Great Salt Lake

OGDEN — What relationship do you have with the Great Salt Lake?

That’s the question Carla Koons Trentelman posed to hundreds of Top of Utah residents.

As part of her research dissertation, Trentelman, an associate professor of sociology at Weber State University, wanted to know what people thought about the lake, how they interacted with it and whether they felt any attachment or sense of place with the lake.

OGDEN -- Weber State University's Amanda Truong returned to class this week after a transcontinental summer adventure that began with analyzing brine flies from the Great Salt Lake.

Truong, 21 and an Ogden resident, was one of 10 students invited from around the world to show her work at the annual meeting of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution.

Truong presented a poster with findings from hundreds of hours of research she conducted over three years of collecting brine flies and examining them in the DNA laboratory at Weber State. More than 1,000 scientists and students attended.

ANTELOPE ISLAND -- The Great Salt Lake is full, but the marina at Antelope Island State Park is not. And that is something park rangers hope to change.

With 92 slips to rent and only about a half-dozen being used, the rangers want to see sailboats, personal water craft and other watercraft docked at the marina.

FARMINGTON -- Moving Davis County storm water to Great Salt Lake without the east-to-west flow disrupting major north-to-south transportation corridors is taking a team effort.

OGDEN -- Each year, hundreds of the world's top chefs and sommeliers from throughout Europe gather in Brussels, Belgium to test the best that the food and beverage industry has to offer. Among these chefs are those recognized with top honors from Michelin, Gault Millau, and top culinary institutes throughout Europe.

They come together to test these foods and beverages on qualities of taste, appearance, smell, and texture for the pure pleasure of consumption.

First, the good news. Despite the runoff you are hearing horror stories about, Great Salt Lake is not going to flood you out this year.