Welcome Salt Lake City!
The Jordan River Commission is pleased to welcome Salt Lake City as its newest member. Salt Lake City’s municipal boundaries include 7.9 miles of Jordan River corridor (or 15.8 total miles of streambank), more than any other city along the river. This new addition strengthens opportunities coordination and collaboration along the entire length of the Jordan […]
Help Complete the Jordan River Parkway Trail
Please contact your state legislators and ask for their support in completing the trail system. The Jordan River Commission is currently working with state legislators to identify funding to help complete a missing segment of the Jordan River Parkway Trail in the West Jordan and Sandy area. Completing this entire trail segment is expected to […]
Jordan River Commission Receives Funding
The Jordan River Commission is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a recipient of a $275,000 grant to create a set of Best Management Practices for Riparian Corridor Conservation and Development. The project will: Help local governments better guide the future preservation, development and redevelopment of land within the Jordan River corridor; […]
Public Participation Opportunity
Salt Lake City’s Department of Public Utilities is working on plans and priorities for implementing riparian corridor improvement projects on City, Red Butte, Emigration, and Parleys Creeks, and the Jordan River. Learn more and contribute your ideas to the planning process at one of the upcoming public workshops. Help design creek crossing signs and select sign locations for installation in summer 2012. Please join us at the first of two rounds of […]
Welcome to the Utah Society for Environmental Education
Welcome to Andree’ Walker Bravo, of the Utah Society for Environmental Education, the Jordan River Commission’s newest Ex-Officio Board member. The Utah Society for Environmental Education (USEE), a 501(c)3 nonprofit, has been a statewide leader in promoting high quality environmental education in Utah since 1981. USEE aims to encourage environmental literacy by teaching Utahans how to think, […]
Study on low-oxygen risks to Jordan River for Public Review
January 3, 2012 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – The Utah Division of Water Quality (DWQ) released today for public comment the first part of a draft water quality study on the impact of low dissolved oxygen levels in the lower Jordan River. Excess organic matter in the lower Jordan River during late summer is contributing […]
Jordan River Commission awarded Rivers and Trails Conservation Assistance Grant
The Jordan River Commission and Salt Lake County are pleased to announce that they have been awarded a technical assistance grant from the National Park Service’s River and Trails Conservation Assistance (RTCA) program. The grant will focus on developing an interpretive trail map for public use of the Jordan River Parkway trail system. At […]
New Species Guides for the Jordan River!!
The Salt Lake County Fish and Game Association has provided the Jordan River Commission with a series of species guides for animals found along the Jordan River! Included are a lists on amphibians, fish, reptiles, mammals, and common birds. We are very happy to provide this resource for people to use for education and recreation […]
NEW! Jordan River Suggestion Map
Providing you with one more way to share your ideas with the Jordan River Commission, we’ve added a new feature to the Jordan River Commission website. You can now add your ideas, insights, and suggestions to an interactive map! Comments will be held for moderation and spam control, but will be approved and added to […]
Jordan River Parkway Recognized by National Report
In a federal press release issued on Friday, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar identified the Jordan River Parkway and the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge as two projects representing what states believe are best investments in the nation to support a healthy, active population, conserve wildlife and working lands, and create travel, tourism and outdoor-recreation jobs across the […]