About

The Great Salt Lake Sentinel Landscape spans over 2.7 million acres in northern Utah. The landscape contains four military installations with unique missions and capabilities, as well as the Western Hemisphere’s largest saline lake and Utah’s largest natural freshwater lake. Hill Air Force Base, Camp Williams, Tooele Army Depot, and Air Force Little Mountain Test Facility offer extensive training, testing, and logistical support for all Military Services. Hill Air Force Base also oversees the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR), the largest block of contiguous special-use airspace in the continental United States. Great Salt Lake, Utah Lake, and the lakes’ tributaries are vital waterways that support Utah’s defense communities and ecosystems.

The increasingly arid Great Salt Lake Basin presents a host of ecological, economic, and public health challenges for the State of Utah, which is one of the nation’s fastest growing and driest states. Utahns are grappling with limited water supply amidst increased demand. While population growth stresses water resources, a drying Great Salt Lake threatens critical wildlife habitat, air quality, snowpack, recreation, and Utah’s economy. Additionally, population growth in the Great Salt Lake basin has driven incompatible development around military installations, placing constraints on training activities.

The partners of the Great Salt Lake Sentinel Landscape are committed to addressing these challenges and more by aligning interests, maximizing resources, and building resilience in Utah’s military installations, defense communities, and ecosystems for decades to come.