The 910 Wildlife Society Needs You
Use your voice.
To protect the inherent and legacy qualities of the 910 Ranch and Wildlife Refuge.
Ensure Summit County proposals, conduct and policies comply with expert environmental reports and large landscape conservation standards.
Speak up for wildlife on the 910 Ranch and Wildlife Refuge. Email your stories, observations, letters and photos! Then watch for your posts on this website.
The 910 Wildlife Society Needs You
Use your voice.
To protect the inherent and legacy qualities of the 910 Ranch and Wildlife Refuge.
Ensure Summit County proposals, conduct and policies comply with expert environmental reports and large landscape conservation standards.
Speak up for wildlife on the 910 Ranch and Wildlife Refuge. Email your stories, observations, letters and photos! Then watch for your posts on this website.
What is the 910 Wildlife Society?
We are friends and neighbors who cherish the wild sense of place integral to the 910 Ranch and Wildlife Refuge
Our Vision
Keeping the 910 Legacy Alive
What is a Refuge?
Our Vision
Keeping the 910 Legacy Alive
Our Mission
Shaped by Place, Perspective and Experience
Educate and advocate for the preservation, sustainability and conservation of the 910's wildlife and wild lands.
Actively support responsible public policies and practices prioritizing the needs and inherent qualities of the 910.
Promote open public dialogue, transparency and accountability from government agencies and representatives.
Cultivate engagement and meaningful connection.
Public’s Right of Way
A shared interaction of humans and nature
Devoted naturalists and and recreational enthusiasts are frequent visitors to the 910's Summit and Morgan County public access roadway. Birders routinely seek sightings and listen for bird song, artists paint western style landscapes, nature photographers capture images of fleeting wildlife, senior citizens gaze into the wilderness from parked cars, pedestrians walk with kids and dogs, cyclists pedal from Jeremy Ranch to Morgan as motorists drive to their destinations further down the road.
Prohibiting recreational and pedestrian use on this historic connection (original Pony Express route) without an engineered study or plan examining the current and projected uses of a public route lacks credibility. (summit cty rec proposal PDF link)and video link
What’s at Stake Now?
The First Steps
Maintain auto, pedestrian and (leashed) dog use on the 910 Summit County and Morgan County public access roadway
Conduct an engineering / traffic study on 910 public access roadway to determine scope and ‘adaptive’ future uses for the route
Initiate a Roadway Pet Waste Program for Summit County volunteers
Regularly inform public on status of planning process and outcomes
- Gessen Quote goes below
A Path Forward
What Concerns Us?
The consequential impacts to the 910 from Summit County’s proposed plans and activities.
What Do We Propose?
Restraint
- PAUSE all County activities and programs on the 910 until a Large Landscape Conservation Plan is drafted, publicly disclosed and formally approved.
- Evaluate risks from wildfire, trespassing, poaching, drought, over-use, parking and programs threatening the 910’s conservation qualities.
- Review and publicly disclose administrative proposals for full compliance with expert environmental reports and studies.
- Conduct 2027 Needs Assessment to examine, budget and prioritize 910 wildlife and terrain.
- Develop a Large Landscape 910 Conservation Plan with out-side experts and consultants.
How We Make a Difference?
Staying silent is not an option when so much is at stake.
Share your 910 story, photos or comments with us at : 910wildlifesociety@gmail.com
Post a meaningful comment on social media
Write a letter to the editor and public officials
Show up, speak up for 910 Ranch and Wildlife Refuge to protect wildlife and its inherent legacy qualities
Next Steps
Stay Informed
Email Addresses
GOVERNMENT — City & County
Summit County Council (General)
countycouncil@summitcountyutah.gov
Canice Harte / Chair
Roger Armstrong / Vice Chair
rarmstrong@summitcountyutah.gov
Megan McKenna / Council Member
Chris Robinson / Council Member
crobinson@summitcountyutah.gov
Tanya Hanson / Council Member
publiccomments@summitcountyutah.org
Summit County Administration
Shane Scott / Summit County Manager
Natural Resources Program and Project Manager
Rachael Brard
Morgan County City Council
Morgan County Planning Commission
GOVERNMENT — State
Utah Department of Natural Resources
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR)
Utah Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands
Acting State Forester / Director / Brianne Emery
MEDIA
Salt Lake Tribune
Park Record
Town Lift
KPCW
KUER
GOVERNMENT — City & County
Summit County Council (General)
countycouncil@summitcountyutah.gov
Canice Harte / Chair
Roger Armstrong / Vice Chair
rarmstrong@summitcountyutah.gov
Megan McKenna / Council Member
Chris Robinson / Council Member
crobinson@summitcountyutah.gov
Tanya Hanson / Council Member
publiccomments@summitcountyutah.org
Summit County Administration
Shane Scott / Summit County Manager
Natural Resources Program and Project Manager
Rachael Brard
Morgan County City Council
Morgan County Planning Commission
GOVERNMENT — State
Utah Department of Natural Resources
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR)
Utah Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands
Acting State Forester / Director / Brianne Emery
MEDIA
Salt Lake Tribune
Park Record
Town Lift
KPCW
KUER
The 910 Story
Authentic • Wild • Legacy
The historic Jeremy family sheep ranch was purchased by David Bernolfo in the 1980's and operated as the 910 Cattle Company for nearly three decades. During those years only a handful of the owner's friends, family and ranch hands experienced the 910's wild landscape and natural wonders.
Summit County entered into a Lease Option Sales Agreement contingent on a stipulated condition by the owner —No Hunting on the 910—.
The property was recently purchased by American taxpayers with Summit County Open Space Bond dollars and funds from the federal Forest Legacy Grant program.
910 Ranch-Wasatch Back Forest Conservation Forest Legacy Project
A public right-of-way connecting Summit to Morgan County provides pedestrian and vehicle access May-October through East Canyon and the 910 acreage. Summit County proposed prohibiting pedestrian use of the public roadway (Recreation Proposal). Considered trespassing, the general public is prohibited from the 910 property.
While leasing the 910 from the previous landowner, beginning in 2023 and prior to concluding the $55 million dollar purchase in early 2026, Summit County restricted public access while County staff conducted private activities, installations and volunteer programs without government approval of a comprehensive 910 management plan.
Summit County holds title to the deeded acreage while Utah Division of Forestry Fire and State Lands is responsible for enforcing the 910 Conservation Easement. 910 Conservation Easement Report
Summit County holds title to the deeded acreage while Utah Division of Forestry Fire and State Lands is responsible for enforcing the 910 Conservation Easement. Proposed Recreation Management Plan
The 910 is a publicly owned protected landscape intended for wildlife migration, breeding, calving, feeding and resting. All wildlife habitats, including avian and aquatic species, are detailed in BioWest’s resource conservation findings.
The 910 Ranch and Wildlife Refuge is vital wildlife habitat and critical open space in a regional and interconnected western landscape. The property is in close proximity to Parley's Wildlife Bridge and Utah's Wildlife Management Areas. These public properties provide essential migration routes and stop-overs for a wide variety of Utah's wildlife.
“This is how we decide who we are and what we want to be.”
M. Gessen
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