Great Salt Lake Shoreline Comes Into Focus
The Salt Lake Tribune November 28, 2002.  ...Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County planners are working with Envision Utah and other groups on a plan they hope will balance the need to preserve the lakeshore's delicate ecosystem with the development desires of shoreline property owners.

Shoreline zoning studied
Deseret News November 23, 2002.  What should or should not be built along the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake in Salt Lake County? What should the zoning be there?

Junkyard at the Jetty
The Salt Lake Tribune September 21, 2002.  Jack Eardley's pilgrimage to see the "Spiral Jetty" along the north shores of the Great Salt Lake was not quite the artistic epiphany he expected.

Lake's not so great
Deseret News August 9, 2002.  Mud plain is growing as water level recedes

Farmington Bay called a big sewage pond
Deseret News April 20, 2002.  "We're in a sorry state in terms of water quality (there)," Wurtsbaugh reported Friday afternoon during a segment of the annual Great Salt Lake Issues Forum in the Wyndham Hotel. "It's not a pretty picture, unless you're algae."

Lake's Smelly Reputation? It Stinks, Says Scientist -- He Blames Humans
The Salt Lake Tribune April 20, 2002.  The cause of the smell is a result of "artificial enrichment" from sewage, farming practices and increased recreational use of the lake, according to Wurtzbaugh, who spoke Friday at the annual meeting of the Friends of the Great Salt Lake.

Lessons on Great Salt Lake
Deseret News April 11, 2002.  Future teachers hope someday to spur love of science

Drought taking toll on Great Salt Lake
Deseret News March 30, 2002.  West's largest body of water is once again in a cycle of decline

Water-Bird Deaths in Great Salt Lake Linked to Bacterial Disease
The Salt Lake Tribune January 16, 2002.  A bacterial disease has killed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of eared grebes in the Great Salt Lake, a Utah Department of Natural Resources biologist said Tuesday.

Davis Master Plan Calls For Shore Lands Buffer
The Salt Lake Tribune May 17, 2001.  Nine cities and Davis County will be asked this summer to tweak some master plans and zoning ordinances to comply with a new blueprint to preserve the county's Great Salt Lake shore lands.

Teacher Guide Details Wetlands' Ecosystem
The Salt Lake Tribune May 15, 2001.  ... McElrone said the document gives fourth-grade teachers, who are required to teach about wetlands as a part of their science curriculum, a list of places where they can find educational information.

PRISTINE WETLANDS: Davis Seeks Consensus on Shoreline
The Salt Lake Tribune April 24, 2001 "There is no doubt that development is headed toward that lake fast," says Bill Wright, a consultant working on a general plan for the county's shore lands..  

No lakeside billboards, UDOT says
Deseret News February 11, 2001.  Agency promises to deny big signs near Saltair resort

THE WATER BENEATH
The Salt Lake Tribune December 21, 2000.  Reservoirs beneath the valley cradling the Great Salt Lake absorb vast amounts of water, affecting how the salty body of water rises and falls over the years.

Lake Shore Could Get Billboards
The Salt Lake Tribune December 21, 2000.  A controversial proposal to erect a series of billboards along the south shore of the Great Salt Lake took a significant step forward Wednesday.

State hopes to avoid a suit over bird refuge
Deseret News September 28, 2000.  State officials are optimistic they will reach a settlement with the federal government over ownership of a large portion of the federal Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

Group aims to map future of shorelands
Deseret News September 25, 2000.  Talks target east shore of the Great Salt Lake

Ecologists to focus on lake's health
Deseret News August 5, 2000.  The wetlands along the Great Salt Lake act like a giant kidney, filtering sediments and other impurities. Development, however, threatens to infect those kidneys, causing the Great Salt Lake to become ill.

Bald Eagles Manage to Raise Kids in Suburbia, But for How Long?
The Salt Lake Tribune June 2, 2000.  With Interstate-15's rush-hour smog for an ominous backdrop, a pair of bald eagles watched as their two fledglings venture onto the branch of a bleached snag.

Davis County Residents Plan Protection for Open Space Near Lake
The Salt Lake Tribune May 23, 2000.  Davis County leaders and residents are developing a plan to protect open space on the eastern shore of the Great Salt Lake from urban development and the pending Legacy Highway.

Crews Work to Improve Flow In Great Salt Lake Causeway
The Salt Lake Tribune May 12, 2000.  Work to enlarge an existing breach in Union Pacific Railroad's causeway across the Great Salt Lake should be completed by November, Art DuFault, director of the Utah Division of Sovereign Lands and Forestry, said this week.

Great Salt Lake Is Focus of Conservation Fund
The Salt Lake Tribune April 19, 2000.  The Nature Conservancy is embarking on Utah's largest-ever private conservation program, hoping to pump $32 million into wetlands, open space and environmental education.

Accommodating the Feathered Traveler; Program seeks to link nations in effortto preserve sites along migratory path
The Salt Lake Tribune March 19, 2000.  Loafing in the sun in a lush mangrove swamp along Mexico's western coast are dozens of wintertime visitors from the north along with a colorful crowd of locals.

Kennecott wants new rule on its discharges into lake
Deseret News March 1, 2000.  Mining firm seeks tighter restriction on selenium

Great Salt Lake Needs Flexible Approach to Planning, Expert Advises
The Salt Lake Tribune February 29, 2000.  Any plans to successfully govern the Great Salt Lake should consider its changing ecosystem, a lake specialist says.