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Native American History Month and Great Salt Lake
Photo: Carl Moore at Great Salt Lake, September 2023 by Teri HarmanSaving Great Salt Lake is not only about preserving water and vital ecosystems, but also protecting the legacy of human history. The Indigenous people of Utah were the first stewards of our saline...
Bear River Development Panel
We had an amazing turnout and support for this afternoon’s virtual panel on the Bear River Development. Experts on water policy, public lands, and lake ecology discussed questions relating to recent developments in the project. Tim Hawks, a former state legislator...
Emergency Press Release on Bear River Development
Image from Ecoflight One step forward and two steps back? New effort to build the Bear River Project threatens to wipe out any progress made towards saving Great Salt Lake FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SALT LAKE CITY, UT, November 15th, 2023 - Multiple sources have...
What is Actually Happening with Great Salt Lake?
Photo credit: Logan Gardner “The Great Salt Lake is drying up!” “Are we all going to die in 5 years?” Maybe you’ve heard this statement or asked this question before. I have. If you’re not an ecologist, it can be hard to understand what’s actually going on....
The Bear River Development: a multi-billion dollar project looming over the Great Salt Lake’s future.
What is the Bear River Development? Enacted in 1991, the Bear River Development Act gives the Division of Water Resources (DWRe) the power to develop water on the Bear River and its tributaries to meet the demand of northern Utah’s growing population. The DWRe...
Slow the Flow vs. Grow the Flow
I’m guessing you have heard of Grow the Flow because you are reading this right now. If not, we are a movement dedicated to getting more water to the Great Salt Lake! So, what about Slow the Flow? While the names may be easy to mix up, we are two very different...
Summary of the Water Policy Accelerator
Photo by Unma Desai on Unsplash One of the key components of Grow the Flow is the creation of the Water Policy Accelerator. This is a team of environmental lawyers and policy experts who are working on drafting legislation to conserve and shepherd water to...
Summary of the Research Coordination Network
To determine what the various strategies we push for should focus on, a Research Coordination Network is needed to study the impacts of possible actions. An international team of social and natural scientists has been assembled to synthesize actionable research on...
Youth Coalition Launch
Youth Coalition Draws Impressive Crowd We were so grateful to join the Youth Coalition for Great Salt Lake at their kickoff event last Thursday. Congregating in the Salt Lake County government building on November 2nd, these high schoolers left us feeling inspired,...
Go ahead and flush
Photo from Mary Anne Karren This article was originally published on Mary Anne's website, maryannekarren.org and has been republished with her permission. When I first realized that sewage was being dumped into Great Salt Lake, it all started making sense. How...
Can Dams Save Great Salt Lake?
Dam History and PoliticsFor over a century, dams have been bastions of development in the Western United States. They were signs of man’s domination over what had previously been considered untameable land. Dams could do the impossible: bring water where there had...
Student Chapter Kickoff Event Was a Success!
Grow the Flow held its first multi-chapter student event yesterday, with participants from the University of Utah, Salt Lake Community College, Utah State University, Utah Valley University, Brigham Young University, and Skyline High School. An interdisciplinary...
Grow the Flow Press Release
For release on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 Grow the Flow Seeks 100,000 Citizens to Rescue Great Salt Lake SALT LAKE CITY, UT, October 4, 2023 - As the boost from this winter’s record snowfall wears off, Great Salt Lake remains a top concern for Utahns. With...
Lake Leaders Needed!
Welcome to Grow the Flow! It has been really encouraging to see the level and diversity of support for Great Salt Lake. It is clear to me that people from all walks of life see this as a question of legacy, values, and life. I hope that you feel welcome here, because...
Conserve Utah Valley and Grow the Flow
Originally posted on conserveutahvalley.org In 2021, Conserve Utah Valley was a fledgling grassroots organization. We got our start when Bridal Veil Falls, a natural treasure of Utah Valley, was under threat of private development. After a few intense months of work,...
Four Goals of Grow the Flow
Form a Citizen’s Lake Lobby of more than 100,000 members from all backgrounds. No amount of ecological work or legal scaffolding can replace the need to rehabilitate our relationship with Great Salt Lake. Sustained stewardship begins with affection and a change in our...
Summary of the Public Action Network
One of the major initiatives of Grow the Flow is to organize a diverse network of individuals, businesses, cities, and other organizations to work on changing the political landscape by increasing the political payoffs of prioritizing water conservation and the...