Office of the Great Salt Lake Commissioner

The Great Salt Lake Commissioner is responsible for creating a comprehensive plan that coordinates the State’s efforts to save the lake.

Read his office’s 2024 Great Salt Lake Strategic Plan to learn more about the State’s specific goals, priorities, and initiatives that currently make up that comprehensive plan.

Friends of Great Salt Lake

Every two years, the Great Salt Lake Issues Forum is held by Friends of Great Salt Lake to help educate the public about the issue and publicize current efforts being made to help the lake. Various legislators, program managers, researchers, experts, and advocates from around Utah present their work and its results from the past two years and outline their plans for the future. Visit the program’s site to watch these presentations and learn from dozens of different perspectives on the issue.

Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust - Great Salt Lake Audubon and The Nature Conservancy Utah Chapter

In response to the lake’s drop to a historic low of 4,188.5 feet in 2022, the state legislature created the Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust (GSLWET) with a $40 million budget for restoring the lake. This trust is managed by Audubon and The Nature Conservancy, two partnering non-profit organizations, that work together to acquire water for Great Salt Lake and its surrounding wetlands. Explore the GSLWET website to learn more about the trust and its impact.

Great Salt Lake Strike Team

The Great Salt Lake Strike Team is a coalition of researchers commissioned by the State that provides timely, relevant, and high-quality data to help decision-makers make informed decisions about the lake.

View the team’s most recent annual report used to inform Utah’s 2025 legislative session.

Utah Department of Natural Resources - Division of Water Resources

The Utah State Legislature has passed multiple bills offering financial incentives to residents who make efforts to reduce their water usage. Visit this page to explore those incentive programs, learn more about Utah’s outdoor watering guidelines, report water waste and “wins” in your area, and determine your own eligibility for conservation-based rebates and compensation.

Utah Department of Agriculture and Food

The Agricultural Optimization Program is an initiative run by the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food to help agricultural producers optimize their water use to create water resiliency across the state. In this podcast, Program Manager Hannah Freeze describes how the program works and how it can help producers conserve water in the Great Salt Lake Basin and across Utah in general. To learn even more, visit the program’s main website here.

Utah Department of Natural Resources - Division of Water Resources

Cloud seeding is a weather modification technique that aims to increase the amount of water that falls from existing clouds during natural precipitation. In Utah, it is mainly used to enhance snowfall during the winter. Explore the Utah Division of Water Resources’ site to learn more about Utah’s growing cloud seeding program and its impact on the state’s water supply.

Office of the Great Salt Lake Commissioner

Brian Steed, the Great Salt Lake Commissioner, works around the clock to develop a strategic plan and coordinate collaborative work amongst stakeholders to help save the lake. Explore the Office of the Great Salt Lake Commissioner website to learn more about the lake and how the state is working to save it.