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Research

Not only do we at the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem Program do our own internal research on the Great Salt Lake, we also work with many different universities, contracted researchers, volunteers and other federal and state government agencies to increase our the understanding of the lake and its ecosystem:

Notre Dame University: Gary Belovsky's faculty page and lab
University of Utah
- Meteorology: https://mesowest.utah.edu/ or https://atmos.utah.edu/news/2017/2017-gunnison-island.php
- Geophysics: https://earth.utah.edu/
Utah State University
- Michael Conover, Avian Ecology of Great Salt Lake
- Ph.D. student papers
Westminster College, Great Salt Lake Institute: PELI project
Brine shrimp harvest season data
United States Geological Survey
Utah Geological Survey

Great Salt Lake Ecosystem Program Technical Advisory Group

The Technical Advisory Group provides guidance and recommendations for the research, management and conservation efforts of the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem Program. TAG holds two to three public meetings a year in which contracted researchers present updates on their Great Salt Lake-focused research.