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President Trump wants to save the Great Salt Lake: Here's what Utah farmers, scientists, business leaders and lake activists want him to do
02-27-2026 by Heather May
What will it mean to “MAKE ‘THE LAKE’ GREAT AGAIN!”? That’s what President Donald J. Trump says he wants to do, in a post on his Truth Soc
Hijacked bill will push resolution on saving the Great Salt Lake
02-27-2026 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — Rep. Joseph Elison's bill has been hijacked by his House Republican colleagues and he's OK with it. The southern Utah Rep
Idaho pushes back on Utah's water and gas deal
02-26-2026 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — Idaho political leaders are pushing back against their Utah counterparts over the gas tax bill that has also sparked a figh
Utah floated around $1B funding request before Trump's Great Salt Lake post
02-26-2026 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — President Donald Trump promised Utah leaders that he wants to work "closely together" on Great Salt Lake issues, before he
Lawmakers and conservationists marvel at how a massive cash infusion could help the Great Salt Lake
02-26-2026 by Annie Knox
Trump’s interest invites praise from legislators and skepticism from a clean-air advocate As President Donald Trump promises to help rescu
Trump promises to work with Utah to make its salt lake ‘great again’
02-24-2026 by Annie Knox
Gov. Spencer Cox says he spoke with the president about $1B in funding President Donald Trump has turned his attention to the drying Grea
Trump wants to make Great Salt Lake ‘GREAT AGAIN.’ Utah leaders will float him a $1B plan.
02-24-2026 by Emily Anderson Stern
Gov. Spencer Cox said Utah will prepare a funding proposal for the White House over the next few months. President Donald Trump pledged in
President Trump pledges to help Utah save the Great Salt Lake
02-22-2026 by Spencer Burt
SALT LAKE CITY — President Donald Trump says he is dedicated to helping the shrinking Great Salt Lake. First in a post on Truth Social (Tr
‘Real, tangible action’: Young Utahns push lawmakers to rescue the Great Salt Lake
02-11-2026 by Annie Knox
Bills aim to help conserve water in a year kicking off with drought and dismal snowpack Mountains without snow. A start to February that
These 3 Great Salt Lake-related bills pass their first test. Here's how they'd help the lake
02-09-2026 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Hannah Freeze and her husband were on their Box Elder County farm when they started brainstorming what would become HB410,
Utah taxpayers now own U.S. Magnesium's bankruptcy assets
02-09-2026 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — The state of Utah now officially owns U.S. Magnesium's bankruptcy assets, with a federal judge in Delaware signing an order
Utah lawmaker wants state to match $200M Great Salt Lake fundraising effort
02-09-2026 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's philanthropic community came together last year to pledge $200 million toward efforts to get water back to the Great
Why this winter could test Utah's protocols for the Great Salt Lake
02-09-2026 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake basin experienced a normal snowpack last year, even if it was a mixed bag everywhere else. That hasn'
Bleak snowpack report triggers alarm on Utah's Capitol Hill
02-09-2026 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A report from the Natural Resources Conservation Service showing that Utah's snowpack is now at a record low has caused ala
Video: Nearly 1,000 rally at Utah's Capitol to save the Great Salt Lake
02-05-2026 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — Roughly 1,000 people sang, danced and demonstrated on Utah's Capitol Hill on Saturday to save the Great Salt Lake. "Becau
5th annual ‘Rally to Save Our Great Salt Lake’ makes a splash on Capitol Hill
02-05-2026 by Will Ruzanski
As Gov. Spencer Cox pledges to fill the Great Salt Lake by Utah’s 2034 Olympic Games, conservation advocates question the plan’s feasibility
'Water as a commodity' is focus of new bill, plan to help Great Salt Lake
02-05-2026 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — It could soon be easier for farmers and ranchers to lease their water to help the Great Salt Lake. The Great Salt Lake Co
Bill allowing conserved water to flow to Great Salt Lake sails smoothly through committee
01-29-2026 by Will Ruzanski
Rep. Nguyen says ‘it’s mission critical’ to expand options for revitalizing the Great Salt Lake The House Natural Resources, Agriculture,
Utah to buy US Magnesium plant for $30M — an 'incredible opportunity' for the Great Salt Lake
01-29-2026 by Carter Williams
ROWLEY, Tooele County — Utah is close to formally acquiring US Magnesium's facility next to the Great Salt Lake after its $30 million bid to
Utah just bought U.S. Magnesium for $30 million. Now what?
01-29-2026 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — The budget chief for the Utah House of Representatives had a substitute motion to make on the legislature's Natural Resourc
Utah set to buy one of the state’s major polluters in $30M ‘commitment’ to Great Salt Lake
01-29-2026 by Leia Larsen and Addy Baird
The US Magnesium plant had been shut down since 2021 but continued to pump large amounts of water from the shrinking lake. Utah has succes
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