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More information about wetlands…
Types of wetlands found in Utah:
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourViewCategory.cgi?tour_id=13057&category_id=16331
Constructing Wetlands in the Intermountain West - check Appendix A for wetland terms and definitions and Appendix B for a list of common wetland plants
http://ces.uwyo.edu/PUBS/B-1078.pdf
More information about Great Salt Lake…
Weber State University Botany Department Field Trip Guide to Antelope Island.
http://faculty.weber.edu/sharley/AIFT/guide.pdf
Utah Geological Survey, Great Salt Lake:
http://geology.utah.gov/utahgeo/gsl/index.htm
USGS Water Quality Assessment
http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri024115/pdf/wri024115.pdf
More information about Farmington Bay…
Deseret News article about invasive Phragmites plant in Farmington Bay wetlands
http://www.desnews.com/cgi-bin/cqcgi_state/@state.env?CQ_SESSION_KEY=TYRWXOZDSYSB&CQ_CUR_DOCUMENT=1&CQ_TEXT_MAIN=YES
Is Farmington Bay Healthy?
http://www.isu.edu/~marcamy/conferences/Marcarelli%20et%20al%202003%20FoGSL.pdf