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 to save Great Salt Lake  or a lot more later if we ...

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, yes, a long, long, long, long time Before the ...

“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 we are and how we are. Whenever I’m invited to ...

“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 be there unless we have some important and ...

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. Geological Survey (USGS) gauge at the Saltair ...

“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 Class V Landfill for Promontory Point Resources, ...

“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.” -Salt Lake Tribune Editorial, No Lake City ...

“It really does all start today.” –Jeff Denbleyker, Project Manager and Water Resources Engineer, Jacobs March 22: It was time to take a break from Zoom meetings, conference calls, emails and other ...

“This is an exciting day for our state, with tremendous positive impact for the state’s economy, the environment and its transportation system.” -Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. signing the agreement in ...

The Great Salt Lake Geopolitical Landscape, Water, and the Shapes of Things to Come  “Order! Order! Order!” – Betty Boothroid, first female Speaker of the British House of Commons, 1992-2000 Has it ...

Proposal for Union Pacific Railroad Communal Track to Serve Promontory Point Industries Lacks Necessary Details and Raises Red Flags “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.” The Wizard of ...

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, the state is in peril. “ –Warren Peterson, State ...

Executive Director's Message – Spring 2018 “Here’s another fine mess you’ve gotten me into. “ Oliver Hardy to Stan Laurel (Laurel & Hardy) On February 16, 2018 – just short of a year into the ...

Winter 2018 -Executive Director’s Message- “UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”             - The Lorax The lay of the land- Less than 20 ...

Executive Director’s Message – Summer 2017  “Great Salt Lake is an important resource and provides so many ecological, biological, economic and recreational opportunities that we cannot ignore it ...

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. Dive in. Stay at it!” -The 44th President of the ...

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 recent trip to Utah to discuss the profound ...

“ 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 Himalayan peaks of Northern India) the next step ...