The Great Salt Lake Ecosystem is part of the Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN), a distinction afforded to only five areas in the lower 48 states.  Home to hundreds of species of plants and animals, it provides seasonal refuge for millions of migrating birds from around the world including:

• Wilson's Phalarope (500,000; largest staging concentration in the world)
• Red-Necked Phalarope (250,000)
• American Avocet (250,000; exceeds any other wetland in the Pacific flyway)
• Black-Necked Stilt (65,000; exceeds any other wetland in the Pacific flyway)
• Marbled Godwit (30,000; the only staging area in the interior USA)

The Great Salt Lake Ecosystem also supports the world's largest breeding populations of White-faced Ibis (7,500) and the California Gull (160,000).  To learn more about the global significance of the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem, please visit www.whsrn.org.