in the country. Due to this proximity these precious lands are now threatened; pressure from an increase in population is resulting in heavy-handed reactive development, the spreading of non-native invasive plants, interference with essential riparian areas, and destruction of vital wildlife habitats. SLC Foothills needs your help! We must preserve and restore the Foothills today, for wildlife, plant life, and human enjoyment tomorrow.

Recent trail erosion — city is slashing 192 switchbacks into steep slopes

Largest roadless area in SL County, protected from roadbuilding by the U.S. Forest Service — these last vestiges of undisturbed habitat are important for ecological resilience

Deep trenches and fences block the long established and popular Ridgeline hiking trail

Arrowleaf Balsamroot wildflowers in bloom