Willard Spur, Utah`s `Valhalla` of duck hunting, may get greater state protection
(WorldNews Environment)

WILLARD - The Willard Spur, a wetlands ecosystem that teems with waterfowl during migration seasons, is getting more attention as Utah monitors increasingly stressed shore areas along the Great Salt Lake. People who look out over Willard Bay Reservoir from Interstate 15 may not realize the significance of the 14,000-acre treasure just to the north and west of the bay, said Jack Ray, president of the Utah Waterfowl Association. Willard Spur is the `Valhalla of waterfowling,` he said. `Out there you are in the middle of a wetland wilderness that is absolutely extraordinary,` he said. `Unless you are out in these Great Salt Lake...