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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The fight to save the Colorado River
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...
The Colorado River is in a custody battle with 7 states
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...
Will Lake Powell become Lake Mud? Inside the growing sediment crisis
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...
Video: How do southern Utah tribes view the Colorado River?
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...
‘This river has a spirit’: Native Americans share ancestral ties to Colorado River and its tributaries
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...
Utah teens lead 2034 Olympics-inspired protest supporting Great Salt Lake
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...
With water rights in hand, Navajo still hope to restore farms on Utah’s San Juan
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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