Of Birds, Tourist Venues, Land Speed Racing, and the Great Salt Lake

   I want two things that might be at odds with each other. I'd like for Utah to build more tourism in connection with the birds and wetlands surrounding the Great Salt Lake. And, I'd like Utah to use the land surrounding the airport for amusement parks, museums, and other tourist venues. My thought is, the area near an airport is the most convenient site for tourists, so if you have the land available, don't squander it, use it for tourism.
   Problem is, the wetlands are part of the land near the airport. I am not in the know as to how much the two overlap. It might be, a study would have to be done to identify just where the bird lands stretch to, and how much we could encroach on them. Would the birds take up home on the north side of the lake if we developed much of the south side? That might be something no study could show. Only doing it, would tell.
   But, I also have a thought on development of the north end of the lake. The railroad running through the lake has shut off the north arm, separated it so the water has not been flowing much (or any?) between the north part of the lake and the south part. As a result, the north portion has developed a layer of salt over it, a plate of salt. Now, the railroad just started making tunnels for the waters to flow through -- and that will ruin things -- but what if the salt sheet is thick enough to support racing vehicles? Salt Flats II is way bigger than the Bonneville Salt Flats. If the salt plate is thick enough to safely support cars, and if it is dry enough on the surface of the salt plate, then we are wasting a great opportunity by letting the waters of the North Arm mix again with the rest of the lake so the salt plate will disappear from the north arm.
   Also, Antelope Island, where the buffalo roam. we could market it for tourism. Come see the buffalo. I wonder but what, of the various places in the U.S. where you can go to see buffalo, if this is not a accessible as any. Fly in, and from the airport you are there within an hour or so.
  If land near the airport is utilized for tourism, and if we capitalize on the resource of the Great Salt Lake, we could develop tourism far beyond what it is. Our national parks and our skiing and Temple Square are wonderful, but the airport and the lake afford us tremendous opportunity to expand our tourism even more.