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Alfred Lambourne Arts Prize Open for Submissions
The Alfred Lambourne Prize is open for submissions in four artistic categories: visual art, literary art, sound, and movement. Submit here between March 1 and May 15. In 2014, FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake established The Alfred Lambourne Prize, an annual recognition and celebration of regional creativity inspired by our…
2017 Doyle W. Stephens Scholarship - APPLY NOW
Click here for the online application The deadline to apply is March 17, 2017 FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake (FoGSL) is seeking applicants for the 2017 Doyle W. Stephens Scholarship. This $1,000 scholarship provides support to undergraduate or graduate students engaged in new or on-going research. This $1,000 scholarship…
New Year Update from Urmia Lake
Dear Friends On behalf of Urmia Lake Restoration Program, I wish you and your dears a very happy new year. Hope you have a great time ahead. The following greetings card is the photo of Flamingos in Urmia Lake. I would like to use this opportunity to update you…
Great Salt Lake Causeway Breach
The new Great Salt Lake breach was opened on Dec. 1 by the Union Pacific Railroad Company. This created a new opening between the north and the south arm of the Lake, allowing water to flow between the two sides. We are still getting lots of pictures and videos of…
Terry Tempest Williams and the Refuge of Change
FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake Advisory Board Member, Terry Tempest Williams, revisits Great Salt Lake. It is hot. Alisha Anderson and I have just passed the Golden Spike National Historic Site on our way to the Spiral Jetty. Alisha is a former student of mine from the Environmental Humanities Graduate Program…
Conflicting Interests Target Declining Great Salt Lake
SALT LAKE CITY (CN) - A steady drop in the Western Hemisphere's largest saltwater lake, drained by decades of water consumption, is affecting millions of migratory birds, and could bring major consequences for Utah tourism, industry and residents. The Great Salt Lake, a remnant of the Glacial Age's Lake Bonneville, has…
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Why We Care
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How might we appropriately care for something if we do not know about it? How can we as citizens make informed decisions, without first being informed? We cannot.
Bruce Thompson, FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake