The Troubling and Challenging State of Our Lake Begs the Question: How Committed Are We to Saving Great Salt Lake?
August 1st 2025
“The decisions we make today will have a huge impact on the Lake and its future, as well as on the quality of life Utahns have historically enjoyed.” ...
A Call to Binoculars 30 Years Later
January 15th 2025
“I have to confess. I am hopeful this night will be viewed as a major historical milestone for Great Salt Lake. I am hopeful that ten or twenty years ...
Great Salt Lake's Future is Our Future. We Need to Strive for Ecosystem Stability.
January 3rd 2024
We will pay more for water regardless of what we do, but how much we will pay will depend on our ability to act now. Will we pay a little more now t...
Yes! It’s a Great Snow Year, But What are We Waiting for When We Know What We Need to Do? Let’s Pull Some Levers
April 19th 2023
It’s been a long time comin’ It’s goin’ to be a long time gone And it appears to be a long Appears to be a long Appears to be a long Time, y...
The Whole World is Watching—It’s Time to Focus on a Target Elevation Range for the Lake So We Can Translate Water Conservation Outcomes Into Water Inflows for Great Salt Lake
November 28th 2022
“Keep doing what you’re doing.” My Lyft driver’s response when I told him about FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake Great Salt Lake is a reflection of who w...
Lake Elevated: A $40M GSL Water Trust is a Great Start But Water is Still the Limiting Factor
April 20th 2022
“The Lake’s always been there, and, quite frankly, I thought it always would be. But I’m not sure that’s the case, I’m not sure the Lake will always b...
Think and Do—What Do We Do About A Record Low Great Salt Lake?
September 17th 2021
In late July 2021, the Great Salt Lake in Utah reached its lowest water level on record, and it has continued dropping since then. On July 23, the U.S...
Misgivings After the Fact Won’t Prevent Utah From Becoming A National Dumping Ground And Won’t Protect Great Salt Lake From Landfill Contamination
May 26th 2021
“That’s not what they told us at the time,” he said. “Nope, I was never told that.” Rep. Lee Perry, Chief Sponsor of HJR 20—Joint Resolution Approving...
Timely, Generous and Just—Keeping Water in Great Salt Lake is the Right Thing to Do
December 17th 2020
“Unless people start caring and start acting, the Great Salt Lake will only be in increasing danger of, quite literally, drying up and blowing away.” ...
Great Salt Lake in the time of Godzilla
April 27th 2020
“It really does all start today.” –Jeff Denbleyker, Project Manager and Water Resources Engineer, Jacobs March 22: It was time to take a break fro...
If Wishes Were Brine Shrimp, Legacy Parkway Would Remain a Beacon of Transportation Inspiration and Community Connectivity Not Just Another Freeway
November 22nd 2019
“This is an exciting day for our state, with tremendous positive impact for the state’s economy, the environment and its transportation system.” -Go...
The Great Salt Lake Geopolitical Landscape, Water, and the Shapes of Things to Come
June 3rd 2019
The Great Salt Lake Geopolitical Landscape, Water, and the Shapes of Things to Come “Order! Order! Order!” – Betty Boothroid, first female Speaker ...
Proposal for Union Pacific Railroad Communal Track to Serve Promontory Point Industries Lacks Necessary Details and Raises Red Flags
November 26th 2018
Proposal for Union Pacific Railroad Communal Track to Serve Promontory Point Industries Lacks Necessary Details and Raises Red Flags “Pay no attenti...
The Responsibility to Sustain the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem in Perpetuity Falls Squarely on the Shoulders of the State of Utah
July 25th 2018
Executive Director's Message – Summer 2018 “The Lake is as essential to who we are and what we are as anything. When Great Salt Lake is in peril, th...
The Beat Goes On – And So Must We With Our Continuing Vigilance to Protect Great Salt Lake
May 4th 2018
Executive Director's Message – Spring 2018 “Here’s another fine mess you’ve gotten me into. “ Oliver Hardy to Stan Laurel (Laurel & Hardy) On Fe...
Adjacent Land Use Matters for Great Salt Lake
December 20th 2017
Winter 2018 -Executive Director’s Message- “UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” ...
On the Water Front of Great Salt Lake - Taking the Initiative to Identify Ways to Provide Water for the Lake is the Right Thing to Do
December 20th 2017
Executive Director’s Message – Summer 2017 “Great Salt Lake is an important resource and provides so many ecological, biological, economic and recr...
Winter 2016: Great Salt Lake – A Body of Work that Must be Included in our Vision for Utah’s Water Future
March 2nd 2017
Executive Director’s Message – Winter 2017 Great Salt Lake – A Body of Work that Must be Included in our Vision for Utah’s Water Future “Show up. ...
Fall 2016: Pinch Points on the System from Record Low Elevations Require Critical Timing and Water to Address Important Ecosystem Services of Great Salt Lake
November 4th 2016
Current GSL Lake elevation : Gilbert Bay/South Arm 4,192.29’ Gunnison Bay/North Arm 4,189 ’ “Thank you for taking the time to meet with me during my...
Spring 2016: Great Salt Lake - The Gift That Keeps on Giving – Just Add Water
May 4th 2016
“ He (Farooq Azam) turned and looked up at the peak in front of him. “Once I do that (find out what is happening to the Chhota Shigri Glacier in the H...
