Great Salt Lake Collaborative
Live. Laugh. Lake: Buy a tote to support local water coverage
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...
Friends of Great Salt Lake to host southern shore cleanup event
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...
Ahead of September book discussion event, Utah Poet Laureate shares the role of Great Salt Lake in her work
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...
How to get paid to rip out your lawn: A user guide
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...
‘Cultural healing’: a Q&A with Northwestern Shoshone Vice Chairman Brad Parry as restoration at Bear River Massacre Site begins
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...
Row, hunt, play at Great Salt Lake: Special recreation edition
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...
Share your concert memories from Saltair
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...
Your guide to the Endangered Species petition to save the Great Salt Lake
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...
GSL films and writing contests: Upcoming Great Salt Lake events in April
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...
GSL films and writing contests: Upcoming Great Salt Lake events in April
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...
The five-year plan to get more water to Great Salt Lake
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...
Water conservation and the 2024 Utah Legislature: A comprehensive guide
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 —...
Are artificial wetlands, nearing completion at California’s Salton Sea, the future of the Great Salt Lake?
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...
Utah’s inland sea already has the world’s attention, brace yourselves for more
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...
The world needs to feed 10 billion people. The Great Salt Lake could teach us how.
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...
Why save the Great Salt Lake? A special report
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...
Fixing the lake could pave the way to solving Utah’s mental health crisis
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...
How to build a lake-friendly yard, neighborhood
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...
Farming goes high tech
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...
The Great Salt Lake and Utah farms could save each other. Here's how.
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...
Great Salt Lake goes to school
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...
Search Utah ag companies that received state funds to save water
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...
Utah is spending $265 million for farms to save water. But is the water getting to the Great Salt Lake?
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...
How we did the story about how farmers are saving water
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...
Utah is going big on helping farmers grow crops with less water. Here’s where the water and the money is flowing
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...
Ogden mayoral candidate Ben Nadolski answers 10 questions about Great Salt Lake
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...
Ogden mayoral candidate Taylor Knuth answers 10 questions about Great Salt Lake
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...
SLC mayoral candidate Michael Valentine answers 10 questions about Great Salt Lake
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...
SLC mayoral candidate Rocky Anderson answers 10 questions about Great Salt Lake
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’...
SLC mayoral candidate Erin Mendenhall answers 10 questions about Great Salt Lake
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...
10 questions for SLC mayor candidates
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...
Recommended books about water, drought or the West
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...
How to visit the Great Salt Lake
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...
What Utah cities have water-efficient landscape ordinances?
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...
Great American Drought: Searching for Solutions in Israel
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...
Why did Utah leaders go to Israel?
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...
YALLA! How I ended up on a whirlwind trip to Israel for the Great Salt Lake Collaborative
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...
Great Salt Lake Solutions vs. Utah Legislative Action
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}
Bill restricting grass at new government facilities fails on last day
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...
Lake advocates rally to demand more action for Great Salt Lake
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...
Ski resorts raise awareness as Great Salt Lake crisis threatens ‘greatest snow on earth’
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...
‘A crisis of faith’: spiritual leaders convene at Capitol to call for Great Salt Lake action
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...
Bill designating brine shrimp as Utah’s crustacean passes first test
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...
Per Capita water consumption bill passed in House
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...
Bill requiring golf courses to publish water use held in committee for second time
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...
Utah organizations, individuals seek to increase access to water conservation education
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...
Bill creating water conservation nonprofit passes House committee
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...
Utah Republicans block resolution to create target level for the Great Salt Lake
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...
Bill to create studies on cost of water infrastructure proceeds
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...
Bill that would publicize how much water golf courses use meets opposition
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...
Bill may help water conservation efforts
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...
Committee approves Great Salt Lake license plate
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...
Las Vegas vs. Great Salt Lake water districts: This graphic explains the differences
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...
Utah officials applauds Nevada’s water conservation measures; cautions against direct comparisons
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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