The alliance / save the salt might also want to touch base with those other interest groups and get someone from each group as associate members so we can show that more than just the racing community is interested in saving the salt flats. I note that the web page
http://www.save-the-salt.org/friends-of-save-the-salt/ has no representatives of any of those other interest groups on its friends of the salt. You need to get names that will be recognized by other interest groups as people who's opinions they value. A couple leading private rocket folks, a few nationally known archers, maybe some well known aircraft folks like Burt Rutan talking about the value of unique environments like the dry lakes and salt flats for aviation development. Actors who have filmed on the salt flats, talking about the unique vistas that make some of their movies possible.
Archery flight events
http://www.teamusa.org/usa-archery/events/flight-archeryTo connect with the environmental folks we need to give more exposure to the folks who have used the salt flats to develop electric propulsion systems for cars and motorcycles. Remind them that racing is the R&D lab for transporation developments of all kinds. Every car on the street is the living legacy of race cars years ago.
Ohio State’s Buckeye Bullet projects
http://www.electric-cars-are-for-girls.com/killajoule.html http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/398746-fastest-streamlined-3-wheeled-electric-motorcycle-speedPaul Thede - Lightning Electric Motorcycle
https://youtu.be/adhy27ZE9UY https://youtu.be/cjv1MQu9jXMhttp://www.torquenews.com/1075/electric-cowboys-102-mileshr-electric-motorcycle-land-speed-recordhttp://www.wired.com/2009/09/mission-one-bonneville/http://www.popsci.com/content/175mph-electric-carhttp://insideevs.com/drayson-racing-coming-to-bonneville-salt-flats-to-raise-ev-land-speed-record-again/http://www.gizmag.com/mission-one-electric-motorcycle-land-speed-record/12831/alternate fuels / bio fuels / hydrogen fuels
http://acceleratingsustainableperformance.com/the-state-of-sustainable-racing-2012/alternative-fuel-speed-records-at-the-bonneville-salt-flats/http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a2017/4220281/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8p9bugBNN0http://www.wired.com/2009/06/jesse-james/http://www.savethesaltflats.com/http://www.saltflats.com/Electric%20Rules.htmlhttp://www.bonnevilleracing.com/electric-vehicles-run-on-the-bonneville-salt-flats/Same with outdoor folks and snowmobiles, it is a proving ground environment for so many different types of vehicles where they can be tested at work loads not achievable anywhere else on earth.
Perhaps the Mayor and a few others could put their heads together to build a list of the the other uses not commonly known. Given the new museum build if the salt flats dies, then the museum will lose a lot of its value.
In most states they have a liaison office to assist movie producers and advertisers connect with the right people to shoot on location.
Get someone like Clint Eastwood or Jay Leno who has an entertainment connection to talk on video about how popular the salt flats is for certain types of movies.
Does anyone have a list of all the movies who have shot on location in and around Wendover? I have found these references certainly at least one or two of the people involved with those movies would be inclined to add their voice to the preservation effort.
Does anyone have a $ figure for how much money got spent in Wendover for filming Independence Day (1996), The World's Fastest Indian (2005), or The Tree of Life (2011), Knight Rider (1982 television series), Warlock, SLC Punk, Cremaster 2 from Cremaster Cycle, The Brown Bunny, Gerry, Top Gear, and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
Jeff T. Miller, president of the Motion Picture Association of Utah
http://film.utah.gov/Science :
In 2004, the Stardust spacecraft released its sample-return capsule for a landing in the Bonneville Salt Flats after its flybys of asteroid 5535 Annefrank in 2002 and comet Wild 2 in 2004.
http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/news/status/060115.htmlDon't forget the connection to WWII history either.
This assortment was found in about 30 - 40 minutes of google searching there is lots of info out there to provide points of connection with other constituency groups.