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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.
Gov. Spencer Cox has appointed Hannah Freeze as Utah's next Great Salt Lake commissioner, effective this week. Freeze, a Utah State University alumna who most recently served as deputy commissioner, previously built the state's Agricultural Water Optimiza...
Significantly this week, on July 13, President Trump signed an executive order reducing Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments by roughly 90 percent, scaling them back to about 121,000 and 182,000 acres respectively. Supporters, inclu...
Utah's fire season hit a grim milestone this week when the Babylon Fire, burning southwest of Monticello, became the first Utah fire to surpass 100,000 acres since 2018. Together with the 95,000-acre Cottonwood Fire in Beaver County, Utah is now home to t...
