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SALT LAKE CITY — A number of groups across the Wasatch Front took the weekend to extend their Earth Day efforts.
A lot of the work Saturday involved picking up trash and cleaning up the outdoors, but KSL-TV got a look at some events that pushed beyond that.
Groups often look at the weekend closest to Earth Day to garner more support and get more people out.
For some, their efforts will continue into the months ahead as they want to see some big changes.
"What Saratoga Springs was is disappearing quickly," said Shauna Freebairn.
Freebairn was among the people concerned that wildlife was being pushed out. That's why she organized what she calls a party for the pronghorn.
Many of them often have been seen on the farmland owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but she said the urban sprawl is closing in.
"It's sad and it breaks a lot of people's hearts here to see that disappearing really fast," said Freebairn.
It was just one of many Earth Day efforts that spilled over into the weekend.
At Poplar Grove Park, people from the University of Utah tried to garner interest from the public in future plans for public lands in the city.
A lot of cleanup efforts similar to the one at the Salt Lake City park took place all over the Wasatch Front Saturday.
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Once a year in a global event, people come together to celebrate the beautiful natural resources we share on Earth Day."We have people in different parts of the world that are included in our organization that are doing separate cleanups where they are," said Kacie Larsen.
Another event, which was organized by savingoceans.org, put a focus on the pollution sources.
"For places like the Coca-Cola company or Pepsi, or big corporations like that, we want to know where the trash is coming from and place kind of a target on the biggest polluters on the planet," said Larsen.
Larsen said branches of saving oceans, otherwise known as Global High Seas Marina Preserve, will be keeping track and reaching out to some of the big polluters in the coming days.
Freebairn also collected signatures for a petition for a wildlife corridor they would like to see in Saratoga Springs, similar to one that was recently built in Eagle Mountain.
