Megan Banta
Salt Lake Tribune reporter
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Great Salt Lake north of Stansbury Island on Saturday, July 27, 2024.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Great Salt Lake north of Stansbury Island on Saturday, July 27, 2024.
“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 said. A pair of good water years have helped stabilize the Gre...
(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cattle graze during a media tour to see the use of cattle to combat invasive phragmites at the Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve in Syracuse on July 16, 2024.
The Nature Conservancy Utah has gained ground on thousands of acres of wetland in its yearslong battle against the invasive grass using its own herd and cows from local ranchers. Syracuse • Conservati...
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sailfest regatta returns to the Great Salt Lake following a five-year hiatus due to low lake levels and the pandemic on Saturday, June 15, 2024. Hosted by the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club and Grow the Flow, the event seeks to get people out to the lake and raise awareness of and engagement with efforts to save it.
Sailfest returned on Saturday for the first time in five years. The event was canceled in previous years because of low lake levels and the pandemic. Steve Harty started sailing two decades ago during...
(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) A bird paddles on a pond at the Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve near Layton on Wednesday, June 12, 2024.
The Nature Conservancy has built more than 100 acres of new wetlands in the last few years and has plans for other projects, including a 200-acre project near Syracuse A mother duck and her slew of du...
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Water treated by the North Davis Sewer District makes its way into Farmington Bay on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Lawmakers passed a bill meant to bar reuse of treated wastewater that currently flows to the lake, but may have spurred a flurry of applications for reuse projects instead.
A flurry of water reuse claims could threaten to take more water from the Great Salt Lake, but the dozens of applications sit unapproved because of statutory issues. An effort by Utah cities and other...
Dust pollution has been relatively similar in years when lake levels were vastly different, according to data from two different federal agencies. It’s easy to see dust blowing off the Great Salt Lake...
(Megan Banta | The Salt Lake Tribune) Water levels are up in Bear River Bay during a flyover of the Great Salt Lake with EcoFlight on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
About 37% more water is flowing into the Great Salt Lake from its tributaries than in a typical year, according to federal data. About 37% more water is flowing into the Great Salt Lake from its tribu...
(Megan Banta | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fremont Island during a flyover of the Great Salt Lake with EcoFlight on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
Speakers at a three-day forum expressed hope for the lake’s future, and listed the things Utahns can do that others haven’t to protect and sustain the Great Salt Lake. Utahns know the challenge ahead...
One of Utah’s top lawmakers said the state shouldn’t follow the plan while he and another state legislator talked about how the Legislature has ‘fundamentally reshaped things’ to help save the Great S...
(Megan Banta | The Salt Lake Tribune) Stansbury Island during a flyover of the Great Salt Lake with EcoFlight on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
(Megan Banta | The Salt Lake Tribune) Stansbury Island during a flyover of the Great Salt Lake with EcoFlight on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
The Salt Lake Tribune joined a flight over the Great Salt Lake on a six-seater plane Tuesday morning. Here’s what we saw. The propeller whirs loudly as local wildlife photographer Mary Anne Karren poi...