ULibraries Research Guides: Great Salt Lake: Organizations

Stakeholders

Stakeholder Organizaitons
Friends of Great Salt Lake maintains a comprehensive list of government agencies, organizations, and businesses involved with Great Salt Lake.

Water inflow to Great Salt Lake is controlled by water conservancy districts:

40.5% Bear River (Bear River Water Conservancy District)
18% Weber River (Weber Basin Water Conservancy District)
12% Jordan River (Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District)
28% direct precipitation (Data from Final GSL Comprehensive Management Plan & ROD, 2013, p.2-14)

Bear River Water Conservancy Distrtict
Great Salt Lake Advisory Council
Created by H.B.-343 during the 2010 general session of the Utah Legislature to advise on the sustainable use, protection, and development of the Great Salt Lake.
Great Salt Lake Ecosystem Program
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Jordan River Commission
An interlocal cooperative agreement formed in August, 2010.
Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District
Weber Basin Water Conservancy District

Avian Ecology Laboratory
Weber State University
Center for Land Use Interpretation
Doyle W. Stephens Research Program
Friends of Great Salt Lake
Eccles Wildlife Education Center at Farmington Bay
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Great Salt Lake Collaborative
A group of news, education and media organizations that have come together to better inform and engage the public about the crisis facing the Great Salt Lake
Great Salt Lake Ecosystem Program
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Great Salt Lake Institute
Westminster College
Great Salt Lake Issues Forum
Friends of Great Salt Lake
Great Salt Lake Strike Team
Utah’s public research universities – The University of Utah and Utah State University – formed the Great Salt Lake Strike Team to provide a primary point of contact for policymakers as they address the economic, health, and ecological challenges created by the record-low elevation of Great Salt Lake.
Important Bird Areas Program
Audubon
Migratory Shorebird Survey: Utah
Sageland Collaborative
Saline Lakes Program
Audubon
Western Water Initiative
Audubon

Friends of Great Salt Lake
Great Salt Lake issues Forum, Alfred Lambourne Arts Program, Doyle W. Stephens Research Program.
Great Salt Lake Audubon
Local chapter of national Audubon Society.
Important Bird Areas Program, Saline Lakes Program, Western Water Initiative
Great Salt Lake Collaborative
Sageland Collaboratie
Migratory Shorebird Survey
Save Our Great Salt Lake
Stop the Polluting Port
Utah Rivers Council
Utah State Ducks Unlimited
Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network