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Show Statement of Current Conditions and Trends on Great Salt Lake Overview DNR has in place management programs for the resources of GSL. Those programs are designed to both conserve the lake's resources, and to make those resources available for beneficial uses. DNR's management of AISP and Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area ( WMA), the regulation of commercial brine shrimping and sport hunting and the Mineral Leasing Plan ( MLP) are examples of resource management programs currently in operation. At the same time, factors exist which are affecting or have the potential to affect the lake, its resources and beneficial uses. Purposes of this planning process are to ensure that existing programs contribute optimally to DNR's management objectives for the lake and that emerging issues and demands are addressed in a coherent and comprehensive manner, consistent with overall management objectives. The starting point for development of a comprehensive and consistent management plan is the assembly of relevant information and analyses into a resource inventory. Through a one year internal and external scoping project, the GSL Planning Team identified the resource inventory information it believes is relevant to the good management of GSL. The inventory information was assembled by resource and use category, and was evaluated to develop descriptions of the current conditions of the lake's resources, and to discern trends which should be taken into account in future management. Because the information available on GSL and its resources is encyclopedic in scope and volume, the team has digested and presented it in the context of the key issues and needs identified through internal and external scoping. This statement represents a baseline picture of the current conditions and trends of GSL and its resources. The Statement of Current Conditions and Trends ( SCCT) is organized by resource category and includes hydrology, chemistry, land, mineral, cultural, and biological trust resources for which DNR is responsible. The SCCT also includes ecosystem, recreation, tourism, air and water quality, commercial and industrial, open space and critical lands, and visual resource managements. History of Planning and Management of the Great Salt Lake Great Salt Lake Authority ( 1963) In 1963, the Utah Legislature enacted House Bill No. 33 creating the Great Salt Lake Authority, and an advisory council to the authority ( Laws of Utah 1963, Chapter 161). The authority was empowered to " coordinate multiple- use of [ Great Salt Lake] property for such purposes as grazing, fish and game, mining and mineral removal, development and utilization of water and other natural resources, industrial, and 3 |
