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1. Thomas Bosteels
(2024 Speakers)
... of Forestry Fire and State Lands (FFSL) modified the adaptive management berm separating Gunnison Bay from Gilbert Bay in an effort to manage salinity to support the ecology of Gilbert Bay. Recent publications ...
Created on 06 February 2024
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2. 3 actions to save Great Salt Lake
(News and Events)
... get too high in Gilbert Bay. But that’s only for future mineral leases, she says. She wants it to apply to existing leases, too. The ecosystem, she says “should be given a higher priority than mineral ...
Created on 07 April 2023
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3. US Magnesium 401 Permit Application Public Comments
(News and Events)
This summer, FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake learned that US Magnesium is seeking a 401 permit from the Utah Division of Water Quality to extend their intake canals several miles further into Gilbert Bay of ...
Created on 07 December 2022
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4. The Whole World is Watching—It’s Time to Focus on a Target Elevation Range for the Lake So We Can Translate Water Conservation Outcomes Into Water Inflows for Great Salt Lake
(Executive Director's Message)
... in Gilbert Bay increased to 180 g/L or 18 %. This concentration has been determined by the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem Program Technical Advisory Group (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources) as being life-threatening ...
Created on 28 November 2022
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5. Think and Do—What Do We Do About A Record Low Great Salt Lake?
(Executive Director's Message)
... range of ecosystem services Great Salt Lake provides. Elevations in the Matrix focus on the South Arm/Gilbert Bay of the Lake because this is where the Jordan, Weber/Ogden and Bear Rivers enter the Lake. ...
Created on 17 September 2021
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6. Great Salt Lake Celebrates 30 Years as a WHSRN Site
(News and Events)
In April 1991, Great Salt Lake was designated as a Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN) Site of Hemispheric Importance. At over a million acres, Great Salt Lake is the largest terminal ...
Created on 06 May 2021
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7. Phil Brown
(2022 Speakers)
... and changing salinities across the new causeway breach in Great Salt Lake: 2016-2021 Abstract: The Union Pacific railroad causeway separating Gunnison and Gilbert bays has been a primary driver of salt ...
Created on 12 March 2020
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8. Jake Vander Laan
(2022 Speakers)
... uses, the Utah Division of Water Quality (DWQ) continues to develop Lake-specific water quality standards. In 2009, Utah adopted the first numeric water quality standard in Gilbert Bay for selenium in ...
Created on 17 January 2020
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9. Jeff DenBleyker
(2022 Speakers)
... exposed mudflats, Gilbert Bay nutrient levels, etc., – all inconsistent with the objectives of NDSD and Great Salt Lake’s stakeholders. Thus, NDSD decided to work with the Division of Water Quality and ...
Created on 17 January 2020
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10. Bonnie Baxter
(2022 Speakers)
Director, Great Salt Lake Institute Westminster College Bio: Dr. Bonnie K. Baxter is a Professor of Biology at Westminster College. She has spent more than two decades studying microbial life of ...
Created on 17 January 2020
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11. Kevin Perry
(2018 Speakers)
... Island and the southern shore of Gilbert Bay. In situ observations of the soil revealed that ~16% of the exposed lakebed is capable of acting as dust source regions (i.e., able to generate visible dust ...
Created on 01 February 2018
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12. Ryan Rowland
(2018 Speakers)
... presents a unique opportunity to study deep brine layer (DBL) dynamics and its impact on south arm (Carrington and Gilbert Bays) biological and geochemical processes. The USGS, in cooperation with the ...
Created on 01 February 2018
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13. Jake Vander Laan
(2018 Speakers)
... which necessitates a unique approach to the development and implementation of water quality standards to protect GSL’s beneficial uses. In December 2016, flow between two major portions of GSL, Gilbert ...
Created on 01 February 2018
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14. Thomas Bosteels
(2018 Speakers)
General Manager Great Salt Lake Brine Shrimp Cooperative, Inc. Bio: Bosteels obtained an engineering degree in biosciences, at Ghent University in Belgium, after which he became a research associate ...
Created on 01 February 2018
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15. Bear River Commission Comments from FRIENDS
(News and Events)
... decrease the volume to 30% of natural, and increase salinities in the south arm of the lake (Gilbert Bay) to ~220 g/L. Bear River and Farmington Bays would be dry during most of the year. Note, however, ...
Created on 04 December 2017
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16. Fall 2016: Pinch Points on the System from Record Low Elevations Require Critical Timing and Water to Address Important Ecosystem Services of Great Salt Lake
(Executive Director's Message)
Current GSL Lake elevation : Gilbert Bay/South Arm 4,192.29’ Gunnison Bay/North Arm 4,189 ’ “Thank you for taking the time to meet with me during my recent trip to Utah to discuss the profound environmental ...
Created on 04 November 2016
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17. Jodi Gardberg
(Speakers)
... Construction - Where are we Today? And Where are we Going in the Future? 8:55-10:20am - Friday, May 13th Title: Circulation of water and salt between Gunnison and Gilbert Bays, Great Salt Lake through ...
Created on 02 March 2016
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18. About the Lake
(About Us)
... low elevation of 4,188.5 feet above sea level. As water levels decline, the Lake's salinity concentrates. A healthy salinity range for Gilbert Bay (Great Salt Lake's South Arm) is between 13-15%. In 2022, ...
Created on 08 July 2014
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19. 2023 Spring
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20. 2022 Fall and Winter
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21. 2022 Spring
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22. 2021 Autumn
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23. 2021 Spring
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24. 2020 Autumn
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25. 2020 Spring
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26. 2011 Winter
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27. 2009 Winter
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28. 2006 Winter
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29. 2005 Winter
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30. 2002 Winter
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31. 2011 Summer
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32. 2009 Summer
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33. 2007 Summer
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34. 2006 Summer
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35. 2005 Summer
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36. 2004 Summer
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37. 2003 Summer
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38. 2014 Spring
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39. 2013 Spring
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40. 2007 Spring
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41. 2005 Spring
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42. 2004 Spring
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43. 2003 Spring
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44. 2010 Spring
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45. 2013 Fall
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46. 2012 Fall
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47. 2011 Fall
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48. 2004 Fall
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49. 2003 Fall
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50. 2007-2008 Fall/Winter
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