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- Utah Wildlife Board approves updates to bighorn sheep and mountain goat statewide management plans, other items
- What hunters should know about the 2025 Utah waterfowl hunting season
- 21 waterbodies still under watch or warning advisories for harmful algae; what to know when waterfowl hunting this fall
- How to help fight poaching in Utah
- Have a hunting or fishing license? Target shoot for free at 2 DWR ranges on National Hunting and Fishing Day
- DWR requests anglers harvest specific fish species at 2 waterbodies to help improve fisheries
- DWR launches new bird-watching challenge, the Utah Birding Slam
- Over 11K boats inspected for aquatic invasive species during Labor Day weekend
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!
