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April 24th 2025 by Mariah Maynes / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

SALT LAKE CITY — In a recent study, University of Utah researchers found that dust accelerates snowmelt in the Colorado River Basin. They analyzed 23 years of satellite imaging, noting patterns of...

 

 

April 4th 2025 by Mariah Maynes / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Pat Bagley is a Utah cartoonist who has worked with The Salt Lake Tribune for the past 45 years. He’s the artist who drew “Briney,” Great Salt Lake Collaborative’s friendly mascot. Collaborative Fr...

 

 

March 21st 2025 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Editor's note: This is adapted from our weekly, free newsletter from March 21, 2025. You can subscribe here. Dear readers, Some good news I heard yesterday: It appears money will be found to pay f...

 

 

March 14th 2025 by Mariah Maynes / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Great Salt Lake Collaborative shares updates from many organizations as part of our mission to connect people with information about Great Salt Lake and the Colorado River. Tune in to Birds 'n Bite...

 

 

March 14th 2025 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Editor's note: This story is adapted from the Great Salt Lake Collaborative's weekly newsletter, Lake Effect from March 14, 2025. To keep up-to-date on water news from around Utah with a focus on Grea...

 

 

March 11th 2025 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Editor's note: This story is an excerpt from the Great Salt Lake Collaborative's weekly newsletter, Lake Effect from March 11, 2025. To keep up-to-date on water news from around Utah with a focus on G...

 

 

March 7th 2025 by Carter Williams / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah lawmakers have opted to spend at least some money toward monitoring dust issues, following concerns brought up by environmental researchers. The Utah Executive Appropriations C...

 

 

March 6th 2025 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Editor's note: This story is an excerpt from the Great Salt Lake Collaborative's weekly newsletter, Lake Effect from Feb. 28, 2025. To keep up-to-date on water news from around Utah with a focus on Gr...

 

 

February 27th 2025 by Mariah Maynes / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

HERRIMAN, Utah — The Utah Royals unveiled a new uniform inspired by Great Salt Lake on Thursday morning. A press release from Utah Royals said the uniforms were designed “in conjunction” with Nike...

 

 

February 20th 2025 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Editor's note: This story is an excerpt from the Great Salt Lake Collaborative's weekly newsletter, Lake Effect from Feb. 21, 2025. To keep up-to-date on water news from around Utah with a focus on Gr...

 

 

February 14th 2025 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Editor's note: This story is an excerpt from the Great Salt Lake Collaborative's weekly newsletter, Lake Effect from Feb. 14, 2025. To keep up-to-date on water news from around Utah with a focus on Gr...

 

 

February 7th 2025 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Editor's note: This story is an excerpt from the Great Salt Lake Collaborative's weekly newsletter, Lake Effect from Feb. 7, 2025. To keep up-to-date on water news from around Utah with a focus on Gre...

 

 

January 31st 2025 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Editor's note: This story is an excerpt from the Great Salt Lake Collaborative's weekly newsletter, Lake Effect from Jan. 31, 2025. To keep up-to-date on water news from around Utah with a focus on Gr...

 

 

January 30th 2025 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Editor's note: This story is an excerpt from the Great Salt Lake Collaborative's weekly newsletter, Lake Effect from Jan. 24, 2025. To keep up-to-date on water news from around Utah with a focus on Gr...

 

 

January 15th 2025 by Mariah Maynes / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

2025 is setting in, offering a fresh start and new opportunities to get involved. As you look to find ways to get involved in your community, CNN recommended setting small, manageable, and exciting go...

 

 

December 30th 2024 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Better together It's Heather May here from the Great Salt Lake Collaborative and Colorado River Collaborative. I want to share with you the accomplishments we've made in 2024. By we, I mean the part...

 

 

December 26th 2024 by Becca Green / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

As we head into 2025, the team at Great Salt Lake Collaborative would like to thank each of you for taking the time to be engaged on these important issues.Our coverage spanned a wide range of topics...

 

 

December 13th 2024 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Editor's note: This list of potential solutions was made for students who are learning about the Great Salt Lake through a partnership the Great Salt Lake Collaborative has with Spy Hop, a nonprofit d...

 

 

October 31st 2024 by Mariah Maynes / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

SALT LAKE CITY – Ogden artist Kellie Bornhoft’s has a goal with her latest work, ‘By a Thread.’ She wants to break the notion that the Great Salt Lake is a barren wasteland. “I often hear people in...

 

 

October 30th 2024 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

The Great Salt Lake Collaborative is partnering with Plan-B Theatre on a play about the Great Salt Lake, through Salt Lake City Arts Council's Wake the Great Salt Lake program. Your answers could sh...

 

 

September 23rd 2024 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

"Do we really need a sign to live, laugh and love?" asks Dr. Rick Methods in those funny Progressive commercials. The answer is yes. It's even better when the sign says "Live. Laugh. Lake." Score...

 

 

September 5th 2024 by Mariah Maynes / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

SALT LAKE CITY — On September 14, Friends of Great Salt Lake will host a cleanup on the southern shore of the Great Salt Lake. From 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., volunteers will meet at Great Salt Lake State...

 

 

August 26th 2024 by Mariah Maynes / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

SALT LAKE CITY — Lisa Bickmore, Utah’s Poet Laureate, will lead a discussion of Terry Tempest Williams’ book ‘Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place.’ The free event will be hosted by the...

 

 

July 16th 2024 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

So you’re thinking about ripping out your lawn — and getting paid a government rebate to do it. Some advice: There are plenty of funds available — if you live in a qualifying city. Know that...

 

 

May 21st 2024 by Andrew Christiansen / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

This story was updated 6/10/24 to reflect the correct year the Bear River Massacre occurred. During the Bear River Massacre in 1863, around 200 U.S. Army soldiers killed at least 350 Shoshone men, w...

 

 

May 2nd 2024 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

This is adapted from our free weekly newsletter Lake Effect, which comes out every Friday. Sign up for free here. It's time to get outside and play at Great Salt Lake. News about the lake shouldn...

 

 

April 8th 2024 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Post Malone once called it a "dope venue" that "kinda stinks." This is adapted from our free weekly newsletter Lake Effect, which comes out every Friday. Sign up for free here. In honor of spring...

 

 

March 29th 2024 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

What do the birds sounds like? Why does the state oppose the listing? What's the next legal fight? This is adapted from our free weekly newsletter Lake Effect, which comes out every Friday. Sign up...

 

 

March 28th 2024 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

The events listed here are from the Great Salt Lake Collaborative's free, weekly newsletter called Lake Effect. Sign up to get local, lake-related news delivered to your inbox every Friday. Have an...

 

 

March 28th 2024 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

The events listed here are from the Great Salt Lake Collaborative's free, weekly newsletter called Lake Effect. Sign up to get local, lake-related news delivered to your inbox every Friday. Have an...

 

 

March 14th 2024 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

The Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust — created to improve water quantity and quality for the lake — released its five-year strategy this week. The Utah Legislature created the Trust with...

 

 

March 8th 2024 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Headlines from the beginning of the 2024 Utah Legislature declared that lawmakers were considering spending millions for the Great Salt Lake and conservation. So what got passed — and passed over —...

 

 

February 21st 2024 by Emma Penrod and Alex Cabrero / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Wildlife managers already maintain hundreds of thousands of acres of artificial wetlands around the Great Salt Lake. But as the lake shrinks, the opportunity to build more grows IMPERIAL COUNTY, Cal...

 

 

December 12th 2023 by Emma Penrod / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

The lake’s Glory days need not be a thing of the past. Its best days may be yet to come–and are perhaps already here. Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of stories by the Great Salt Lake...

 

 

December 5th 2023 by Emma Penrod / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Saving the Great Salt Lake is important because it makes a critical international industry more sustainable. Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of stories by the Great Salt Lake Collabor...

 

 

November 30th 2023 by Emma Penrod / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Here’s a question that catches people off guard: What would happen if Utah is successful in saving the Great Salt Lake? For the past two years as the lake has been the subject of intense public scru...

 

 

November 28th 2023 by Emma Penrod / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

How thinking about water when planning cities and homes can save the lake and lead to happier, more connected Utahns Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of stories by the Great Salt Lake C...

 

 

November 28th 2023 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Is it possible to create a Great Salt Lake friendly neighborhood? Seniors in Utah State University’s Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning Department capstone class have created a waterwis...

 

 

November 28th 2023 by Emma Penrod / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Renaissance Ag CEO Caleb Wilkins does not believe farmers set out to destroy the environment, the land on which they depend. They know how to graze and feed animals and raise crops in ways that minimi...

 

 

November 28th 2023 by Emma Penrod / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Surprise: Agriculture and the lake need each other to survive Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of stories by the Great Salt Lake Collaborative that asks the question: Why save the Great...

 

 

November 10th 2023 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

The University of Utah’s College of Humanities is partnering with the award-winning Great Salt Lake Collaborative to give students real world journalism experience. The groundbreaking collaborative...

 

 

November 8th 2023 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

This data comes from the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. The Great Salt Lake Collaborative requested records of the state's Agricultural Water Optimization Program — the grantees, amount of m...

 

 

November 8th 2023 by Carter Williams, KSL.com and Ben Winslow, FOX 13 News / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

TAYLORSVILLE — While Utah’s Agricultural Water Optimization Program has the potential to save tens of thousands of acre-feet of water annually, Hannah Freeze says it may take years to know the true im...

 

 

November 8th 2023 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

The Great Salt Lake Collaborative — a solutions journalism organization made up of local newsrooms — requested data from the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. We asked for records of who had re...

 

 

November 8th 2023 by Carter Williams, KSL.com | Tim Vandenack, Standard-Examiner | Ben Winslow, FOX 13 News / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

TREMONTON, Utah — Jaemye and Bryan Brandon are getting ready for the holidays. String lights are transforming their picturesque farm into something straight out of a Hallmark holiday movie. But the...

 

 

September 27th 2023 by Ben Nadolski / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

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 a natural resource professional and practitioner for the pa...

 

 

September 27th 2023 by Taylor Knuth / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

1. On a scale of 1 to 10, (with 10 representing most important) with the many city priorities you will face as mayor, where do you rank the Great Salt Lake and why? 10. The Great Salt Lake is a term...

 

 

September 27th 2023 by Michael Valentine / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

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? At an 11. I have said I think the two most important issues facing us r...

 

 

September 27th 2023 by Rocky Anderson / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

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? The threatened GSL ranks as a top priority. That would be a 1 if that’...

 

 

September 27th 2023 by Erin Mendenhall / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

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? Six (with ten being the highest). The Great Salt Lake sits just after h...

 

 

September 27th 2023 by Carter Williams / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Utah's capital city will always be connected to the Great Salt Lake through its name. And as the lake continues to struggle as a result of factors like drought and overconsumption, it will likely im...

 

 

July 20th 2023 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

We asked readers of our newsletter what books they've read to understand water issues in the West. Here is a list that will be updated as more recommendations come in. You will find speculative fictio...

 

 

May 25th 2023 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

According to Visit Utah — a website that promotes travel to Utah by the state of Office of Tourism — the Great Salt Lake boasts "magical walks in the wetlands to breathtaking sunset sails to unparalle...

 

 

May 4th 2023 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Utah lawmakers approved spending $10 million in the past two legislative sessions on turf buyback programs, to get Utahns to rip our their grass and save water. But to qualify for the rebate of $0.5...

 

 

May 4th 2023 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Journalist Ben Winslow went to Israel in search of solutions to the U.S. megadrought in a country that has thrived despite being built in a desert. America is experiencing a historic, destructive me...

 

 

April 30th 2023 by Heather May and Ben Winslow / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

One of the driest countries in the world, Israel once struggled to find enough freshwater to sustain its growing population in the midst of record droughts. Its largest body of freshwater, the Sea of...

 

 

April 27th 2023 by Ben Winslow / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

I had two days to prepare for a 7,000-mile trip to Israel with a delegation from Utah. When Heather May, director of the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, asked if I wanted to join a Utah delegation h...

 

 

March 23rd 2023 by Heather May / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Scroll through this graphic to learn what solutions the Great Salt Lake Collaborative reported on over the past year and what Utah lawmakers did to save the lake. {source}

 

 

March 3rd 2023 by Alexis Perno / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Rep. Doug Owens’ bill to restrict turf on new government facilities failed in the Senate this afternoon with a 14 to 10 vote. Floor sponsor Sen. Wayne Harper (R-Taylorsville) described the bill as...

 

 

March 1st 2023 by Emma Keddington / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

As the 2023 legislative session draws to a close, community activists gathered at the Capitol Wednesday to call for emergency action for the dying Great Salt Lake. Unfurling a 10-foot banner dictati...

 

 

February 22nd 2023 by Emma Keddington / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Utah is known for having the “Greatest Snow on Earth.” People flock to Utah’s ski resorts to experience the deep powder that is in part powered by the Great Salt Lake. However, the drying of Great...

 

 

February 16th 2023 by Alexis Perno / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

The rotunda west steps were crowded Thursday morning. Members from various faith communities held signs reading “defend our future.” Front and center, a red and blue banner: “Save Our Great Salt Lake...

 

 

February 15th 2023 by Emma Keddington / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Spurred on by students from Emerson Elementary in Salt Lake City, a House committee passed a bill to honor brine shrimp. HB137, sponsored by Rep. Rosemary Lesser (D-Ogden), designates the brine shri...

 

 

February 13th 2023 by Emma Keddington / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

A bill redefining how water use and consumption is reported in Utah passed the House Monday, despite opposition from Great Salt Lake environmental groups. SB119 would change how some Utah water dis...

 

 

February 10th 2023 by Alexis Perno / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Despite changing his golf course bill to include a study and grants to reduce water use, Rep. Douglas Welton’s updated HB188 failed to make it out of committee for the second time. The House Natura...

 

 

February 7th 2023 by Emma Keddington / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

The Slow the Flow advertising campaign has helped Utahns save 9 billion gallons of water through billboards and social media posts. Now, the people behind it are seeking to “supersize” it and other wa...

 

 

February 2nd 2023 by Alexis Perno / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Utah Water Ways is modeled after successful Utah Clean Air program A House Committee gave its approval Thursday to create a “one stop shop” for citizens, water companies and local governments to lea...

 

 

February 1st 2023 by Emma Keddington / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

A resolution to create a target level for the Great Salt Lake was voted against by a Senate committee despite widespread public support. SCR006, sponsored by Nate Blouin, D- Salt Lake City, aimed t...

 

 

January 26th 2023 by Emma Keddington / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

A bill that would study how water districts use property taxes to fund water projects passed a committee Wednesday, Jan. 25. SB34, sponsored by Sen. Daniel McCay (R-Salt Lake City), directs the Dep...

 

 

January 26th 2023 by Emma Keddington / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

A bill requiring both public and privately owned golf courses to publish their annual water usage was held Wednesday after it was opposed by the golf industry. “It’s not dead, so we’ll go work on i...

 

 

January 20th 2023 by Alexis Perno / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

The Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee unanimously approved a bill that supporters say will aid in coordinating water conservation efforts. Sen. Scott Sandall’s water a...

 

 

January 20th 2023 by Alexis Perno / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

A bill that would create a Great Salt Lake special license plate and direct revenue toward lake-related preservation efforts passed committee Thursday, Jan. 19. The Senate Transportation, Public Ut...

 

 

November 13th 2022 by Wendy Ogata / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Water Conservation: Utah vs. Las Vegas The Southern Nevada Water Authority is a leader in water conservation. But can their approach be compared to what is going on in Utah? What ideas can be taken...

 

 

November 8th 2022 by Wendy Ogata / Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Golf course “water budgets.” Pool size limits. A complete ban on grass landscaping. Full-time water wasting investigators. The Southern Nevada Water Authority is hard core in its water-conservation me...

 

 

 

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