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(Kasia Nowakowska) Kasia Nowakowska, a runner for the University of Utah, leads runners from Iowa State on the homestretch at the 2024 Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa. Nowakowska says she has noticed air-quality issues in the Salt Lake Valley more often than in her hometown in Poland.

Utah’s collegiate runners face a tough challenge: Bad air quality

January 27th 2025 by Gabe Haymore / Amplify Utah

Track and cross-country athletes talk about moving their training indoors on smoggy days, to avoid “track hack.” Nearly every day during the fall semester, collegiate runners tightened their laces f...

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(Ali McKelvy | University of Utah) Flowers and small trees in a cluster of rocks help limit the amount of water needed in the lower campus at the University of Utah, part of a campus-wide effort to reduce water use.

Updated: Here’s how the University of Utah cut its annual water use on campus by 55M gallons

January 2nd 2025 by Caitlyn Homolya / Amplify Utah

The Utah Legislature in 2022 ordered state agencies to add water use protections. The university was doing it already. Editor's note: This story was updated Jan. 14, 2024 to clarify the University o...

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Directional signs point residents of Glendale's Wasatch Commons to shared facilities like the Common House, where they gather regularly for meals and activities. (Photo courtesy Vicky Wason).

Glendale co-housing community shares shovels, meals and a love for Great Salt Lake

April 30th 2024 by Tess White / Amplify Utah

Vicky Wason eats meals with her neighbors in a common house, and takes her turn doing chores benefiting all of her neighbors. Her children grew up playing with friends in the commons. She's never boug...

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New rowers practicing stroke techniques at the Great Salt Lake Marina in April. (Photo: Makena Klinge)

Club draws new and seasoned rowers to the waters of Great Salt Lake despite worries over its future

April 30th 2024 by Makena Klinge / Amplify Utah

Editor's note: This article is part of an occasional series by the Great Salt Lake Collaborative showcasing how to have fun at the Great Salt Lake. For more coverage go to greatsaltlakenews.org. Row...

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A still of Joshua Dixon, a member of the Navajo Nation, from the film ‘The Illusion of Abundance,’ where he explains the connection many Native people have with the land.

Film fuses art forms and Indigenous voices in attempt to bring Great Salt Lake’s demise to the forefront

April 29th 2024 by Vanessa Hudson / Amplify Utah

Wearing a dark red shirt, Joshua Dixon sits in a tall grass field, singing a traditional Diné song. The song ends, and Dixon, a member of Utah’s Navajo Nation, looks to the camera and explains the dee...

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Jim Hopkins, recently retired brine shrimper, and Meisei Gonzalez discuss the magic of sunrises and sunsets reflecting on Great Salt Lake near the Saltair on March 30. (Photo Jeri Gravlin)

Staying Salty: A Q&A with the hosts of a new podcast from the shores of Great Salt Lake

April 27th 2024 by Kyungsoo Park and Marcie Young Cancio / Amplify Utah

Olivia Juarez doesn’t want to leave Salt Lake City. And they don’t want you to leave either. “All of my family's here,” said Juarez, a lifelong Utahn and one of the voices behind a new podcast focus...

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A traditional “Malia” style fiberglass canoe, named Kai Lana Kaleo, was later converted into a Hawaiian sailing canoe. (Photo courtesy of Hui Paoakalani Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe Club).

Paddling waves of tradition: the cultural legacy of Great Salt Lake’s Hawaiian canoe club

April 26th 2024 by Camille Lee / Amplify Utah

Editor's note: This article is part of an occasional series by the Great Salt Lake Collaborative showcasing how to have fun at the Great Salt Lake. For more coverage go to greatsaltlakenews.org. As...

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An undated image of recreational enthusiast Viviana Hernandez, whose love of nature was sparked by the Jordan River in the Salt Lake City neighborhood of Rose Park. (Photo courtesy Viviana Hernandez)

Unleashing Adventure: Recreating on Salt Lake City’s West Side and the Jordan River

April 25th 2024 by Emma Ratkovic / Amplify Utah

Editor's note: This article is part of an occasional series by the Great Salt Lake Collaborative showcasing how to have fun at the Great Salt Lake. For more coverage go to greatsaltlakenews.org. Res...

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(Lisa Mountain) YCGSL members India Elliott, Braxton Kozerski, Marley Boonkham, Liam Mountain LaMalfa, Adam Newton and Carolee Lewis pose in costumes representing Great Salt Lake’s different species in front of the lake.

‘Great Salt Lake is our future’: Utah youth aim to inform, collaborate and inspire change

April 17th 2024 by Vanessa Hudson / Amplify Utah

They meet with alfalfa farmers, lobby lawmakers and talk easily about the impact of Great Salt Lake on the economy — all while thinking about what they want to do after high school. They’re members...

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Tooele County resident Chris Eddington, whose backyard borders the recently approved Tooele Valley inland port project, pets his pony on February 27, 2024. (Photo credit: Xiangyao “Axe” Tang)

‘It’s a losing battle’: Approved Tooele inland port developments frustrate local residents

April 9th 2024 by Andrew Christiansen / Amplify Utah

Chris Eddington lives in a peaceful, modest bungalow at the end of a small dirt road in Tooele County. Three horses roam his half-acre property less than a mile from Great Salt Lake. Wearing a pair of...

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