About
WHO IS GROW THE FLOW?
Great Salt Lake’s collapse is far more than an environmental issue; it’s a public health and economic emergency. Around the world, drying saline lakes have led to ecological collapse, economic devastation, and serious public health crises. But Utah still has a chance to write a different ending.
Grow the Flow is a citizen-led movement uniting science, storytelling, and civic action to do what no community ever has before: save its saline lake before it's too late.
We collaborate with farmers, faith leaders, scientists, students, and everyday Utahns who believe that a healthy lake is the foundation of a thriving state. Together, we’re building the public will and political courage needed to secure lasting water policy, restore natural balance, and ensure that Great Salt Lake—and the people who depend on it—endure.
Improve Policy
Saving Great Salt Lake means expanding Utah’s current policy framework to streamline the process to get water to the lake. We are working with environmental lawyers and policy experts to coordinate non-partisan efforts at the local, state, and federal levels and providing the public with a platform to constructively advocate for meaningful change.
Empower the Public
Real progress begins with an informed and engaged public. Utahns can help shape the future of Great Salt Lake through coordinated action, organization, and leadership. Meaningful change starts with local, constituent led action. Get involved by attending a chapter meeting, writing your legislators, or signing up to volunteer!
Innovate Solutions
Science and innovation are shaping the future of Great Salt Lake. Across disciplines, we are working with and supporting researchers in translating the best available evidence into practical, effective solutions to bring water back to the lake.
Grow Support
Restoring Great Salt Lake will require collective time, energy, and investment. Individual donors and partner organizations make this effort possible by increasing financial resource availability and leading collaboratively to amplify our collective impacts to save the lake.
Directors
Team Members
advisory board members
Drew Maggelet
Darren Parry
Karen Marriott
Scott Anderson
Bob O'Connor
Byron Russell
Chris Carslon
Mark Burnett
Vanessa Kirsch
VOLUNTEER LEADS
In 2023, Grow the Flow recognized the urgent need to unify the many siloed efforts to save Great Salt Lake and to build bridges across Utah’s geographically and ideologically diverse communities. Under the leadership of Executive Director and Ecologist Dr. Ben Abbott, Grow the Flow is coordinating a broad coalition of NGOs, businesses, community members, institutions, and government leaders to do one thing: get water back to the Lake.
Grow the Flow is an initiative of Conserve Utah Valley, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to protecting Utah’s land and water—forever. Conserve Utah Valley has successfully helped safeguard Bridal Veil Falls, the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, Slate Canyon, and Utah Lake.