- What hunters should know for the 2024 Utah spring turkey hunts
- Learn about bear safety at Hardware Wildlife Education Center exhibit
- Record 1,779 big game animals assessed, GPS collared during winter captures
- 6 easy ways to help wildlife on Earth Day (and the rest of the year, too!)
- Record $4.8 million raised for habitat restoration, wildlife projects through 2023 conservation permits
- DWR hosting first desert tortoise viewing event
- DWR confirms beavers killed by disease; urges public to report any dead beavers
- Come see great blue herons in the wild at upcoming DWR event
Minerals
The Great Salt Lake boasts more than 100,000 acres of solar evaporation ponds for mineral extraction. Numerous types of salts, metals and other minerals are extracted from these ponds. In fact, the mineral extraction industry at the lake makes close to $300 million per year!