Great Salt Lake Technical Team
Mission
USGS 1984
To provide guidance and recommendations in the monitoring, management and research efforts of the Great Salt Lake ecosystem and to provide a forum for the interchange of information on ideas, projects and programs that affect the activities and natural systems of the Great Salt Lake.
Authority
Statute: Utah Code Annotated 65A-10-8(11)
Requirements of the Great Salt Lake Technical Team (from the GSL Comprehensive Management Plan 
)
- Coordinate and provide oversight of data gathering activities.
- Ensure collected data is analyzed and shared with all research and monitoring participants.
- Make data available to the public.
- Meet at least twice annually.
- Be self-governing.
Request for Proposals (RFP) 2009
The Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands requests proposals for research projects that will assist the Division in becoming better-informed stewards of Great Salt Lake. By having a better understanding of the lake system the Division can make management decisions that are more defendable in science and to help maintain the health of this important ecosystem.
The Great Salt Lake Tech Team, through its Research and Grants Subcommittee, has identified five “hot topics” that research projects will address, either individually or in combination:
- Effects of diking on Great Salt Lake
- Effects of a drying lake on human health, ecosystem health, and the economy of Utah
- Methods to assess habitat quality of Great Salt Lake (which may include identifying indicator species)
- Mercury
- Monitoring
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Deadline for submission of proposal is June 1, 2009.
The Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands at the recommendation of the Research and Grants subcommittee of the Great Salt Lake Technical Team awarded seven grants totaling over $200,000 for research project work on the Great Salt Lake. Proposals came from universities, government agencies, and private consulting and/or research firms.
The Request for Proposals asked for projects that addressed five "hot topics" of broad interest on Great Salt Lake:
- Effects of diking on Great Salt Lake
- Effects of a drying lake on human health, ecosystem health, and the economy of Utah
- Methods to assess habitat quality of Great Salt Lake (which may include identifying indicator species)
- Mercury
- Monitoring
Summary of 2009 Projects
Cover Sheets for all proposed projects
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- Ackerman, USGS
- Wurtsbaugh, USU *
- Baxter, Westminster *
- Denbleyker, CH2M Hill *
- Cavitt, WSU *
- Johnson, UofU *
- Brown, DWR
- Kettenring, USU
- Naftz, USGS *
- Avery, Westminster
- Sipos, Bio-West *
- Tarboton, USU
* Denotes grant award
Request for Proposals (RFP) 2008
The Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands at the recommendation of the Research and Grants subcommittee of the Great Salt Lake Technical Team awarded four grants totaling over $230,000 for research project work on the Great Salt Lake. With an extremely short turnaround time of three weeks the screening team reviewed 18 excellent proposals totaling $842,000 in grant requests and over $1.1 million in total project work. Proposals came from universities, government agencies, and private consulting and/or research firms.
The Request for Proposals asked for projects that addressed four "hot topics" of broad interest on Great Salt Lake:
- Effects of diking on Great Salt Lake
- Effects of a drying lake on human health, ecosystem health, and the economy of Utah
- Methods to assess habitat quality of Great Salt Lake (which may include identifying indicator species)
- Mercury
Summary of 2008 Projects
Cover Sheets for all proposed projects
The following files are in format. You need the free Adobe Reader to view PDF files.