Category: Updates
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Predict its rise, win a prize
Predict its rise and win a prize! Thanks to another stellar snowpack year, concerted conservation and strategic management efforts (including releasing water from Utah Lake and other reservoirs) Great Salt Lake is on the rise. How high do you think the south arm of the lake will rise before it starts to drop again due…
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Work Plan for the Great Salt Lake Basin Integrated Plan Now Complete
SALT LAKE CITY (April 15, 2024) – The Utah Division of Water Resources and the Bureau of Reclamation are pleased to announce the finalization of the Work Plan for the Great Salt Lake Basin Integrated Plan (GSLBIP), which charts the course for developing the GSLBIP. After a 65-day comment period, the initial draft Work Plan was updated in response…
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Trust releases five-year strategy
The Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust released its five-year strategy to secure more water for the Great Salt Lake. The plan works to guide the Trust’s operations and goals for the next five years. “The Trust has just finished its first year of operation and we look forward to working collaboratively with many others…
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Phragmites burn on the Great Salt Lake
On Thursday, April 4, fire personnel from the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands attempted to burn 2,000 acres of invasive phragmites that had been previously treated with herbicide just outside of the Ogden Bay Wildlife Management Area on the Great Salt Lake. Due to unfavorable weather conditions that hindered fire activity, crews…
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Great Salt Lake Advisory Council chair Don Leonard resigns
Don Leonard stepped down as chairman of the Great Salt Lake Advisory Council at the bimonthly meeting on Wednesday, March 13. The council expressed appreciation for his service by presenting a resolution of thanks. “Don has ably led GSLAC for 7 years with professionalism, insight, skill, and humor. He is always inclusive, fair, and highly…
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FFSL and Compass Minerals Come Together to Protect Great Salt Lake
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FFSL and Compass Minerals Come Together to Protect Great Salt Lake SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Legislature passed HB453 Great Salt Lake Revisions, which directs the state water engineer to create a water distribution plan for the Great Salt Lake and establishes a severance tax for the lake’s minerals. The legislation also provides a…
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Great Salt Lake Story Map Released
In response to a recent request from the Great Salt Lake Strike Team, the Utah Division of Water Resources produced a dynamic new story map as an educational resource to define the processes that dictate the health of the Great Salt Lake. The surface elevation of the Great Salt Lake decreased to an all-time low…
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Great Salt Lake Strategic Plan Released
The Great Salt Lake Commissioner’s Office has released the state of Utah’s first strategic plan to get the Great Salt Lake to a healthy range and sustain it. In November 2022, the lake fell to a new record low level. During the 2023 Legislative General Session, HB491 was passed, creating the Office of the Great…
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Strike Team Shares Insights Summary
A new summary published by the Great Salt Lake Strike Team synthesizes essential data and insights so decision-makers have the information they need to improve water management, increase water deliveries to the lake, mitigate adverse impacts and help recover the lake to a healthier range. The team includes researchers from Utah State University and the…