Open Space Trust Fund
Definitions
Natural Resources:
Significant sites may include, but are not limited to the following:
- Community Types
- groups of plants that grow together in recognizable units and are characteristic of different habitats such as riparian areas.
- Ecological Features
- unique, underrepresented, or interesting interdependent living systems that exist because of specific limiting factors such as the soils and nutrients, availability of water, climate, etc.
- rare plants or animal species.
- Ecosystems Currently Underrepresented in the System.
- Geologic Features
- recharge zones for aquifers
- unique rock formation.
- the Bonneville Lake Shoreline
- Definitions Continued:
- Rare or Endangered Species
- Animals and or plants whose existence is threatened, as defined by State or Federal agencies.
- Riparian Areas
- Ecological communities, existing along river banks, streams, springs, lakes or wetlands, that
- Contain unique vegetation and wildlife habitat due to its association with bodies of water.
- serve as perennial, ephemeral, or intermittent sources of surface or subsurface water.
- provide habitat for animal species.
- serve important cleansing and recharge functions for waterways.
- Watersheds
- Entire regions in which the precipitation collects and flows into various tributaries or waterways with each tributary eventually draining into the mainstream of a river.
- Waterways
- open water, such as lakes and ponds.
- riparian areas, or relating to the banks of a natural watercourse, an.
- rivers, intermittent streams and canals
Archeological / Historical Resources:
Significant sites may include, but are not limited to the following:
- Archaeological and Historical Sites: At least 75 years old and represent the historical antecedents of Salt Lake County.
Passive Recreational and Trails Resources:
Sites may include, but are not limited to the following:
- Passive Recreational and Trails Resources
- Existing historical trails
- Non motorized activities
- Rare piece of remaining land in a community that may be used for community definition
- Parcels of land that directly contribute to the county trail backbone or the primary trail system, e.g. Bonneville Shoreline Trail.