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We envision a Utah that values its shared resources to provide a high quality of life for its citizens. We guide policy by connecting decision-makers with high-quality research.
The 2025 Report by the Janet Quinney Lawson Institute, presented to the Governor and Legislature, highlights a collection of data and research to provide context to key issues and concerns regarding Utah’s natural resources that affect current and future quality of life, industry, and security.
The 2025 Metrics Report on Utah's Land, Water, Air & Energy provides a snapshot of synthesized data visualizations from the online repository. Both the report and repository provide publicly available data in easy to read tables, maps, and charts.
A partnership addressing diverse military installation challenges, the Great Salt Lake Sentinel Landscape demonstrates the connections between national security, working lands, and natural ecosystems. Learn about their goals, and opportunities provided through the partnership here.
The biggest Utah land story this week may be the U.S. Forest Service decision to move its national headquarters to Salt Lake City. Supporters are framing it as a long-awaited shift of federal leadership closer to the landscapes, communities, wildfire risk...
This week, we hosted our third combined Northern Utah Water Users/Spring Runoff Conference in partnership with our friends at Cache Water District. We set a new attendance record with a strong showing from agricultural water users, state agency partners, ...
This week’s Utah snow water equivalent graph is a hard one to look at. As we’re seeing record-warm temperatures, this year’s line has dropped below our previous lowest recorded snow water equivalent, and the little snow we have is melting off fast. But th...
