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November 16th 2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

The pipeline is for future water deliveries A future pipeline for water deliveries to the growing Wasatch Front may be decades off, but the state of Utah is buying land now in Box Elder County to m...

 

 

October 11th 2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

It may have snowed and snowed and snowed some more last winter, but the record precipitation has done little to douse the concern a majority of Utah residents have over the Great Salt Lake’s condition...

 

 

August 17th 2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Legislature intends to rein in Compass Minerals’ operation on the north arm Utah House Majority Leader Mike Schultz, R-Hooper, said Compass Minerals operating on the north arm of the Great Salt Lake...

 

 

August 10th 2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust helps people like this Weber County farmer help the lake President Joe Biden made an historic announcement Tuesday designating a new national monument in...

 

 

August 10th 2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Curtis, Lee push adoption of key legislation The importance behind a key piece of legislation designed to help the Great Salt Lake and its vast watershed was detailed in a congressional subcommittee...

 

 

June 15th 2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Legislation expands spending authority of Central Utah Completion Act A proposed boost in federal money to help the Great Salt Lake watershed and ultimately the lake itself was introduced Wednesday...

 

 

June 13th 2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Poll shows concern remains strong, but slightly diminished in light of snowpack The endless winter storms that draped Utah’s watersheds in a canopy of white, breaking records, collapsing roofs and b...

 

 

May 18th 2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Layton shoreline preserve showcases 40-acre wetlands project years in the making A red vintage 1950 McCormick Farmall tractor in cherry condition has been loaded up with hay on its trailer, ferrying...

 

 

May 11th 2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

71.6 billion gallons of water will come from upstream reservoirs With the turn of a wheel, 650 million gallons of water a day will eventually travel from Willard Bay to the ailing Great Salt Lake...

 

 

May 4th 2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Aerial tour by EcoFlight showcases uniqueness of Utah’s saline lake Pilot Gary Kraft has flown over the Great Salt Lake at 15,000 feet, but this week was a different experience. At an altitude o...

 

 

April 25th 2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Utah state parks plan for open boat ramps at popular reservoirs After being forced to dock their boats at the Great Salt Lake State Park and Marina due to the drought two years ago, sailors are read...

 

 

March 15th 2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Utah’s pollution problems get a state funding boost to help clear the skies The Utah Air Quality Division’s technical team will begin reviewing strategic locations for the placement of four new dust...

 

 

March 9th 2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Utah Farm Bureau says new law is a game changer in agricultural water use Critics panned the Utah Legislature for failing to set a target elevation for the Great Salt Lake via a nonbinding resolutio...

 

 

February 9th 2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Even in ‘wet’ years, conservation, policy changes are paramount to restore the lake Life as usual cannot go on in northern Utah if the state wants to replenish the Great Salt Lake to an ideal elevat...

 

 

February 3rd 2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

A growing bird count over 3 years defines success, defies GSL drought The 22-year drought in Utah has been the harbinger of bad news, with everything from the Great Salt Lake dropping to a historic...

 

 

January 31st 2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Legislators commit to spending a half billion or more on Utah’s water It took more than 150 years since pioneers first arrived in Utah to drop the level of the Great Salt Lake by 11 feet with develo...

 

 

January 26th 2023 by Kyle Dunphey and Kailey Gilbert / Deseret News

Utah lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled two pieces of legislation aimed at helping the Great Salt Lake that advocates are calling “historic.” One is a resolution that sets a concrete goal for improving...

 

 

November 18th 2022 by McKenzie Romero / Deseret News

Do you feel like you’ve read/seen/heard more news about the Great Salt Lake in the past several months than you have in, like, years? You’re not wrong. This article is published through the Great...

 

 

October 24th 2022 by McKenzie Romero / Deseret News

Why Utah reporters are teaming up with their competitors to tell the lake’s stories — and search for solutions At 98 years old, Alice Telford has known the Great Salt Lake longer than most, with mem...

 

 

October 12th 2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Is Utah behind the curve when it comes to dust mitigation from the drying Great Salt Lake? Owens Lake in California, once the nation’s largest source of dust pollution, has nine monitoring stations...

 

 

October 12th 2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Lone Pine, Calif — At Owens Lake in California, once the nation’s most notorious site for dust pollution so intense you could taste it in your mouth, the mission of the nation’s largest on-land naval...

 

 

October 10th 2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

what makes Owens Lake in California different, but similar to Utah’s Great Salt Lake. Like Owens Lake, the Great Salt Lake is a terminal saline lake in the Great Basin. The basin covers more than...

 

 

October 9th 2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

This Great Salt Lake Collaborative story is part of day one of our series, “At water’s edge: Searching for solutions at the Great Salt Lake’s sister lakes across the Great Basin.” The in-depth project...

 

 

September 29th 2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

The declining water levels at the Great Salt Lake and what it may mean for Utah’s future have a majority of Utah residents concerned about its condition, and they are willing to have lawmakers throw m...

 

 

August 26th 2022 by Jacob Klopfenstein / Deseret News

About five years ago, Willy Stockman’s home on the bank of Emigration Creek became a wildlife hot spot. In the summers of 2017 and 2018, elk, coyotes and turkeys started showing up in her backyard...

 

 

August 18th 2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

To save the Great Salt Lake, its complex ecosystem and its value to the state of Utah and the West, one has to know the Great Salt Lake. To that end, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and state House S...

 

 

August 2nd 2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Against the backdrop of lush marshes whistling along the shores of the Great Salt Lake at Farmington Bay, Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson worried the largest saline lake in the Western Hemisphere is a...

 

 

July 21st 2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Conservation of Great Salt Lake wetlands dates back to the late 1800s. Now it’s more important than ever Hunting is about more than just killing, it is about saving. Shortly after the Civil War, p...

 

 

July 14th 2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

New measure explores ways to get more water to the lake, adds more money With the Great Salt Lake dropping to its new historic low this summer and projected to decline even more before year’s end, t...

 

 

June 29th 2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

A new study reveals visitors to Bear Lake last summer pumped $48 million into the northern Utah region during more than a million days and nights of visitation. That is a ton of money in a rural are...

 

 

June 23rd 2022 by Marjorie Cortez / Deseret News

With the picturesque Farmington Bay as a backdrop, state legislative leaders, the president of the state’s flagship university, academics, scientists and advocates shared ideas about the next steps to...

 

 

June 18th 2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

‘You either love it or you hate it, there’s no in between,’ one swimmer says Forget about the bugs. They are only with you for a little bit on this journey. As intrepid water enthusiasts took to t...

 

 

June 6th 2022 by Amy Joi O'Donoghue, Deseret News & Dan Spindle, KSL TV / Deseret News

From seed to livestock feed in 5 days with minimal water Rod Magnuson has a nice spread in rural Utah, raising cattle and alfalfa in an operation that is the backbone of a fourth-generation legacy s...

 

 

May 20th 2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

How money can help the West navigate the water supply issue of drought Communities across the West and elsewhere in the country are tapping more than 660 million reasons to boost the integrity of wa...

 

 

May 4th 2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Southern Nevada prohibits ‘ornamental’ turf in some areas By 2027, more than 5,000 acres of what are deemed useless or simply ornamental turf will be ripped out of the Las Vegas Valley in what is th...

 

 

April 21st 2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Back in its heyday, the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake boasted multiple resorts offering dining, dancing, concerts, picnic pavilions, a bowling alley. Thousands swarmed these resorts for entertainme...

 

 

April 20th 2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Studies show link between youth education, protecting nature To save the Great Salt Lake is to know its worth. To know its worth is to be educated about why it matters. For 16 years, The Nature Co...

 

 

March 7th 2022 by McKenzie Romero / Deseret News

They say a rising tide lifts all boats. But if we’re hoping to lift any boats in the Great Salt Lake, we’re going to need a lot of help. Utah’s salty stalwart, the unique and often misunderstood e...

 

 

March 6th 2022 by Kyle Dunphey / Deseret News

‘I couldn’t be happier,’ Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said of lawmakers’ efforts in the 2022 Utah Legislative Session For Utah lawmakers, it was the year of the Great Salt Lake. After being accused of ye...

 

 

March 6th 2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Advocates, researchers and others intimately acquainted with the Great Salt Lake have watched with dread over the last two decades as it has steadily dwindled to a trickle of its former self. Its ai...

 

 

February 18th 2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Utah legislative committee unanimously endorses measure A committee of Utah lawmakers on Friday unanimously approved a measure that would infuse $40 million worth of solutions into helping the ailin...

 

 

February 15th 2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Blackhawk tour highlights ‘shocking’ condition of lake A group of Utah legislators flew over the shrinking Great Salt Lake early Tuesday morning to see just how badly it is diminishing due to drough...

 

 

February 1st 2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Forecast says Utah and the West look to remain in drought A new poll shows an overwhelming majority of Utah residents are concerned about the drought and a mostly dry January isn’t doing much to eas...

 

 

January 25th 2022 by Kyle Dunphey / Deseret News

A new bill unveiled Tuesday would establish unprecedented guidelines for how Utah should respond to its shrinking Great Salt Lake. Lake Mead, Lake Powell and the Great Salt Lake all hit record lows...

 

 

January 24th 2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

Management is complex in one of the nation’s driest states Utah’s use of water and the delivery systems that get the finite resource to the tap, farms, fields and landscaping is likely to be front a...

 

 

January 4th 2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

First Great Salt Lake Summit strives for solutions Brad Wilson, a bunch of other folks and a dog named Max took to the waters of the Great Salt Lake on airboats one recent December morning. Wilso...

 

 

February 10th 2018 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue / Deseret News

SALT LAKE CITY — There are two things the waters of the Great Salt Lake and agricultural lands have in common: they are both in steady, rapid decline. A three-day forum hosted by Friends of the Grea...

 

 

 

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