What YOU Can Do in 2025 to Help Get Water to Great Salt Lake!

LEARN MORE and TAKE ACTION

The legislative session has ended, but continue to call or write your legislator and express your concern for the health of Great Salt Lake!

Let them know that we need more dust monitors. Eleven were recently funded for the Farmington area, and we need more.

Find your legislator here: https://le.utah.gov

Also reach out to the Governor and Speaker of the House, and members - Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee 2025 by text and email, or attend Interim Session meeting May 21 virtually or in person.

2. Donate to the GSL Watershed Enhancement Trust in order to help get water to Great Salt Lake!

"The Trust's mission is to help preserve the irreplaceable wetlands and waters of Great Salt Lake by fostering collaborative partnerships and innovative water projects for the benefit of people and wildlife."

https://www.gslwatertrust.org

Donate via the Community Foundation of Utah website. Type GSLIAC in the "Additional Notes" field on the donation form to indicate your donation is part of the GSLIAC effort.

3. Read about Great Salt Lake on the Friends of GSL website.

https://www.fogsl.org/about/map

4. Read about the latest news on GSL vis GSL Collaborative.

https://greatsaltlakenews.org/

5. Attend Stop the Polluting Port Meetings to be up to date on impacts to wetlands and GSL.

-If you are interested in joining the Stop the Polluting Port Coalition meeting on Mondays at 6pm, contact Deeda Seed.

Deeda Seed <DSeed@biologicaldiversity.org

SIGN A PETITION OR WRITE A LETTER

1. A proposed Weber County Inland Port will harm over 8,000 acres of wetlands. Everyone may sign this petition to the Utah Inland Port Authority Board calling on them to say NO to the Weber County Inland Port proposals: https://tinyurl.com/4snv8ke5 More info: www.stopthepollutingport.org

2. Sign a petition to tell lawmakers you're serious about protecting GSL. And donate to the Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment legal fund.

https://www.uphe.org

4. Sign a petition from Utah Physician for a Healthy Environment about "forever chemicals."

https://www.uphe.org/the-problem-with-pfas/

PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY PROJECTS and ACTIVITIES

Civic Engagement Training with HEAL and Grow the Flow - virtual! 5/14/25 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Great Salt Lake Advisory Council Meeting May 14, 10am-11:40am
5/15, 6:30-8:30pm: 2025 Doyle W. Stephens Scholarship Celebration at Wasatch Community Gardens
Alfred Lambourne Arts Program accepting submissions through 5/15!
1. $1,000 prizes will be awarded for winners in the categories of visual arts, literary arts, movement and sound
Interim session, May 21st - Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee 2025
HEAL Utah Spring Fundraiser! - June 4th, evening at the NHMU
Sailfest 2025
1. Saturday, June 7th 10-4pm
2. Great Salt Lake State Park and Marina
3. Website: https://growtheflowutah.org/gsl-sailfest/
4. Cardboard boat race!
  1. Rules/Guidelines: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XBYdqWd0SioW7VU20U9_-Whnas0yEz9OTALNhIks9oA/edit?tab=t.0
Utah Division of Air Quality is hosting a meeting to gather feedback from local experts and air advocates on a proposed dust monitoring plan. This plan would add to existing PM monitors in our network with the goal of monitoring dust sources and PM10.
1. Monday, June 2nd 2-3:00 pm

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=MGNiZ2ZiNzA1dTdpcG9vdmY1bmtsMTZzbzkgcmVkaWVAdXRhaC5nb3Y&tmsrc=redie%40utah.gov

Utah Dust Group Meeting (1st option)

Monday, June 2 · 2:00 – 3:00pm

Time zone: America/Denver

Google Meet joining info Video call link: https://meet.google.com/ckb-cgdh-jcc

Or dial: ‪(US) +1 601-565-2027‬ PIN: ‪162 209 545‬#

More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/ckb-cgdh-jcc?pin=2885401369652

Wednesday, June 4th 12:00 - 1:00 PM

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=M2ZvMzZnb2N0cnYyb2twbDZsODJvOW91bnQgcmVkaWVAdXRhaC5nb3Y&tmsrc=redie%40utah.gov

Utah Dust Group Meeting (2nd option)

Wednesday, June 4 · 12:00 – 1:00pm

Time zone: America/Denver

Google Meet joining info Video call link: https://meet.google.com/utz-dvqh-bia

Or dial: ‪(US) +1 650-781-0643‬ PIN: ‪930 603 345‬#

More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/utz-dvqh-bia?pin=4154017754035

9. As the Dust Settles HEAL Utah’s Spring Fundraiser 2025 - June 4th

10. Great Salt Lake Bird Festival. Thursday, May 15—Sunday, May 18

For information and registration: https://www.daviscountyutah.gov/greatsaltlakebirdfest/the-festival

11. SLC downtown Library, May 10-22, Exhibit, "On Behalf of Wings"

SAVE THE DATE:

August 23: GSL People’s Summit

TEACH CHILDREN ABOUT GSL

1. Lake Art Puppets by Bridgerland Audubon: Lake Puppets artwork and text by Therese Berry, artist, and Nan Seymour, lake-facing poet. Learn how to make puppets of creatures around GSL. https://bridgerlandaudubon.org/lake-art-puppets/

2. The Great Great Salt Lake Monster Mystery. Hardcover – January 1, 2010. by Dr. Bonnie K. Baxter & Jaimi Butler; Illustrated by Arly Landry

THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPIRITUALITY

1. Daily Meditation on Behalf of Imperiled Waters - Join us for morning meditation dedicated to Great Salt Lake and her tributaries as well as imperiled water bodies across the planet, especially inland seas. Come from wherever you are! You will receive the Zoom link after you sign up. We sit in silence together Monday through Friday after brief dedication, from 7:00- 7:25 am MST via Zoom. The door closes at 7:05 MST to support practicing with presence. You can join belatedly by sitting in loving-silence knowing that others are sitting with you in community. REGISTER: https://riverwriting.com/events/daily-meditation-for-the-life-of-great-salt-lake

2. The Sister City Sister Sea-Salt Lake City Sister Cities Initiative. Connecting Salt Lake & the Dead Sea in a theme of life, peace, and environmental stewardship.

Email sistercitysistersea@gmail.com for more information.