Swaner Preserve

The Swaner Preserve protects more than 1,200 acres of breathtaking open space, numerous streams, and diverse wildlife habitat that span both sides of Interstate 80. The northern property offers an extensive recreational trail system for hikers, bikers, snowshoers, birdwatchers and photographers. Just below its headwaters, East Canyon Creek flows through the Preserve on its journey to the Great Salt Lake, past the Old Stone House that the Swaner family still calls home.

The southern property consists of a historic farm and hundreds of acres of fragile wetland habitat supporting an abundance of wildlife including deer, elk, moose, mink, beaver, red fox, coyote, eagles and hawks, sandhill cranes, and more than 80 additional species of birds. The Preserve is actively managed for wildlife, recreation, water quality and inspiration – a symbol of nature’s intrinsic right simply to exist.