10 million migratory birds visit Great Salt Lake each year to rest, refuel, and breed.
Over 330 species visit the Lake during migrations each year.
As many as 5 million eared grebes, at times 50 to 90% of the North American population, rely on the Lake.
Over one-third of the world’s population of Wilson’s phalaropes rely on Great Salt Lake. Roughly 600,000 Wilson’s phalaropes visit the Lake each year, making it the largest staging concentration in the world.
Great Salt Lake is home to the largest breeding colony of American white pelicans west of the continental divide.
Great Salt Lake supports 80% of Utah’s valuable wetlands.
Brine shrimp and brine flies are a critical food source that help birds build up fat reserves for migration.