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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.

 

Latest News

11-05-2024 by Emma Pitts

Returning Rapid’s Mike Dehoff likens the river to a friend who is sick in the hospital ― and its symptoms are worsening As I hopped onto...

Deseret News

11-04-2024 by Emma Pitts

Lake Powell and Lake Mead’s declining water levels force basin states to confront old rules in a new reality The Colorado River is managed...

Deseret News

11-04-2024 by Emma Pitts

In 1963, the Glen Canyon Dam was built. It created Lake Powell Reservoir, which straddles Utah and Arizona, to ensure a water supply for the...

St. George News

11-04-2024 by Stephanie DeGraw

The Colorado River and its tributaries, including the Virgin River in southwest Utah, are considered among Native Americans' most sacred pie...

St. George News

11-04-2024 by Stephanie DeGraw

Autumn Gillard's dark eyes are serious as she gazes upon the hordes of visitors on the Virgin River bank in Zion National Park. The striking...

KSL NewsRadio

10-31-2024 by Mariah Maynes/KSL NR

SALT LAKE CITY — A group of Utah teens held an Olympics-inspired protest Saturday, drawing attention to the negative impacts a drying Great...

KUER

10-31-2024 by David Condos

Navajo family farms once lined the San Juan River in southeast Utah, but many have fallen idle. A water rights settlement with Utah has give...

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