Research
Grounded in Law and Policy. Committed to Action.
The Great Salt Lake Project produces rigorous legal and policy research to help decision-makers, communities, and advocates respond to the lake’s ongoing ecological crisis. We aim to create research that is not only academically credible, but practically useful.
Below are selected publications authored or co-authored by Great Salt Lake Project faculty:
Publications
Great Salt Lake, Environmental Crises, and Securities Liability, 55 Envtl. L. Rep. 10186 (Mar/April 2025)
This article was chosen as the “featured article of the month” by the publisher of Environmental Law Reporter, Environmental Law Institute
Great Salt Lake and the Future of Environmental Law, 96 U. Colo. L. Rev. 741 (April 2025)
Great Salt Lake and the New Water Security, 58 UC Davis L. Rev. 2581 (June 2025), with Great Salt Lake Commissioner Brian Steed
The Reform of Prior Appropriation and the Fate of Great Salt Lake, Annals of the American Association of Geographers (forthcoming 2025)
Utah’s Legal Risks and the Ailing Great Salt Lake (January 2024)
“Understanding the petition to list the Wilson’s phalarope (March 2024).
Lake Leaders Initiative: Assisting Local Leaders to Conserve Water for GSL (2024)
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