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• Wildlife Festivals
• Birds
• Mammals
• Salmon

• Wildflower Festivals

• Watchable Wildlife Events and Festivals

• Utah Bald Eagle Day  (1st Saturday in Feb)
(held at 6 locations throughout Utah)
Contact UDWR,  801-538-4771

• 2003 Event
• 2002 Event
  

• Snow Goose Festival  (1st Friday and Saturday in March)
Gunnison Bend Reservoir, west of Delta
Contact:  Delta Area Chamber of Commerce
800-864-0345 

• Snow Goose 2003
• Snow Goose 2002

• Tundra Swan Day  (March 15, 2009)  NEW
(Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge)
James V. Hanse Wildlife Education Center, Brigham, Utah

• Events

• International Migratory Bird Day and Wetlands Month  (May 10, 2003)
  6 locations (Tracy Aviary, Hogle Zoo, Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge,
  Matheson Wetlands Preserve, Great Salt Lake Bird Festival, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge)
• IMBD 2002

  Former IMBD events:

• Desert Wildlife Festival  (May 4-5, 2001)
  (held in the Red Rock Desert Reserve near St. George)
  Contact UDWR, So. Regional Office, 435-865-6114

• Great Salt Lake Bird Festival  (May 15-21, 2004)
(held in Farmington)
Contact: Davis County Tourism,  PO Box 618,  Farmington, UT 84025
801-451-3286

• Great Bear River Bird Festival  (June 7, 2003)
  Bear River Migratory NWR, northern tip of Salt Lake, west of Brigham city
  435-723-5886, ext. 16
  

• Summer Solstice Celebration  (June 21, 2003)
Contact: Ogden Nature Center,  966 West 12th Street,  Ogden, UT 84404-5410
801-621-7595

• Osprey Watch  (4th Saturday in July)
  Flaming Gorge
  Contact UDWR, Northeastern Region Office,  435-81-9453
  
  • Osprey 2002-13
  • Osprey 2002-27

• Burrowing Owl Field Trips  (3rd Week in July)
  Salt Lake City
  Contact UDWR, 801-538-4771
  
  • Owl 2002

• Raptor Watch Day  (Sept. 20, 2003)
  Contact: UDWR,  801-538-4771
• Raptor 2002
• Raptor 2003

February

• Rocky Mountain Goat Viewing   (Feb 9, 2003)
  Little Cottonwood Canyon east of Salt Lake City
  Contact UDWR,  801-538-4771

• Winter Elk Viewing (mid-Dec - mid-March)
  Hardware Ranch Wildlife Management Area (near Hyrum)
• Hardware Ranch
• Elk Viewing 2003 (Feb)
• Elk Viewing 2002 (Dec)
  

• Hardware Ranch Elk Festival (Oct 11, 2003)
(held on Hardware Ranch Wildlife Management Area near Hyrum)
Contact: UTWR,  435-753-6206

• Elk 2002
  

• Bighorn Sheep Festival  (Nov 15, 2003)
(held near Moab)
Contact: UTWR,  435-636-0266

• Bighorn 2002
  

• Strawberry Valley Wildlife Festival  (September 12-14, 2003)
• Kakonee salmon viewing, birding hikes
• Wildlife presentations, wildlife art, and exhibits

• Utah Kokanee Salmon Day  (Sept. 13, 2003)    
  event cancelled due to low salmon population
(held at Porcupine Reservoir and Sheep Creek south of Manila)
Contact: UDWR
801-538-4771