SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake County Council passed a resolution supporting efforts to protect Great Salt Lake wetlands.

The bipartisan resolution, pushed by Council Chair Dea Theodore and Council member Natalie Pinkney, was in response to a visit they paid to the area. Chair Theodore said she was struck by how much development was taking place near the wetlands, which are home to millions of migratory birds.

"We just want everyone to be mindful of the nature of what’s going on out there," she said Tuesday.

Advocates for the lake praised the resolution.

"This legacy of really natural preservation in Salt Lake County can be there for future generations or it can be gone," said Jack Ray, the president of the Utah Waterfowl Association.

Lynn de Freitas, the executive director of Friends

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