UCC Great Salt Lake Forum

The Choices Ahead: Can Utah Put the Great Salt Lake on a Path to Recovery?

A Forum discussing the future of Great Salt Lake, hosted by Utah Citizens’ Counsel

November 4, 2026

Hinckley Institute,
University of Utah

For more info or to register for the forum please email utahcitizenscounsel@gmail.com.

The Hinckley Institute is located on the
campus of the University of Utah
at 260 S Central Campus Drive.

The Forum begins at 8:45 a.m. and includes:

  • Great Salt Lake Commissioner Hannah Freeze opening remarks.

  • Film trailer for Troubled Waters: Great Salt Lake—An Oasis in Peril.

  • The Lake We Leave Behind: The High Cost of Failure — Dr. Brian Moench.

  • The Hard Question: Is Utah’s Great Salt Lake Strategy Enough? — Zach Frankel.

  • Panel Discussion on the topic “The Choices Ahead: Can Utah Put the Great Salt Lake on a Path to Recovery?” Brian Maffly will guide the panel that includes: Daniel McCool, Tim Hawkes, Dr. Anna McEntire, and Jason Brown.

Great Salt Lake Forum

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