The Great Salt Lake has shrunk to the lowest levels ever recorded. Through rigorous journalism, innovative storytelling and unique community outreach, the Great Salt Lake Collaborative explores solutions to save this critical body of water.
The Great Salt Lake Collaborative: A Solutions Journalism Initiative
We are group of news, education and media organizations that have come together to better inform and engage the public about the crisis facing the Great Salt Lake — and what can be done to make a difference before it is too late.
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House Speaker to put a 'pause' on major new water legislation in Utah
10-15-2024 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — House Speaker Mike Schultz is planning to put a pause on any major new water legislation to see how big bills already passe...
Photo essay: How the Green River gives life to a rural Utah town
10-09-2024 by Brice Tucker
The Colorado River Collaborative recently sent two journalists from the Deseret News — reporter Amy Joi O'Donoghue and photographer Brice Tu...
Scientists study implications of oxygen level changes on Lake Powell’s fish population, algae
10-09-2024 by Stephanie DeGraw
A delicate balance of oxygen levels in Lake Powell affects the fish that live in the water, and scientists are monitoring whether recent cha...
Farmers help a small town thrive with a big assist from a river
10-08-2024 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
Green River, Utah’s main waterway, helps sustain this southeastern Utah town Mark Twain once said, “When one has tasted watermelon, he kn...
Melons and the Green River: Giving life to a rural Utah town
10-08-2024 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
How life in Green River is intertwined with water from the river that shares its name Sonya Nelson Spackman stood in line on a mild Saturd...
Ongoing South Weber pipeline project will add earthquake resiliency to water system
10-08-2024 by Rob Nielsen
SOUTH WEBER — The immense natural processes that have formed the Earth over billions of years haven’t come to a stop just because modern soc...
Great Salt Lake had another ‘game changer’ of a water year. Will Utah see a third wet year?
10-08-2024 by Megan Banta
“We all have to understand that we are living in a desert … and it really matters how we use our water,” the Great Salt Lake commissioner sa...
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