Events
Upcoming Events
Earth Day 2025 at Rock Canyon
Date: Saturday, April 12th
Time: 9-11 am
Location: Rock Canyon Trailhead
Earth Day may not be until later in April, but we’re getting a head start on loving our natural spaces! Conserve Utah Valley and Provo Parks and Recreation are hosting an Earth Day event for the whole family on Saturday, April 12th. Come and participate in volunteer projects (signed waiver required), visit community partner tables, and join local experts on guided nature walks. Visit our Eventbrite page to sign up and learn more.
ULA Earth Day Planting Party
Date: Saturday, April 26th
Time: 9-11:30 am
Location: 282 W 1600 N, Vineyard
The Utah Lake Authority (ULA) is hosting a planting party along the shores of Utah Lake to celebrate Earth Day! We will plant native lakeshore species just north of the Lindon Marina. Visit https://utahlake.gov/planting-parties/ for more information. Click here to sign up.
Slate Canyon Saturday
Date: Saturday, May 17th
Time: 9-11 am
Location: Slate Canyon Trailhead
Join us for CUV’s 4th annual Slate Canyon Saturday! Come and get your hands dirty with our volunteer projects (signed waiver required), share your stories and memories about Slate Canyon at our Slate Canyon Stories booth, learn about local conservation efforts from our partner tables, and join local science professors for a guided nature walk. Visit our Eventbrite page to sign up and learn more.
Utah Lakeshore Cleanup
Date: Saturday, June 7th
Time: 9-11 am
Location: Mill Race Boat Launch
Come join us for our first lakeshore cleanup of the season! We’ll be picking up trash at the Mill Race Boat Launch. Check back later for signup details.
Past Events
Utah Lake Authority Meetings
Date: July 17th, Sept. 18th, Nov. 20th 2024
Time: 9-10 am
Location: Provo Airport, 1331 Sky Way, Provo, UT 84601 (Airport Board room, upstairs on the south end) For free parking during the meeting, reach out to the ULA about a parking code.
Every other month, the Utah Lake Authority hosts a board meeting that is open to the public. In the meetings the members of the board discuss how to effectively manage Utah Lake and allow imput from the public about how community members would the ULA to act. For more information, go to utahlake.org
Photo by Kevin Hehl
Photo by Kevin Hehl
Bonneville Shoreline Trail Hike 2024
Date: September 7th, 2024
Time: 7am-12pm
Location: Meet at Bridal Veil Falls
Join us as we hike a section of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail together. We’ll stop at several points and discuss the progress that has made connecting different sections and the work that still needs to be done in order to have a continuous trail.
The full hike will go from the Bridal Veil Falls trailhead and end at Slate Canyon (a total of about 12 miles). For those who would like to do a shorter hike, there are two other places with easy access that you can end at: East Lawn Cemetary (about 5 miles) and Rock Canyon trailhead (about 8 miles). If you would like to park your car at one of these locations and shuttle to Bridal Veil Falls to start, a van will be at Slate Canyon at 6:15am, Rock Canyon at 6:30am, and another vehicle will also pick people up from East Lawn at 6:30am. We plan to start hiking at 7am. Those who come will be entered into a raffle to win some free Patagonia gear so make sure you show up to hike!
Join us for a day of fun at Cascade Farms!
Date: Saturday, June 15, 2024,
Time: 10am-4pm
Location: 3777 W. Boat Harbor Drive, Provo
Join us for a fun-filled, informative day at Colton and Alicia Burr’s Cascade Farms, a 20-acre property in west Provo by Utah Lake. The Burrs are sponsoring this day on the farm to gain support for and educate the public on the planned conservation easement. Activities will include free horse and pony rides, petting zoo wagon rides, roping practice, a noon program on conservation of agricultural land and natural resources (with remarks by Rep. John Curtis, Mayor Michelle Kaufusi, and other dignitaries), and a barbecue ($5 person or $10 family) with a free Zeppes dessert.
Photo by Teri Harmon
Utah Lake Shoreline Cleanup
Date: May 11th, 2024
Time: 9:00-11:00 am
Location: Mill Race Boat Ramp, Provo
Come join us for our first shoreline cleanup of the year! This is a great opportunity for community members around the lake to come together and help take care of this precious natural resource. Trash bags and gloves will be provided.
Slate Canyon Saturday
Date: April 27th, 2024
Time: 9-11am
Location: Slate Canyon Park
All volunteers 18 years and older must use the link below to sign the Provo City Volunteer Waiver. Parents must fill out the waiver for their children younger than 18 years of age. Volunteer Waiver forms are also used to track hours worked for matching grant funds.
Utah Lake Planting Party
Date: April 22nd, 2024
Time: 4:30-7pm
Location: Inlet Park, Utah Lake
Join us as we come together to take care of the important habitat around Utah Lake. We’ll be planting native plant plugs and seeds to restore the shoreline.
Photo by Teri Harman
Open Lands Conference
Dates: Wednesday, January 10th, 2024
Time: 6-8 pm
Location: Spanish Fork Library, Heritage Conference Room
Speakers:
- Brandon Gordon, Utah County Commissioner
- Heinrich Deters, Park City’s Trails & Open Space Program Manager
- Andy Beerman; Former Park City Mayor
- Celeste Johnson, Mayor of the City of Midway
- Wendy Fisher, Utah Open Lands
- Tom Sakievich, Utah County Commissioner
3rd Annual Bonneville Shoreline Trail Hike
Dates: Sept. 16th
Time: 7am-12pm
Location: Meet at the Bridal Veil Falls trailhead
This will be the third year in a row that we will be hosting a group hike along the Bonneville Shoreline Trail! We hope you join us as we hike along the stretch of the trail that passes through Provo from Bridal Veil Falls to Slate Canyon. We’ll make stops to discuss where current access points are and where the gaps in the trail are.
The full hike will go from the Bridal Veil Falls trailhead and end at Slate Canyon (a total of about 12 miles). For those who would like to do a shorter hike, there are two other places with easy access that you can end at: East Lawn Cemetary (about 5 miles) and Rock Canyon trailhead (about 8 miles). If you would like to park your car at one of these locations and shuttle to Bridal Veil Falls to start, a van will be at Slate Canyon at 6:15am, Rock Canyon at 6:30am, and another shuttle will pick people up from East Lawn at 6:30am. We plan to start hiking at 7am. Those who come will be entered into a raffle to win some free Patagonia gear so make sure you show up to hike!
Utah Lake Shoreline Cleanup
Date: July 29th, 2023
Time: 9:30-11:30 am
Location: Mill Race Boat Ramp, Provo
Come join us for our second shoreline cleanup of the year! This is a great opportunity for community members around the lake to come together and help take care of this precious natural resource. Trash bags and gloves will be provided.
The Torrey House Press Utah Lake chapbook event
Date: June 24th, 2023
Time: 7pm
Location: Pioneer Book, 450 W Center St
Provo, UT 84601
The Torrey House Press is hosting a community event for the official publication of their Utah Lake chapbook and we wanted to share the details with all of you!
For millennia, Utah Lake has been the heart of a gracious desert valley, its waters a life-giving bounty for migrating birds and abundant fish, its shores a long-time home for people. Then nineteenth-century settlers, unversed in aridity, wreaked havoc on the lake and the lives it sustained. A World-War-II-era steel mill poisoned the water almost beyond recovery, and introduced species decimated aquatic life. Yet the lake still draws people to its shores, waters, and memories even as communal grief has partly obscured the potent, if tenuous, return of a great jewel of the West. These words arise from complex emotions, striking encounters, and surging hopes for a place that can transcend tragedy, heal community, and answer to past and future generations past and future.
CUV Town Hall: Spanish Fork Inland Port
Date: Thursday, June 8th, 2023
Time: 7 PM
Location: Spanish Fork Library, Heritage Multipurpose Room 80 South Main Street Spanish Fork, UT 84660
Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81350542305
With the recent proposal of the Spanish Fork Inland Port, we determined it would be helpful for all parties involved to host a Town Hall meeting to learn about the details of this project. We are concerned about the potential threat to the wetlands around Utah Lake from the inland port and want to share more information with the public.
Utah Lake Shoreline Cleanup
Date: Saturday, May 20th 2023
Time: 9:30am–11:30am
Location: Mill Race Boat Ramp, Provo
Spring is finally here and so is the opportunity to take care of our beautiful Utah Lake! A lot of trash has accumulated and we need your help to help clean up the Mill Race section of the shoreline.
Photo by Kevin Hehl
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