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Advocates for Great Salt Lake take to the air to better understand the lake’s future
April 16th 2026 by Addy Cowley / Amplify Utah
Educators, tribal elders and scientists team up with a nonprofit to get an aerial view of the endangered lake. The plane banks left. Below, the Great Salt Lake stretches to the horizon, pale and fla
ASUU panel warns drying Great Salt Lake ‘concerns U,’ raises public health concerns
April 2nd 2026 by Will Ruzanski, Amplify Utah / Amplify Utah
Panelists warn shrinking lake levels expose toxic dust with arsenic and heavy metals, worsening air quality along the Wasatch Front. As conservationists estimate the Great Salt Lake will fall to new
‘A symphony of disappearing sounds’ brings environmental crisis into civic engagement
March 25th 2026 by Caitlyn Homolya / Amplify Utah
Salt Lake City is turning to public art to spark a deeper conversation about the future of the Great Salt Lake. The green landscapes, stone bridges and monuments of Memory Grove Park just north of
‘Planting seeds:’ Indigenous director of GSL documentary hopes film sparks new conversations on saving the lake
November 5th 2025 by Vanessa Hudson / Amplify Utah
A documentary focused on Indigenous stewardship of Great Salt Lake is the latest work of art centering on the declining levels of the lake and a cry, filmmakers say, for state leaders to listen to Ind
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
Unleashing Adventure: Recreating on Salt Lake City’s West Side and the Jordan River
April 25th 2024 by Emma Ratkovic / Amplify Utah
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‘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
‘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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