Securing the Future of the Great Salt Lake Basin Through Effective Water and Land Use Partnerships

Historic mega-drought and imprudent water use have brought the Great Salt Lake to its lowest water levels on record, threatening a precious ecosystem and potentially leading to major disruption in the economy and quality of life of the region. Actors in government, industry, academia and non-profits are working to address this historic problem but capitalizing on solutions is disjointed because of the lack of an inter-institutional framework. We aim to build the fMRI of the GSL socio-ecological system to (geo)visualize the functional anatomy for and risks of these systems in order to build effective collaborative efforts across actors.