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Ways to get involved this week, May 23
05-22-2025 by Mariah Maynes
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Central Utah Project may not see deep cuts in Trump budget
05-22-2025 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — The Central Utah Project, which supplies water to millions of Utahns, may not see as deep of budget cuts as expected. A s...
Great Salt Lake dust isn’t being measured accurately. Here’s what the state is doing about it.
05-21-2025 by Megan Banta and Anastasia Hufham
The state is still trying to bridge the gap in its monitoring network, a state environmental scientist said. In late January, a weather sa...
House Speaker floats new idea to help deal with Great Salt Lake dust
05-21-2025 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's powerful Speaker of the House is floating a new idea to help deal with dust blowing into communities from a shrinkin...
Pictures of the future: How a photographer is joining the movement to save the Great Salt Lake
05-20-2025 by Peter Rosen
SALT LAKE CITY — It is a possibility that's easy to ignore: the Great Salt Lake could dry up. But photographer Nick Pedersen is trying to pu...
How a collapsing Great Salt Lake could take Utah’s economy — and maybe your employer — down with it
05-14-2025 by Tony Semerad
On top of environmental dangers, a new University of Utah study warns, a dried lake bed and toxic dust storms could bring huge business loss...
Hundreds of people paid for one, so where's the Great Salt Lake license plate?
05-13-2025 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — Roy Green shelled out $92 for a pair of Great Salt Lake specialty license plates. "We thought it would be a good idea to...
A conversation with the artist behind two Great Salt Lake billboards in Poplar Grove
05-12-2025 by Mariah Maynes
Utah Artist Nick Pedersen’s recent work, “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow” currently stands on two billboards on the corner of 870 South and 900 W...
Ways to get involved this week, May 12
05-12-2025 by Mariah Maynes
Editor's note: This is an adaptation of our free, weekly newsletter. You can subscribe for more content like this here. Join Seven Canyons...
'Sanctuary for our community': Sandy opens revitalized wetland park
05-09-2025 by Gabriela Fletcher
SANDY — A 6.4-acre wetland park was dedicated on Thursday, following seven years of planning and development. The park aims to create a heal...
Funding for water and wildlife conservation in Utah now on Trump’s list of budget cuts
05-09-2025 by Kyle Dunphey
A recent budget request from the White House asks Congress to slash $609 million for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Central Utah Pro...
Trump proposes deep budget cut to Utah water project, potentially impacting millions
05-09-2025 by Ben Winslow
OREM, Utah — The Trump administration is proposing a jaw-dropping $609 million cut to the massive Central Utah Project, which supplies water...
Weber State professor teams up with DWR to host Snowy Plover survey
05-08-2025 by Mariah Maynes
SALT LAKE CITY — A Weber State University Professor has teamed up with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to organize a Snowy Plover su...
Provo tries again on tiered water rates
05-08-2025 by Ben Winslow
PROVO, Utah — Mayor Michelle Kaufusi has submitted a change to her proposal to introduce a tiered water rate system. At Tuesday's meeting...
USU research could yield solutions for getting water to the Great Salt Lake
05-06-2025 by Ben Winslow
WHEELON, Utah — Standing next to a canal near Cutler Dam, groups of people huddled and talked about water. Cutler Dam is the last dam on t...
Utah farmers signed up for federally funded therapy. Then the money stopped.
05-02-2025 by Jessica Schreifels
Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran o...
Inside POV of a Great Salt Lake dust storm
04-30-2025 by Ben Winslow
SALTAIR, Utah — Carmen ValDez was coming back from a camping trip on Sunday when she saw it. "I saw the Saltair covered in dust and a nice...
Looking for Utah birdwatching spots? The DWR provided a list of recommendations
04-30-2025 by Mariah Maynes
SALT LAKE CITY — The Division of Wildlife Resources is highlighting birdwatching in Utah with suggestions on the best viewing areas. Acco...
Why groups remain 'deeply concerned' about Great Salt Lake
04-30-2025 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — A dust event near Saltair over the weekend highlights how dust is still flying off the Great Salt Lake despite its recent g...
Great Salt Lake dust storm returns attention to air monitoring gaps
04-29-2025 by Mariah Maynes
SALT LAKE CITY — An April 27 Great Salt Lake dust storm swept across the Salt Lake Valley, impacting residents in Magna, part of Tooele Coun...
Dust is speeding up snowmelt in the Colorado River, University of Utah study finds
04-28-2025 by Kyle Dunphey
Researchers at the University of Utah recently published a first-of-its-kind study that measures the impact dust has on melting snow in the...
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