Updates

SALT LAKE CITY – The Great Salt Lake Commissioner’s Office, the Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust and Great Salt Lake Rising have partnered for a strategic water release from...

Learn about how public and private partners are working together to save the Great Salt Lake through this video series created by the Great Salt Lake Advisory Council. Six videos...

Salt Lake City, UT– The Great Salt Lake Alliance and the Great Salt Lake Commissioner’s Office have released a new report capturing insights from the inaugural Great Salt Lake Solutions...

SALT LAKE CITY (Sept. 24, 2026) — Utah has secured $60 million for the Great Salt Lake through a settlement agreement with the federal government resolving a decades-old legal dispute...

Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox has appointed Hannah Freeze to serve as Great Salt Lake commissioner beginning July 22....

Great Salt Lake Commissioner Brian Steed has been named vice president for government and external relations at Utah State University, effective June 1. Brian will continue to serve as commissioner...

A synthesized resource document for the 2026 General Legislative SessionIn 2025, Utah continued to make progress on the health and long-term future of Great Salt Lake. The lake remains below...

$50 million Great Salt Lake grant program application deadline extendedSalt Lake City (Oct. 21, 2025) — In response to the ongoing federal government shutdown, the Great Salt Lake Commissioner’s Office...

Gov. Cox and Utah leaders sign Great Salt Lake 2034 Charter with $200 million in private sector commitmentsFarmington, Utah (Sept. 24, 2025) — Surrounded by state leaders, researchers, philanthropists, and...