Bruce 

Thompson

Director of Education for 

Tracy Aviary

Bruce Thompson is a natural science education specialist. His training is in the life sciences, education, and environmental philosophy. His experience is in the design, planning, and implementation of field and classroom programs, educator workshops and education research throughout the Intermountain West.

Past faculty member and Director of Education for Teton Science School in Jackson Hole , Wyoming , Bruce has been a staff associate writing national science curriculum with Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) in Colorado Springs , and is author of the Roberts Rinehart publication, Looking at the Wolf. He has served on the boards of directors for the Utah Society for Environmental Education (USEE) and Friends of Great Salt Lake .

Saturday, May 17^th 10 am – #34 Co-Leader, GSL Shorelands Preserve: Wings & Water Wetlands Exploration for Families with Children- this is a program Bruce developed.

Saturday, May 17^th 6 pm – Keynote Speaker at Dutch oven dinner

Rosalie's new book, Wild Birds of the American Wetlands is a monumental and breathtaking study of some of the country's most beautiful birds--Great Blue Heron, White Ibis, Snowy Egret, Whooping Crane, Roseate Spoonbill, American White Pelican Wood Stork, and many more--and of their vanishing habitats. From the Ballona Wetlands in California to the prairies of Nebraska , Winard uses her thirty years of experience observing these winged creatures along with her mastery of photography to illuminate the importance of avian and wetland conservation.

Rosalie Winard

Wild Birds of the American Wetlands will be released in March 2008 and available for purchase at Great Salt Lake Bird Festival.

Thursday, May 15^th 7 pm -      “Treasures of Bear River” presentation at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge- Wildlife Education Center

Friday, May 16^th 6 – 7 pm       

 Student Art Contest Awards and remarks by Rosalie Winard, Davis County Events Center , Building 3

STUDENT ART CONTEST

Attention Students K-12

Great Salt Lake Bird Festival is accepting Art Work until May 1st.

  Sponsored by the George S. and Delores Dore' Eccles Foundation 

Previous speakers include:

Ron Rohrbaugh, Denny Olson

Arthur Morris

John Acorn

Al Batt

Kent Clegg

Pete Dunne

Kenn Kaufman

Terry Tempest Williams

Michael O. Leavitt

Photo by Scott Baxter

Great Salt Lake Adventures-Sea Kayaks