"Much is known about the lake, but there is a great deal we do not know. The elevation of the lake surface has been monitored for over a century. The State has a relatively good information base for the salt balance of the lake based on monitoring of lake salinity since construction of the causeway.

"There are, however, almost no comprehensive, integrated information bases for Great  Salt Lake Ecosystems. The present relative ignorance, due to lack of data, about the ecosystems of the lake makes it very difficult to make management decisions designed to protect the ecosystems based on scientific knowledge."

- Great Salt Lake Scientific Review Committee, 1999

The pages in this section are intended to provide you with a starter list of research that has been done on Great Salt Lake and other saline systems. They also provide an introduction to the programs that FRIENDS is working on to help encourage more research and to create opportunities for you to become involved in this area.