PLANNING MEETING: Come help plan our next event-and design buttons, tee shirts and mingle

 Come help plan our Labor Day rally-

and design buttons, tee shirts, stickers, mingle, 

---and also plan future actions

Where: 

    Merlin Olsen Park west edge in the shade near the FISHY tunnel.  

    Bring a chair or blanket to sit on the grass

When:

     5 pm --7? Thursday August 7th

What? 

    Multi-purpose fun and planning meeting. 

Why?  

1.     Visit with fellow pro-democracy neighbors, 
2.     discuss what our next event on LABOR DAY might look like, and Identify leaders for our next event

 ALL while making stickers, buttons, and decorating tee-shirts. 

 We are bringing markers and sticker paper, some teeshirts.

What to bring: 

Snacks to share-or a full stomach

IDEAS to make our democracy even better after all this fascism ends

Markers-fabric markers are ideals but we dont all live in an ideal world any more

Teeshirt to decorate

a friendly disposition

"Pissed but peaceful" mindset

What should our next event look like?

    Some ideas:

        Invite a protest song-writing contest and/or sing along?

        March along main street for a change?

        Plan a fun-run instead?

        Make the event a letter-writing effort?

        Sing old and new protest songs?  Musicians please come help us plan our Labor Day Event

Gather in the shade at left edge of the photo, NE of the fishy tunnel

Let's gather in the shade at the right edge of this photo

Knowledge: Too little action by lawmakers lets Great Salt Lake sink back into EXTREME ADVERSE condition

 Knowledge:  Too little action by lawmakers 

lets Great Salt Lake sink back into

 EXTREME ADVERSE condition

Current condition of GSL is in the EXTREME ADVERSE STATE, < 4192 ft in South arm.

Two reports:

1. Two extremely wet years were wasted-Janecke's detailed analysis

2. READ this entire essay and analysis by Utah River Council and waterkeeper

Utah’s Leadership Failures Drop Great Salt Lake Water Level to 4,192 Feet The Great Salt Lake’s South Arm dropped to 4,192 feet above sea level, triggering toothless conservation measures which are too little and far too late for this struggling ecosystem. The lake is now on track to hit a new historic low in 2026, jeopardizing the 12 million migratory birds it harbors annually, the $1.3 million lake-supported economy, and the health of all Wasatch Front residents. Utah legislators are also preparing to meet in a special session and legislate to dry up the North Arm of the Great Salt Lake, which they have been preparing to do in legislation passed over the last few legislative sessions. Since the North Arm represents 40% of the surface area of the lake, this move formalizes Utah’s leadership failure in protecting the largest remaining wetland ecosystem in the American West. This is a disaster we could have avoided had state leaders not squandered the precious time they had to raise water levels.