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KSL.com

A pouring out of love: Utahns gather for Great Salt Lake blessing ceremony

10-03-2023 by Sydnee Gonzalez

ANTELOPE ISLAND STATE PARK — The offerings of water were carried lovingly to the Great Salt Lake's shore in a mismatched array of bottles an...

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Fox 13

Utah ends water year up, but Great Salt Lake is down again

10-03-2023 by Ben Winslow

SALT LAKE CITY — Happy New Water Year, Utah! The state ended its water year with signs of improvement. Most of the state is no longer in d...

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KSL.com

'It's basically on us': Experts, lawmakers weigh what's next to help ailing Great Salt Lake

10-03-2023 by Carter Williams

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah water experts agree that Utahns must continue to make changes to how they consume water for communities to avoid conse...

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Fox 13

Utah plans to dramatically boost cloud seeding to help with water woes and the Great Salt Lake

09-29-2023 by Ben Winslow

SNOWBIRD, Utah — The burner pumped sodium iodide into the air while tubes led back into a trailer. People would stick their head in the tr...

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Standard-Examiner

Ogden mayoral hopefuls discuss potential policy related to the Great Salt Lake

09-28-2023 by Heather May

OGDEN — The Great Salt Lake has long been an undeniable asset to the region. However, this asset has been under threat. Between the ravage...

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KSL.com

Salt Lake City's 2023 mayoral candidates, from left to right: community activist Michael Valentine, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall and former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson. (Photo: Kristin Murphy and Laura Seitz, Deseret News)

What Salt Lake City's mayoral candidates have to say about Great Salt Lake's future

09-28-2023 by Carter Williams

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's capital city will always be connected to the Great Salt Lake through its name. And as the lake continues to strugg...

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Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Ogden mayoral candidate Ben Nadolski answers 10 questions about Great Salt Lake

09-27-2023 by Ben Nadolski

1. On a scale of 1 to 10, with the many city priorities you will face as Mayor, where do you rank the Great Salt Lake and why? I have been...

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Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Ogden mayoral candidate Taylor Knuth answers 10 questions about Great Salt Lake

09-27-2023 by Taylor Knuth

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Great Salt Lake Collaborative

SLC mayoral candidate Michael Valentine answers 10 questions about Great Salt Lake

09-27-2023 by Michael Valentine

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Great Salt Lake Collaborative

SLC mayoral candidate Rocky Anderson answers 10 questions about Great Salt Lake

09-27-2023 by Rocky Anderson

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Great Salt Lake Collaborative

SLC mayoral candidate Erin Mendenhall answers 10 questions about Great Salt Lake

09-27-2023 by Erin Mendenhall

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Great Salt Lake Collaborative

10 questions for SLC mayor candidates

09-27-2023 by Carter Williams

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KSL.com

Why Cox isn't surprised with $1.5B price tag to mitigate Great Salt Lake dust

09-21-2023 by Carter Williams

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Utah Public Radio (UPR)

Cache Valley's unique karst geology makes water monitoring a necessity

09-20-2023 by Erin Lewis

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Fox 13

Utah lawmakers get a look at Washington County's water, growth demands

09-20-2023 by Ben Winslow

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Fox 13

Mitigating dust from a shrinking Great Salt Lake could cost more than a billion dollars to fix, a new report from the Utah State Legislature's Auditor General found.

Great Salt Lake's dust could cost $1.5 billion to fix with costs 'skyrocketing' as more lakebed is exposed

09-20-2023 by Ben Winslow

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KSL.com

Water flows through a breach in the Great Salt Lake railroad causeway on May 3. The lake's northern arm remains within 1 foot of its record low set last year. Water flows through a breach in the Great Salt Lake railroad causeway on May 3. The lake's northern arm remains within 1 foot of its record low set last year. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

Why is this section of the Great Salt Lake still close to its record low?

09-20-2023 by Carter Williams

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KSL.com

'They're supposed to put it all back': How new Utah rules aim to protect Great Salt Lake's water

09-14-2023 by Carter Williams

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Fox 13

Photo by: Russ Slade, FOX 13 News

GSL license plate nears halfway mark

09-14-2023 by Ben Winslow

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Fox 13

Utah settles with U.S. Magnesium over years of environmental violations

09-14-2023 by Ben Winslow

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The Globe

Members of the Great Salt Lake Collaborative work on an assignment in California in 2022. The team consisted of The Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News, FOX-13 and KSL-TV. (Spenser Heaps, Deseret News)

Great Salt Lake Collaborative wins journalism partnership award

09-14-2023 by Nicole Spearman

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KSL.com

The remarkable resilience of Utah's state crustacean

09-14-2023 by Robert Lawrence

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Utah Public Radio (UPR)

Undeveloped Northpoint property southeast of Great Salt Lake. Courtesy SLC.gov

SLC Council addresses environmental justice issues of Northpoint development

09-07-2023 by Aimee Van Tatenhove

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Salt Lake Tribune

New lithium company wants billions of gallons from Great Salt Lake, but says it will put it all back

09-07-2023 by Leia Larsen

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Fox 13

Lawsuit filed against Utah demanding action to save the Great Salt Lake

09-07-2023 by Ben Winslow

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Salt Lake Tribune

Groups sue Utah, trying to save Great Salt Lake with the public trust doctrine

09-07-2023 by Leia Larsen

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Fox 13

Salt Lake City Council considers a new plan for Northpoint

09-07-2023 by Ben Winslow

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KSL NewsRadio

Several golf courses in Salt Lake City have switched to more drought-resistant types of grass along portions of the courses. (Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities)

Drought-resistant grass now at some Salt Lake City golf courses

09-01-2023 by Heather Kelly

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Axios Salt Lake

Yes, it's safe to swim in the Great Salt Lake

09-01-2023 by Erin Alberty

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Fox 13

Brine shrimp forecast for Great Salt Lake looks good, state officials say

08-24-2023 by Ben Winslow

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Fox 13

Environmental experiments on Utah Lake could lead to solutions to restore it

08-24-2023 by Ben Winslow

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KSL NewsRadio

FILE: Water levels are pictured in the Great Salt Lake on Thursday, July 20, 2023. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

Utah lawmakers plan to reevaluate water rights held by mineral companies on the Great Salt Lake

08-24-2023 by Adam Small

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Fox 13

As the Great Salt Lake declines and toxic dust events increase with intensity, they will disproportionately affect residents of Tooele County and the west side of Salt Lake City, according to a recent NASA study.

Some Utahns at higher risk of exposure to toxic dust from Great Salt Lake, study finds

08-24-2023 by Jenna Bree

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Axios Salt Lake

"We're not going to be silent": How Great Salt Lake dust could impact west siders

08-23-2023 by Kim Bojórquez

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Fox 13

Utah legislature to re-examine mineral extraction on Great Salt Lake

08-23-2023 by Ben Winslow

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Salt Lake Tribune

Why do so many inland port projects include Great Salt Lake wetlands?

08-18-2023 by Leia Larsen

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KSL.com

'A terrible idea': Groups worry new inland port will harm Great Salt Lake refuge

08-17-2023 by Carter Williams

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Fox 13

Photo by: Mike Rank, FOX 13 News

Environmentalists say inland port site threatens Great Salt Lake

08-17-2023 by Ben Winslow

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KUER

A plane flies into Salt Lake City International Airport as an inversion settles into the valley, diminishing the air quality in February 2022. Many west-siders, who suffer the most from air pollution, don't know how to plead their case to decision-makers.

Salt Lake City west-siders dealing with bad air are disconnected from their politicians

08-17-2023 by Saige Miller and Alixel Cabrera

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Fox 13

New Great Salt Lake commissioner warns of 'tough choices' ahead to save the lake

08-17-2023 by Ben Winslow

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Deseret News

The west end of the Behrens Trench of Compass Minerals is seen on Oct. 18, 2016. The trench moves brine from the west pond complex to the east pond complex of Compass Minerals.

Lawmaker says Great Salt Lake mining operation is like ‘wild wild West’

08-17-2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue

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Salt Lake Tribune

Mining company responds to concerns about its plans at Great Salt Lake, but lawmakers aren’t happy

08-17-2023 by Leia Larsen

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Salt Lake Tribune

Compass Minerals makes big claims about Great Salt Lake lithium but lacks state approvals

08-17-2023 by Leia Larsen

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Fox 13

State scrutinizing company over lithium extraction from Great Salt Lake

08-17-2023 by Ben Winslow

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Deseret News

Brad Blanch looks over a dam on the Weber River in Weber County on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Blanch is a West Weber resident who wants to lease several hundred acre-feet of water to benefit the Great Salt Lake. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

How can farmers help the Great Salt Lake? This one may have an answer

08-10-2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue

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Fox 13

Sandy City launches water conservation app

08-10-2023 by Ben Winslow

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Deseret News

The Great Salt Lake is pictured on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. The Great Salt Lake Stewardship Act, sponsored by Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is a way to tap into a pool of money already set aside for water projects, but unused.Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

The Great Salt Lake Stewardship Act would let new money flow to help the lake

08-10-2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue

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Salt Lake Tribune

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Arie Leeflang, archeologist at Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and site steward for Fremont Island, takes in the view from the highest point with Antelope Island in the distance on July 18, 2023.

Great Salt Lake’s hidden treasure to be largely left alone

08-10-2023 by Leia Larsen

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Fox 13

Environmentalists seek to elevate the Great Salt Lake in local policy decisions

08-10-2023 by Ben Winslow

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Fox 13

How to get a new Great Salt Lake license plate

08-10-2023 by Ben Winslow

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Utah Public Radio (UPR)

Gunnison Island hosts one of the largest breeding grounds for American white pelicans in the world.  (Aimee Van Tatenhove, UPR)

Reporter interview: American White Pelican colony abandons Great Salt Lake nesting site

07-21-2023 by Erin Lewis

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Fox 13

Great Salt Lake trust offers millions for wetland protection

07-21-2023 by Ben Winslow

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Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Recommended books about water, drought or the West

07-20-2023 by Heather May

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Fox 13

'People's Great Salt Lake Summit' seeks to push elected leaders to do more

07-19-2023 by Ben Winslow

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Fox 13

The pink appearance of the North Arm of the Great Salt Lake looks quite different from the typical blue-green water seen near the Marina. Photo courtesy FOX 13 News

The surprising pink color of Great Salt Lake's northern portion explained

07-19-2023 by Darienne DeBrule

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Salt Lake Tribune

Great Salt Lake Summit emphasizes one snow-heavy winter won’t be enough

07-19-2023 by Jordan Miller

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Fox 13

Salt Lake County Council scrutinizes water districts over proposed property tax hikes

07-19-2023 by Ben Winslow

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Utah Public Radio (UPR)

Phalaropes from the Antelope Island Causeway. Sierra Hastings/Sageland Collaborative

Utah's migratory shorebird surveys started up again after a 30-year hiatus and so far, numbers remain comparable

07-06-2023 by Erin Lewis

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Salt Lake Tribune

PeliCam photos courtesy of Great Salt Lake Institute at Westminster University and the Utah State Division of Wildlife.

Thousands of nesting birds have vanished at Great Salt Lake’s Gunnison Island

07-05-2023 by Leia Larsen

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Utah Public Radio (UPR)

Ashley Kijowski / UDWR Franco "Vato" Cervato paints the Great Salt Lake mural at the Eccles Wildlife Education Center in Farmington Bay.

Great Salt Lake wildlife mural bridges continents through migratory birds

07-05-2023 by Aimee Van Tatenhove

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Fox 13

Brian Steed, right, speaks with FOX 13 News reporter Ben Winslow in June 2023. Steed is the Great Salt Lake Commissioner, a powerful new position in Utah government. He will come up with plans to reverse the lake's historic declines and make it thrive. The position even gives him the ability to override other state agencies' decisions if it means protecting the lake.

The new Great Salt Lake Commissioner is ready to help save the lake

07-05-2023 by Ben Winslow

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Fox 13

A special turf that uses less water in Utah's drought is growing in popularity

07-05-2023 by Ben Winslow

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KSL.com

The Antelope Island marina at the Great Salt Lake on June 5. The lake appears to have maxed out at about 4,194 feet elevation after this year's record snowpack.  The Antelope Island marina at the Great Salt Lake on June 5. The lake appears to have maxed out at about 4,194 feet elevation after this year's record snowpack. (Kristin Murphy, Deseret News)

How much did Utah's record snowpack help the Great Salt Lake?

07-05-2023 by Carter Williams

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KSL.com

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall speaks outside of the Day-Riverside Branch Library in Salt Lake City on Monday, introducing a new water-conservation program. Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall speaks outside of the Day-Riverside Branch Library in Salt Lake City on Monday, introducing a new water-conservation program. (Carter Williams, KSL.com)

New Salt Lake program uses weather data, satellite imagery to help residents water more efficiently

06-29-2023 by Carter Williams

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Utah Public Radio (UPR)

Salt Lake City residents can now easily track their water use

06-29-2023 by Erin Lewis

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KSL NewsRadio

The US Magnesium Rowley Plant in Tooele County is pictured on Friday, June 18, 2021. (Spenser Heaps/Deseret News)

US Magnesium plans to challenge study naming them as major polluter

06-29-2023 by Adam Small

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KSL.com

Argentinian artist Franco Cervata Cozza, who also goes by the artist name Vato, paints a mural at the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Wildlife Education Center in Farmington on Saturday. (Photo: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News)

Farmington wildlife mural will represent ecosystem connection between Argentina, US

06-29-2023 by Gabrielle Shiozawa

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KSL.com

Dusty snow is visible at an Alta Atwater snow pit on May 17. (Photo: Otto Lang via University of Utah)

How Alta's 'dirtiest' snow year ended its 2022 snowmelt process 2 weeks early

06-15-2023 by Carter Williams

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Deseret News

The Antelope Island marina is pictured in the Great Salt Lake on Monday, June 5, 2023. Utah Sen. Mike Lee and Utah Rep. John Curtis unveiled the Great Salt Lake Stewardship Act, which addresses the ecological crisis facing the Great Salt Lake.Kristin Murphy, Deseret News

Lee, Curtis propose more money to help the ailing Great Salt Lake

06-15-2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue

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KSL NewsRadio

FILE: Phragmites sit along the Great Salt Lake in Davis County on Wednesday, March, 19, 2008. State officials say that in 2023, higher levels of the lake will help them further fight the invasive species. (Tim Hussin/ Deseret Morning News)

Lower Great Salt Lake water level may help fight phragmites

06-15-2023 by Adam Small

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Salt Lake Tribune

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Snow coats Stansbury Island on the Great Salt Lake in February. A survey found 67% of Utahns support creating a Great Salt Lake national park, though support from lawmakers is seen as a major hurdle.

Does Utah need (or want) a sixth national park?

06-15-2023 by Leia Larsen

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KSL NewsRadio

Utah's brine shrimp harvesters are breathing a sigh of relief from all the new water in The Great Salt Lake. (Ben B. Braun, Deseret News)

Great Salt Lake brine shrimp population increases as lake reaches healthy levels

06-15-2023 by Adam Small

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Utah Public Radio (UPR)

Participants in the Growing Water Smart workshop had lunch at USU's Greenville Research Farm before learning more about water conservation solutions researchers are working towards. Aaron Fortin / Janet Quinney Lawson Institute For Land, Water And Air

Growing Water Smart workshop encourages collaboration on water conservation

06-15-2023 by Erin Lewis

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Deseret News

Two people watch the sunset over the Great Salt Lake from Ladyfinger Point on Antelope Island on Monday, June 5, 2023.Kristin Murphy, Deseret News

Water year leaves slightly fewer Utahns worried about Great Salt Lake

06-13-2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue

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Salt Lake Tribune

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cranes lowering boats into the water at Great Salt Lake Marina State Park, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.

Great Salt Lake boaters return as water rises more than five feet

06-08-2023 by Leia Larsen

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KSL.com

Nonbiting midges are pictured at Antelope Island on Monday. Shorebird survey volunteers noticed fewer bugs in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem during their August 2022 survey. (Photo: Kristin Murphy, Deseret News)

How Utah's record snowpack is impacting the Great Salt Lake's shorebirds

06-07-2023 by Carter Williams

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Axios Salt Lake

Different bird species at Farmington Bay. Photo courtesy: Carter Williams/KSL.com

How record snowpack is impacting the Great Salt Lake's ecology

06-07-2023 by Kim Bojórquez

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Fox 13

A giant crane lifted larger boats back into their slips at the Great Salt Lake marina Tuesday, a fantastic sign that water levels continue to look promising. (Photo courtesy FOX 13 News).

Boats put back in Great Salt Lake marina as water levels rise

06-07-2023 by Ben Winslow

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Fox 13

Utah Senate committee confirms Great Salt Lake commissioner

06-06-2023 by Ben Winslow

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Fox 13

Bills on landscaping, crops and dedicating water to Great Salt Lake to be resurrected

06-01-2023 by Ben Winslow

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Utah Public Radio (UPR)

Executive director of the Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water and Air at Utah State University appointed Great Salt Lake commissioner.

Great Salt Lake commissioner explains why Utahns should avoid 'Great Salt Lake fatigue'

05-31-2023 by Heather May

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Great Salt Lake Collaborative

(Laura Seitz | Deseret News) Lane Henderson, of Riverton, competes in a 1-mile open swim competition at Great Salt Lake State Park in Magna on Saturday, June 11, 2022

How to visit the Great Salt Lake

05-25-2023 by Heather May

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KSL.com

The sun sets on the Spiral Jetty on the Great Salt Lake on March 16. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox nominated Brian Steed to serve as Utah's first-ever Great Salt Lake commissioner last week. The sun sets on the Spiral Jetty on the Great Salt Lake on March 16. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox nominated Brian Steed to serve as Utah's first-ever Great Salt Lake commissioner last week. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

New Great Salt Lake commissioner says he hopes Utah avoids 'Great Salt Lake fatigue'

05-25-2023 by Carter Williams

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Salt Lake Tribune

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Boats begin to reappear in the Great Salt Lake Marina on Thursday, May 18, 2023, as the saline lake sees some recovery, rising over 4 feet following a record breaking snowpack year.

The first-appointed Great Salt Lake czar heartened by wet winter but says ‘we still have great cause for concern’

05-25-2023 by Leia Larsen

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Axios Salt Lake

Courtesy Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District

How a plant shortage could flummox the West's drought response

05-25-2023 by Erin Alberty

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Axios Salt Lake

Illustration: Gabriella Turrisi/Axios

How to ditch your grass without breaking the bank

05-25-2023 by Kim Bojórquez

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Fox 13

SLC looks to preserve a chunk of Great Salt Lake land as development encroaches

05-23-2023 by Ben Winslow

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Salt Lake Tribune

(MesoWest/University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences) A webcam shows a time-lapse of a dust storm passing through the Salt Lake Valley Wednesday, May 17, 2023.

Great Salt Lake is still blowing dangerous dust

05-19-2023 by Leia Larsen

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Deseret News

New wetlands are seen following the completion of the Freeport Drain project at the Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve in Layton on Wednesday, May 17, 2023.Ryan Sun, Deseret News

New wetlands project near Great Salt Lake is nature’s great cleanser

05-18-2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue

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KSL.com

The water level is rising in the Great Salt Lake due to snowmelt as photographed on May 3. The lake has now risen almost 5 feet over the past several months. (Photo: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

'A statewide task': Utah's water future will require collaboration, House speaker says

05-18-2023 by Carter Williams

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Fox 13

Lawmakers look to import some Israeli water policies to Utah

05-17-2023 by Ben Winslow

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KSL.com

Brian Steed, former executive director at the Utah Department of Natural Resources, in 2021. Gov. Spencer Cox picked Steed to be the first-ever Great Salt Lake commissioner on Monday.Kristin Murphy, Deseret News

Former natural resources director tapped to be Utah's 1st Great Salt Lake commissioner

05-16-2023 by Carter Williams

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Fox 13

Steed named to oversee Great Salt Lake efforts

05-15-2023 by Ben Winslow

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Fox 13

The Washington County Water Conservancy District has made a big hire that could lead to some significant conservation changes for southwestern Utah. (Courtesy FOX 13 News)

Washington County's new water conservation boss looks to tackle turf

05-12-2023 by Ben Winslow

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Fox 13

Diverted water helping Great Salt Lake, reducing flood concerns

05-11-2023 by Darienne DeBrule

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Deseret News

The Willard Bay spillway gates are opened for flood mitigation in Box Elder County on Thursday, May 11, 2023.Kristin Murphy, Deseret News

Willard Bay releases water to help the Great Salt Lake this spring

05-11-2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue

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Utah Public Radio (UPR)

View of where the Bear River flows into the Great Salt Lake on May 3, 2023. Water flows into the lake from Bear River under the bridge and floods surrounding areas. Erin Lewis, UPR

This winter's record snowfall is making its way to Great Salt Lake

05-11-2023 by Erin Lewis

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Fox 13

Utah leaders close to picking a new 'Great Salt Lake czar'

05-11-2023 by Ben Winslow

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Utah Public Radio (UPR)

Looking to Israel to help save the Great Salt Lake on Tuesday's Access Utah

05-11-2023 by Tom Williams

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