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Dust flies off the Great Salt Lake on Sunday. Environmental groups warn that despite the increase this spring, the lake is still prone to dust storms. (Carmen Valdez/Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah)

Why groups remain 'deeply concerned' about Great Salt Lake

April 30th 2025 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — A dust event near Saltair over the weekend highlights how dust is still flying off the Great Salt Lake despite its recent gains, a local environmental group says. They add that it a...

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Amalie Simper, of Provo, kayaks on the Provo River Delta near the Skipper Bay Trailhead and Utah Lake in Provo on Wednesday. The Utah Lake Authority is increasing efforts to improve the public perception of Utah Lake. Amalie Simper, of Provo, kayaks on the Provo River Delta near the Skipper Bay Trailhead and Utah Lake in Provo on Wednesday. The Utah Lake Authority is increasing efforts to improve the public perception of Utah Lake. (Isaac Hale, Deseret News)

'That's bull carp': Utah Lake Authority launches comedic campaign to improve public opinion

April 25th 2025 by Gabriela Fletcher / KSL.com

PROVO — For some residents, Utah Lake may bring to mind concerns of harmful algal blooms, invasive carp and murky water. But Utah Lake Authority is hoping to change that perception through their Uta...

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Utah water managers say most Utahns don't need to water their lawns until mid-May, at the earliest, following another good winter for most parts of the state. (Laura Seitz/Deseret News)

Why should you wait to water your lawn, according to these Utah experts

April 23rd 2025 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah water managers say most Utahns don't need to water their lawns until mid-May, at the earliest, following another good winter for most parts of the state. Residents should wait...

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The Great Salt Lake and north end of Stansbury Island in Tooele County on Jan. 2. Utah leaders say they expect some additional Great Salt Lake gains after a "remarkably average" snowpack collection season. (Kristin Murphy/Deseret News)

Feds unfreeze $50M grant for Great Salt Lake projects ahead of uncertain runoff

March 26th 2025 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Water levels at the Great Salt Lake's southern arm remain a foot below where they were this time last year as the gap between it and its northern arm shrinks. The state agency taske...

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Dust blows across the dry lakebed of the Great Salt Lake on Aug. 12, 2022. The leader of a group advocating for air quality monitors to study Great Salt Lake dust says he's disappointed the project may miss out on funding in this year's budget. (Spenser Heaps, Deseret News)

Group calls foul after Great Salt Lake dust monitoring fails to land in Utah budget

March 6th 2025 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — A storm that pushed through Utah early this week proved to be beneficial for the state's mountains, bringing in over 1½ feet of snow in some areas. Researchers say strong winds ahea...

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Great Salt Lake serves as an inspiration in Utah Royals' newest kit

February 27th 2025 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

HERRIMAN — The Great Salt Lake attracts millions of migratory birds every year while also padding snowpack levels and providing many other environmental and economic benefits for the state. It also...

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Water is released from a Utah Lake control gate by the Point of the Mountain last week. Central Utah Water Conservancy District officials said Wednesday they plan to send 70,000 acre-feet of water to the Great Salt Lake. (Central Utah Water Conservancy District)

Great Salt Lake to benefit again as controlled releases resume at Utah Lake

February 27th 2025 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

OREM — Utah Lake is poised to deliver another boost to its northern neighbor this year. Central Utah Water Conservancy District officials announced Wednesday that they plan to send 500 million gallo...

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A great blue heron trots around the Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area in Farmington on Feb. 10. Salt Lake City is still seeking to acquire 200 acres of wetlands south of Farmington Bay, by the Salt Lake-Davis county line. (Carter Williams, KSL.com)

Salt Lake City accepts $2.2M grant in pursuit to preserve 200 acres of Great Salt Lake wetlands

February 23rd 2025 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's capital city officially received a financial boost as it seeks to preserve 200 acres of wetlands by the shores of its namesake. Salt Lake City added a nearly $2.23 million gr...

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A great blue heron flies in the wetlands by the Great Salt Lake on Dec. 31, 2024. Utah Rivers Council announced Thursday it's joining the Waterkeeper Alliance to form the Great Salt Lake Waterkeeper, seeking to protect the lake's future. (Scott G. Winterton,Deseret News)

Utah group joins global network to protect Great Salt Lake

January 31st 2025 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake experienced a welcome rebound in recent years and could stand to benefit again with another normal snowpack collection. However, with its arms between 4,191.8 fe...

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Water flows through the Price River in Utah. Projects to improve the river account for some of the over $100 million that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation directed to drought resiliency projects in Utah and on tribal land in or near the state. Water flows through the Price River in Utah. Projects to improve the river account for some of the over $100 million that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation directed to drought resiliency projects in Utah and on tribal land in or near the state. (The Nature Conservancy)

Feds directed $122.8M in drought spending across Utah. Will it be held up by freeze?

January 29th 2025 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah wildlife officials say they're confident that federal funds the state received last week, which they believe are "crucial" for improving habitats for fish and wildlife in the sta...

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North Wash boat ramp below Cataract Canyon on Sept. 22, 2024. Utah's water agent said Monday that efforts to secure water deals outside of the state are underway, but he said it will be easier said than done. North Wash boat ramp below Cataract Canyon on Sept. 22, 2024. Utah's water agent said Monday that efforts to secure water deals outside of the state are underway, but he said it will be easier said than done. (Kristin Murphy, Deseret News)

Securing water from out of state will be a 'Herculean' effort, Utah's water agent says

January 28th 2025 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah lawmakers created a new water agent and development council last year, aiming to secure future water needs as the state grows, including the possibility of negotiating for additi...

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The Great Salt Lake and the north end of Stansbury Island are pictured in Tooele County on Jan. 2. The Great Salt Lake Strike Team released its annual lake report on Tuesday. (Kristin Murphy, Deseret News)

Here's how much water is needed to get the Great Salt Lake back to 'healthy' by 2050s

January 15th 2025 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake's southern arm reached its highest point in five years last year, while its northern arm also made significant gains as both sides inched closer to recovery. How...

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Who visits the Great Salt Lake? People from all over the world

January 6th 2025 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

MAGNA — The Great Salt Lake was one of Utah's first outdoor tourism destinations as its role as the "Crossroads of the West" grew in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Its interest is captured in an ar...

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The Great Salt Lake as seen Thursday from the north end of Stansbury Island in Tooele County. Experts are hopeful a plentiful irrigation season is a sign of things to come this winter for the lake. (Kristin Murphy, Deseret News)

Great Salt Lake makes new gains to start new year. What does it need in 2025?

January 3rd 2025 by Carter Williams, KSL.com and Adam Small, KSL NewsRadio / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The waters of Great Salt Lake are rising to begin the new year, and experts hope that run will continue after recent storm activity within its basin. The Great Salt Lake's southern...

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Utah, Great Salt Lake trust award $5.4M in more wetlands improvement projects

December 17th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake's rebound is still a work in progress, but the lake's vital ecosystem is about to receive another boost. The Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands and...

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Updated: 'A big step': Feds to direct $50M toward Great Salt Lake preservation projects

December 2nd 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah officials have already poured tens of millions of dollars toward Great Salt Lake preservation efforts in recent years, but the lake — which hit an all-time low in 2022 — is about...

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A boat moves into the marina at the Great Salt Lake, near Magna on Sept. 24. The lake's southern arm dropped by over 3 feet over the past few months, but state officials believe recent changes will prevent it from hitting its all-time low again. A boat moves into the marina at the Great Salt Lake, near Magna on Sept. 24. The lake's southern arm dropped by over 3 feet over the past few months, but state officials believe recent changes will prevent it from hitting its all-time low again. (Scott G Winterton, Deseret News)

Great Salt Lake falls to a familiar level, but will a 'precipitous' history repeat itself?

November 22nd 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake is beginning to rebound again as it typically does at this point of the year, but levels dropped this year to a familiar point. Its southern arm has fallen to 4,...

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'It is our honor': Salt Lake City church donates $35K to Great Salt Lake efforts

October 3rd 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — A local church is joining efforts to get water to the Great Salt Lake. The First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City announced during its service on Sunday that it collected $35,000...

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Preston Cox, co-founder of Perennial Favorites in Layton, provides a tour of the business's nursery on Aug. 20. The company now specializes in growing more water-wise plants for consumers across the region. Preston Cox, co-founder of Perennial Favorites in Layton, provides a tour of the business's nursery on Aug. 20. The company now specializes in growing more water-wise plants for consumers across the region. (Carter Williams, KSL.com)

Has conservation 'fatigue' arrived? Not for these Great Salt Lake basin water users

September 26th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

LAYTON — A lot has changed since Preston Cox and his wife, Melissa, founded Perennial Favorites in the early '90s, growing about 4,000 plants and 25 varieties from a wholesale nursery in the backyard...

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New research out of the University of Utah finds sediments in the Great Salt Lake's exposed playa are potentially more harmful than other major dust sources impacting air quality across the Wasatch Front. New research out of the University of Utah finds sediments in the Great Salt Lake's exposed playa are potentially more harmful than other major dust sources impacting air quality across the Wasatch Front. (Kristin Murphy, Deseret News)

Here's what U. researchers are learning about dangers associated with Great Salt Lake dust

September 19th 2024 by Logan Stefanich / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — It's no secret that the Great Salt Lake has been shrinking, dwindling to less than half its historical size, at one point, leaving about 800 square miles of barren lakebed. As more...

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Utah Lake as seen from the Utah Lake pump house in Saratoga Springs on Monday. About 10,000 acre-feet of water from the lake will be sent to the Great Salt Lake via the Jordan River over the next month. Utah Lake as seen from the Utah Lake pump house in Saratoga Springs on Monday. About 10,000 acre-feet of water from the lake will be sent to the Great Salt Lake via the Jordan River over the next month. (Brice Tucker, Deseret News)

After losing over 2 feet, Great Salt Lake to get another boost from Utah Lake

September 19th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Great Salt Lake has lost about 2 feet over the past few months, but it's about to get another boost from its southern neighbor. The Jordan Valley Water Conservancy announced M...

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Compass Minerals CEO Edward Dowling, front left, and Utah Forestry, Fire and State Lands Director Jamie Barnes, front right, as well as Utah leaders applaud after a water conservation deal is finalized on Tuesday. The deal includes over 200,000 acre-feet directed to the Great Salt Lake every year, according to the state. (Kristin Murphy, Deseret News)

Utah strikes deal with mineral company in 'major milestone' for Great Salt Lake

September 4th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

FARMINGTON — The Great Salt Lake is slated to receive a major boost from one of the key industries that rely on it for business. Utah land managers announced Tuesday that they have finalized a volun...

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A male red-winged blackbird flies near the Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area on May 8. About $6.5 million in new funds are being made available for projects that protect or improve the Great Salt Lake's wetlands. A male red-winged blackbird flies near the Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area on May 8. About $6.5 million in new funds are being made available for projects that protect or improve the Great Salt Lake's wetlands. (Scott G Winterton, Deseret News)

Utah opens up another $6.5M for projects that benefit Great Salt Lake wetlands

August 21st 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Projects to enhance or protect over 13,000 acres of Great Salt Lake wetlands are ongoing. While that work continues, members of the Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust and U...

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Great Salt Lake's dry lakebed 'big' producer of greenhouse gas emissions, study finds

July 29th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — While researchers continue to investigate the effects that dust from the Great Salt Lake might have on communities, a new study highlights another concern tied to low lake levels: gre...

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The gap between the Great Salt Lake's arms is closing. What does that mean for salinity?

July 26th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The difference between the Great Salt Lake's northern and southern arms continues to shrink, but the state office tasked with tracking the lake's recovery isn't concerned that the muc...

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Utah identifies 8 new 'priorities' in plan to mitigate Great Salt Lake dust

July 22nd 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake's demise over the past two decades has opened up new concerns over dust from its drying lakebed in recent years. However, the state office tasked with handling G...

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12 Great Salt Lake-themed art projects unveiled as Salt Lake City looks to 'wake' the lake

July 17th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Scholars, politicians and environmental groups have all written and spoken about Great Salt Lake's importance, but Utah's capital city is now a step closer to using art to draw attent...

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Utah breaks ground on 'incredible' new Antelope Island visitor center

July 13th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SYRACUSE — Antelope Island remains one of Utah's most-visited state parks, and state officials are hoping to turn its popularity into a learning opportunity while adding more to the visitor experience...

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Why this summer probably won't be an 'anomaly' for the Great Salt Lake

June 27th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake typically rises in the winter and spring as more water flows into the lake from snowpack runoff and fewer upstream diversions; it then drops in the summer and earl...

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Utah seeks to 'maintain' Great Salt Lake levels after it peaks below some projections

June 6th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — It appears that the Great Salt Lake's levels have peaked for the year and, if that's the case, the lake's southern arm still reached its highest level in five years but will end up lo...

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Utah 'encouraged' by new Colorado River cuts; 'progress' made on long-term plan

May 15th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Federal officials last week finalized a near-term plan that the seven Colorado River Basin states, including Utah, agreed to last year, which is expected to save at least 3 million ac...

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Dust lingers after off-highway vehicles drove by in West Shores, Calif., on Dec. 15, 2023. (Photo: Kristin Murphy, Deseret News)

As Great Salt Lake nears key level, Utah finds inspiration elsewhere to help lake's recovery

May 9th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake's southern arm reached 4,195 feet elevation at times over the stormy weekend as it nears reaching that figure daily for the first time in five years. While that'...

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An undated photo of a pelican pod huddling around Gunnison Island. The island was once home to about 20,000 pelicans, but populations dwindled as the Great Salt Lake levels dropped. (Photo: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources)

Pelicans return to nest at Great Salt Lake island for 1st time in 81 years

May 9th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

GRANTSVILLE — Some of Utah's pelicans have found a new home at the Great Salt Lake, after many of the state's pods completely abandoned a long-standing nesting site on another part of the lake last ye...

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Journalists and water experts raft down the Moab Daily section of the Colorado River with Holiday River Expeditions during a kickoff event for the Colorado River Collaborative in Grand County on Thursday, April 25, 2024.

The Colorado River is vital in Utah. Here's why it's going to get even more publicity

May 2nd 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

MOAB — The sun begins to break from an overcast sky as Jennifer Jones describes how popular this section of the Colorado River has become in recent years, while standing near the banks of the snowmelt...

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The Great Salt Lake is pictured on Feb. 17. The Great Salt Lake's southern arm is already higher now than it has been in four years, but a new report states it could reach a level it hasn't touched since 2017. The Great Salt Lake is pictured on Feb. 17. The Great Salt Lake's southern arm is already higher now than it has been in four years, but a new report states it could reach a level it hasn't touched since 2017. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

How a productive March changed Great Salt Lake's spring outlook

April 11th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake was already expected to receive a strong boost from this year's snowpack, but projected inflows are now expected to be a bit larger after a productive round of Mar...

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Wilson’s phalaropes at Mono Lake, California. Photo credit: Ron Ozuna. Courtesy Center for Biological Diversity.

Environmental group seeks protection for this Great Salt Lake shorebird species

March 28th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — A conservation group, acting on behalf of a coalition of scientists and other conservation groups, has filed a legal petition seeking to provide new protections for a shorebird specie...

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A man looks out over the shoreline at Great Salt Lake State Park in Salt Lake County on Feb. 7. The lake's southern arm is already back to its 2023 peak and could reach 4,195 feet elevation this year for the first time since 2019, experts say. (Kristin Murphy, Deseret News).

Great Salt Lake's levels are now as high as last year's peak. How much more will it gain?

March 21st 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake's water levels are already as high as they were last year, and those who oversee its future now expect that at least half of the lake will reach a key metric in th...

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Microbialites found during a University of Utah sampling trip at the Great Salt Lake on July 22, 2021. Nematodes, otherwise known as roundworms, were discovered at the lake, according to a new study. Microbialites found during a University of Utah sampling trip at the Great Salt Lake on July 22, 2021. Nematodes, otherwise known as roundworms, were discovered at the lake, according to a new study. (Julie Jung)

Finding nematodes: New species in Great Salt Lake changes its known ecosystem

March 12th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Michael Werner was one of the many Utah residents who fled to the state's sprawling parks and public lands in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic led to shutdowns of gathering places all...

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A performer dressed as an American avocet dances an the Capitol in a show of representation for birds that are dependent on the Great Salt Lake in Salt Lake City on Feb. 21. Performance art is one option for the "Wake the Great Salt Lake" contest. (Photo: Laura Seitz, Deseret News)

Artists wanted as Salt Lake City looks to 'wake' the Great Salt Lake

March 8th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Artist submissions are now open for a massive temporary public art project that seeks to bring attention to the recent issues of the Great Salt Lake, as project coordinators offer mor...

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The Great Salt Lake is pictured at Great Salt Lake Park in Salt Lake County on Feb. 7. The Utah Legislature considered several bills affecting the lake this year. Some passed and some failed. (Kristin Murphy, Deseret News)

How the Utah Legislature handled the Great Salt Lake in 2024

March 5th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake remains a key focus in Utah even if its water levels are in a much better position than when they hit an all-time low in 2022. A few bills specifically addressed...

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Brine shrimp are held in the palm of a person on Dec. 15, 2020. Brine shrimp cyst collection jumped considerably over the past year after improvements to the Great Salt Lake ecosystem, state wildlife officials said Thursday. (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources).

Brine shrimp cyst collection at Great Salt Lake up over 50%. Is the berm to thank?

February 15th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah land managers made emergency adjustments to a berm at the Great Salt Lake Causeway in 2022 and again in 2023, as the lake's record-low levels at the time started causing new chal...

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Great Salt Lake State Park in Salt Lake County Feb. 7. Utah may soon have a plan to get more water to the lake during prolific water years, through a bill that advanced through a Senate committee Tuesday. (Kristin Murphy, Deseret News).

Utah may soon have a plan to ensure Great Salt Lake benefits from 'wet' water years

February 14th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake received a significant boost from last year's record snowpack and an above-normal water year overall after it had fallen to a record low the year before, threateni...

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Utah Lake and Sandy Beach in Spanish Fork are pictured on  Aug. 22, 2022. Controlled releases are set to begin at Utah Lake as it reaches maximum capacity, which is expected to benefit the Great Salt Lake. Utah Lake and Sandy Beach in Spanish Fork are pictured on Aug. 22, 2022. Controlled releases are set to begin at Utah Lake as it reaches maximum capacity, which is expected to benefit the Great Salt Lake. (Ben B. Braun, Deseret News)

Controlled releases planned at Utah Lake; Great Salt Lake commissioner asks for more

February 7th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah water managers are set to begin releasing some water from Utah Lake as it reaches maximum capacity for the first time in over a decade, to avoid flooding but also provide the Gre...

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An excavator moves stones by the Great Salt Lake Causeway to raise the berm by 4 feet in July 2022. (Photo: Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands)

How a major challenge to efforts to help Great Salt Lake may soon be fixed

February 1st 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah leaders have, in recent years, put millions of dollars into water leasing and agricultural water optimization programs to put more water into the struggling Great Salt Lake and a...

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Utah lawmaker seeks study to see if Utah Lake can help the Great Salt Lake

January 30th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah lawmakers are now eying a study to see if adjustments to a second lake could help get water into the struggling Great Salt Lake. The Utah Senate approved a motion by Sen. Curti...

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The Weber River and Warren Canal wind through Weber County farmland on July 26, 2023. The Office of the Great Salt Lake Commissioner is looking at creating a split-season leasing program as a possible way to get more water to the Great Salt Lake. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

Utah explores split-season leases as a possible piece to Great Salt Lake solution

January 30th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Jim Bowcutt acknowledges that fallowing had always been considered the second F-letter word among farmers. Fallowing is a practice where farmers let their crops grow idly, thus avoi...

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What is a person? Here's why Utah is considering a new bill to define it

January 23rd 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Rep. Walt Brooks, R-St. George, says he was approached not too long ago by constituents with examples of peculiar legal cases emerging in other states and countries in recent years...

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Water moves through a culvert April 25, 2023. With reservoir levels high, more water may be redirected to the Great Salt Lake this spring to avoid flooding concerns. Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News

Great Salt Lake 'stands to benefit' from a normal snowpack this year

January 22nd 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake remains about 5½ to 8 feet below its minimum healthy level, depending on what side of it you're viewing; however, the person tasked with overseeing efforts to refi...

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Utah unveils plans to save the Great Salt Lake, but does it do enough?

January 18th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Tim Davis believes Utah must do everything it possibly can to help the Great Salt Lake avoid a repeat of 2022. The lake plummeted to an all-time low amid ongoing extreme drought con...

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Utah bill to reduce turf on government landscape within Great Salt Lake Basin clears first hurdle

January 18th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that limits the use of "nonfunctional turf" for new government construction within the Great Salt Lake Basin passed through a Utah House natural resources committee Thursday, b...

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This graph show how long it would take for the Great Salt Lake to reach 4,198 feet elevation with conservation goals in the next five, 10 and 30 years versus no conservation in regular or drought years. (Photo: Great Salt Lake Strike Team)

New report offers 'hope' that Great Salt Lake can be saved, but it'll be a 'complicated effort'

January 11th 2024 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Joel Ferry reflected on a meaningful piece of advice his father gave him on the farm as he thought about the future of the struggling Great Salt Lake. "My dad would always tell me,...

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Utah files motion seeking to drop lawsuit over its management of Great Salt Lake

December 21st 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Three Utah agencies are seeking to drop a lawsuit filed against them earlier this year over their management of the Great Salt Lake, arguing that the lawsuit "lacks subject matter jur...

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Cox says he's 'very optimistic' about Utah's new plan to save the Great Salt Lake

December 21st 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Brian Steed remembers feeling unsure about the type of support Utah would provide the Great Salt Lake as it started flirting with record-low levels three years ago. He was still ser...

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Church implements 'important' landscape pilot program to cut water use

November 27th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has redesigned the landscape outside six of its Utah meetinghouses and is working to complete a seventh as it seeks to move forward wit...

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Can ocean pipeline save the Great Salt Lake? New report cites staggering costs

November 27th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

PROVO — Utah water officials say a "suite of alternatives" will be needed to get water back to the struggling Great Salt Lake over the next few years. A pipeline channeling water from the Pacific Oc...

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Why Great Salt Lake commissioner says refilling the lake will likely take longer than 5 years

November 16th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake is in a much better spot than it was this time a year ago, as it reached its current all-time low. Its southern arm is back to just over 4,192 feet elevation aft...

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Deeda Seed, a senior campaigner for the Center for Biological Diversity, speaks at a rally held inside the state Capitol on Monday that called on the Utah Inland Port Authority to do more for Utah's wetlands. (Photo: Carter Williams, KSL.com)

Utah Inland Port board approves new wetlands protection policy. Here's what it does

November 9th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Members of the Utah Inland Port Authority's board of directors voted Monday to adopt a new policy that the agency says will help mitigate impacts to the state's vital wetlands as the...

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Map: Saving water in the Great Salt Lake watershed

November 8th 2023 by Yvette Cruz / KSL.com

The Utah Department of Agriculture & Food has awarded $65 million worth of grants to more than 300 projects throughout the state from 2020 through spring 2023 though the Agricultural Water Optimizatio...

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Great Salt Lake trust issues $8.5M to 8 projects seeking to protect lake's wetlands

November 6th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust announced Tuesday that it is sending a little more than $8.5 million in grant funds over the next two years to help fund projects that...

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Salt Lake City wins $1M art grant as it seeks to highlight Great Salt Lake's struggle

November 1st 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Art has the strength to ignite change and provide "optimism," Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall contends. Its power is why the city entered a nationwide competition seeking money...

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'Our state is up to the task': New initiative seeks to solve Great Salt Lake's woes

October 4th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — A group of researchers and other prominent figures are seeking the help of thousands to solve the Great Salt Lake's woes once and for all, as the lake's water levels remain well below...

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A pouring out of love: Utahns gather for Great Salt Lake blessing ceremony

October 3rd 2023 by Sydnee Gonzalez / KSL.com

ANTELOPE ISLAND STATE PARK — The offerings of water were carried lovingly to the Great Salt Lake's shore in a mismatched array of bottles and jars. Although they were minuscule, even collectively, n...

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'It's basically on us': Experts, lawmakers weigh what's next to help ailing Great Salt Lake

October 3rd 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah water experts agree that Utahns must continue to make changes to how they consume water for communities to avoid consequences tied to the drying Great Salt Lake, which reached an...

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Salt Lake City's 2023 mayoral candidates, from left to right: community activist Michael Valentine, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall and former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson. (Photo: Kristin Murphy and Laura Seitz, Deseret News)

What Salt Lake City's mayoral candidates have to say about Great Salt Lake's future

September 28th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — 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,...

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Why Cox isn't surprised with $1.5B price tag to mitigate Great Salt Lake dust

September 21st 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says he isn't surprised by a new report showing that mitigating dust from the Great Salt Lake would likely cost at least $1.5 billion in capital costs, but it hi...

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Water flows through a breach in the Great Salt Lake railroad causeway on May 3. The lake's northern arm remains within 1 foot of its record low set last year. Water flows through a breach in the Great Salt Lake railroad causeway on May 3. The lake's northern arm remains within 1 foot of its record low set last year. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

Why is this section of the Great Salt Lake still close to its record low?

September 20th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

CORINNE, Box Elder County — While the Great Salt Lake's blue southern arm remains much higher than it was this time last year, as it neared its new all-time record low set in early November, the same...

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'They're supposed to put it all back': How new Utah rules aim to protect Great Salt Lake's water

September 14th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — A pair of Utah divisions are close to unveiling new proposed rules that will regulate how new mineral extractors will return all the Great Salt Lake water they use in operations, impl...

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The remarkable resilience of Utah's state crustacean

September 14th 2023 by Robert Lawrence / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah became the first landlocked state to designate a state crustacean this year: the upside-down swimming, 22-legged, beady-eyed, magnificently funky little brine shrimp. Despite f...

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'A terrible idea': Groups worry new inland port will harm Great Salt Lake refuge

August 17th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Deeda Seed and Jonny Vasic are leading a few dozen people through the hallways of the Utah Capitol, to deliver a pair of purple file folders to two Utah Inland Port Authority board di...

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The Antelope Island marina at the Great Salt Lake on June 5. The lake appears to have maxed out at about 4,194 feet elevation after this year's record snowpack.  The Antelope Island marina at the Great Salt Lake on June 5. The lake appears to have maxed out at about 4,194 feet elevation after this year's record snowpack. (Kristin Murphy, Deseret News)

How much did Utah's record snowpack help the Great Salt Lake?

July 5th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake's water levels fell to an all-time record low for the second-consecutive time a year ago this week. One year later, the lake is starting to decline again — but i...

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Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall speaks outside of the Day-Riverside Branch Library in Salt Lake City on Monday, introducing a new water-conservation program. Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall speaks outside of the Day-Riverside Branch Library in Salt Lake City on Monday, introducing a new water-conservation program. (Carter Williams, KSL.com)

New Salt Lake program uses weather data, satellite imagery to help residents water more efficiently

June 29th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Water supply in Utah's capital city is in a good place after a robust snowpack runoff that's all but over. As the irrigation season moves forward, Salt Lake City is turning to a new t...

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Argentinian artist Franco Cervata Cozza, who also goes by the artist name Vato, paints a mural at the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Wildlife Education Center in Farmington on Saturday. (Photo: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News)

Farmington wildlife mural will represent ecosystem connection between Argentina, US

June 29th 2023 by Gabrielle Shiozawa / KSL.com

FARMINGTON — A new mural being painted at the Eccles Wildlife Education Center in Farmington will represent the connection between three ecosystems sustaining migrating birds around the world. Franc...

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Dusty snow is visible at an Alta Atwater snow pit on May 17. (Photo: Otto Lang via University of Utah)

How Alta's 'dirtiest' snow year ended its 2022 snowmelt process 2 weeks early

June 15th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — McKenzie Skiles and other Utah researchers had already shed light on the relationship between dust and mountain snowmelt before a series of storms in early 2022 began to pelt the Wasa...

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Nonbiting midges are pictured at Antelope Island on Monday. Shorebird survey volunteers noticed fewer bugs in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem during their August 2022 survey. (Photo: Kristin Murphy, Deseret News)

How Utah's record snowpack is impacting the Great Salt Lake's shorebirds

June 7th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Janice Gardner vividly remembers what it was like to venture out into the Great Salt Lake's vast wetlands as she and multiple groups of volunteers began counting shorebirds as part of...

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The sun sets on the Spiral Jetty on the Great Salt Lake on March 16. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox nominated Brian Steed to serve as Utah's first-ever Great Salt Lake commissioner last week. The sun sets on the Spiral Jetty on the Great Salt Lake on March 16. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox nominated Brian Steed to serve as Utah's first-ever Great Salt Lake commissioner last week. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

New Great Salt Lake commissioner says he hopes Utah avoids 'Great Salt Lake fatigue'

May 25th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Brian Steed is still piecing together what his next job will entail, but he already has at least one goal in mind before becoming the state's first-ever Great Salt Lake commissioner...

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The water level is rising in the Great Salt Lake due to snowmelt as photographed on May 3. The lake has now risen almost 5 feet over the past several months. (Photo: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

'A statewide task': Utah's water future will require collaboration, House speaker says

May 18th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The future of the Great Salt Lake, and Utah's water security as a whole, is an issue that will require help from everyone living in the state. That's the message Utah House Speaker...

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Brian Steed, former executive director at the Utah Department of Natural Resources, in 2021. Gov. Spencer Cox picked Steed to be the first-ever Great Salt Lake commissioner on Monday.Kristin Murphy, Deseret News

Former natural resources director tapped to be Utah's 1st Great Salt Lake commissioner

May 16th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is backing the state's former natural resources director to oversee functions related to the Great Salt Lake, pending final approval from the Utah Legislature...

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The railroad causeway is breached on the Great Salt Lake on Wednesday. (Photo: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

Record snowpack likely adds 2 years to Great Salt Lake's long-term outlook, experts say

May 5th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Kevin Perry isn't completely surprised by this year's record snowpack. Utah's snowpack, a measure of the water contained within the snow that falls in the mountains, reached 30 inch...

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The Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District's Conservation Garden Park in West Jordan shows off examples of water-wise landscaping on Monday. (Photo: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News)

Utah launches statewide turf grass buyback program as it seeks water-use reformation

May 4th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

WEST JORDAN — This year's record snowpack has drastically reduced a drought that really began to impact Utah by the end of spring three years ago. The U.S. Drought Monitor currently lists about 20%...

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Water begins to flow at Point of the Mountain in Draper as the Central Utah Water Conservancy District redirects it to the Great Salt Lake. (Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News)

Utah water district to redirect 50M gallons of water to Great Salt Lake every day

April 25th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

DRAPER — Gene Shawcroft pulled a walkie-talkie up to his mouth and called for his employees to open a spill gate located near the Point of the Mountain. "We'll get it going as fast as we can," one o...

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A great blue heron at Farmington Bay on Feb. 19, 2022. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints agreed to donate 5,700 water shares to send more water to Farmington Bay area of the Great Salt Lake. (Carter Williams, KSL.com)

Church of Jesus Christ donates 5.7K water shares to the Great Salt Lake

March 15th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has agreed to donate 5,700 water shares that will send more than 20,000 acre-feet of water to the struggling Great Salt Lake every year...

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Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake on Tuesday, Feb. 7. A proposed bill would set up a new commissioner who would oversee the efforts to get water into the lake. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

New bill would create a Great Salt Lake commissioner — but some have concerns

February 24th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — A commissioner could soon oversee the Great Salt Lake's water levels and Utah's efforts to get water back into the lake. HB491, sponsored by Rep. Mike Schultz, R-Hooper, was introdu...

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Snow-covered pine trees are pictured in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Millcreek on Jan. 12. The Great Salt Lake Strike Team issued a report Wednesday that finds the benefit of thinning forests is "unclear" but also "likely to be minimal." (Laura Seitz, Deseret News)

There are benefits to thinning trees — but it can't solve the Great Salt Lake's water woes

February 9th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — A new report compiled by dozens of Utah researchers suggests that thinning overgrown forests within the Great Salt Lake basin won't significantly impact the lake's water levels as muc...

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Report outlines new policies, analyzes possible solutions to help the Great Salt Lake

February 8th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — A team of Utah agencies and research institutions outlined six "major" recommendations for the state to consider when it comes to handling the drying Great Salt Lake. But failing to...

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Cox orders division to raise Great Salt Lake causeway berm another 5 feet

February 3rd 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a new executive order Friday, calling on the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands to raise the Great Salt Lake causeway berm by 5 feet, in an e...

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$40M Great Salt Lake trust beginning work with newly formed council

February 1st 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Farmers, private landowners, mineral extraction specialists, hunters, anglers and water managers are among a group of people joining a trust to work on improving water flows to the Gr...

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Utah, Salt Lake leaders unveil new plans to improve the struggling Great Salt Lake

January 25th 2023 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Rep. Joel Briscoe, D-Salt Lake City, admits he has a sentimental reason behind his desire to save the Great Salt Lake. He has fond memories of traveling across the causeway toward t...

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The Great Salt Lake wetlands near Corinne, Box Elder County, on July 13. Congress passed a bill Monday that helps fund studies of saline lakes in Great Basin states, like the Great Salt Lake, over the next five years. It's up to President Joe Biden to sign it. (Ben B. Braun, Deseret News)

Bill that sets up federal funding for studies of the Great Salt Lake heads to Biden's desk

December 27th 2022 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that sets up funding for studies of Great Basin saline lakes, such as the Great Salt Lake, cleared its last congressional hurdle Monday night and is now headed to President Joe...

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What's the value in new funding for studies on the Great Salt Lake, other saline lakes?

December 19th 2022 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — There are plenty of reasons why Utah politicians are worried about the future of the Great Salt Lake, says Utah Rep. Blake Moore. "Everything related to the Great Salt Lake is cruci...

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Why Utah is updating its answers to common questions about the Great Salt Lake

December 7th 2022 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year even if it's a shell of its old self. For instance, more than 115,000 people have already visited the Great...

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New initiative aims to get people to 'fall in love' with the Great Salt Lake again

November 18th 2022 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SOUTH JORDAN — The shrinking of the Great Salt Lake isn't only a Utah problem in Adam Putnam's eyes. It's an issue that may have serious implications across the U.S. and Western Hemisphere. While st...

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Students get expansive Great Salt Lake experience

November 17th 2022 by Sydnee Gonzalez / KSL.com

SYRACUSE — "How worried should we be?" "If people see that there's less water, why keep taking it?" "Will it get worse?" These were some of the questions high schoolers from Horizonte Instructio...

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What role can history play in saving the Great Salt Lake, solving Utah's water woes?

November 16th 2022 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

PROVO — John Wesley Powell offered a poignant message for Western U.S. communities when he was the featured speaker in a room full of developers and government leaders at a major irrigation conference...

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How did Utahns react when the Great Salt Lake hit its previous record low in 1963?

October 24th 2022 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Craig Miller was recently rifling through some old Utah water documents destined to be destroyed when he came across a peculiar set of drawings of the Great Salt Lake sketched nearly...

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Utah raises Great Salt Lake berm in effort to stop salinity levels from harming ecosystem

September 23rd 2022 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

OGDEN — Utah land managers said Thursday they've recently raised a berm underneath the railroad causeway that stretches across the Great Salt Lake in an effort to thwart rising salinity levels that th...

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Dust hot spots: Where is Great Salt Lake's toxic dust most likely to originate?

September 20th 2022 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Kevin Perry believes there are many "trigger points" that indicate when there is something wrong with the Great Salt Lake. For instance, anyone who has come to the lake for recreati...

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'It's a battle': Why there's a growing fight to stop phragmites around the Great Salt Lake

September 20th 2022 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

FARMINGTON — The threat of the Great Salt Lake flooding is far from anyone's minds these days, especially after back-to-back years of record-setting low water levels. But it was a different story in...

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Restoration of Idaho's Bear River Massacre site may benefit Great Salt Lake

September 12th 2022 by Mike Anderson / KSL.com

BEAR RIVER, Idaho — Current efforts to restore the site of the Bear River Massacre could benefit the whole Wasatch Front in a big way. Those efforts are sending water rights downstream, which will s...

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Horizonte student Oakland Voright and her teacher Nat Shiozawa discuss their observations around the Cascades area of the Rose Park Jordan River Watershed Project Cornell Wetland Area in Salt Lake City on Thursday. The feature helps dissolve oxygen into the water and also has a hydrodynamic separator that mechanically removes debris and sediment out of the water. Horizonte student Oakland Voright and her teacher Nat Shiozawa discuss their observations around the Cascades area of the Rose Park Jordan River Watershed Project Cornell Wetland Area in Salt Lake City on Thursday. The feature helps dissolve oxygen into the water and also has a hydrodynamic separator that mechanically removes debris and sediment out of the water. (Kristin Murphy, Deseret News)

New Jordan River 'blueprint' may have benefits for the Great Salt Lake

September 1st 2022 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — West Jordan Mayor Dirk Burton reflects back to his childhood as he stands a few dozen feet from the banks of the Jordan River. There's one memory from decades ago that pops into his...

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Why counting shorebirds may fill a missing piece in the Great Salt Lake conservation puzzle

August 18th 2022 by Jacob Klopfenstein / KSL.com

TIMPIE SPRINGS, Tooele County — Off of I-80 in Tooele County and past a mountain of salt from a nearby Cargill plant is Timpie Springs Waterfowl Management Area. It's here that Sageland Collaborativ...

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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox stands by an old milking shed on his family’s farmland as he talks about growing up on the land near his home in Fairview, Sanpete County, on Dec. 9, 2020. Most of Utah's water goes to the farmers and ranchers. Here's how the industry is cutting back. (Steve Griffin, Deseret News)

Is the agriculture industry doing enough to conserve water during Utah's drought?

July 27th 2022 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Given Utah's ongoing drought and the two-decade-long "megadrought," Utah Gov. Spencer Cox believes that Utahns must view water differently than ever before, cutting back on water wast...

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Utah Sen. Mitt Romney speaks about the Great Salt Lake with members of the media Wednesday afternoon. (Photo: KSL)

Sen. Mitt Romney: Saving Great Salt Lake will likely be a multibillion-dollar effort, but worth it

July 20th 2022 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Sen. Mitt Romney and Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, introduced a bill in the U.S Senate last year that aimed to study saline lakes. The bill struggled to garner attention because...

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A painting from the Celebration of the Hand: Save Our Great Salt Lake on 300 South in Salt Lake City Tuesday afternoon. It is one of over a dozen that highlight the issues with the drying Great Salt Lake, which reached a record low this week. (Photo: Carter Williams, KSL.com)

'Art is a good teacher': New public exhibit draws attention to the drying Great Salt Lake

July 6th 2022 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Jacob Brooks' latest painting is quite simple, so simple that his 3-year-old son can understand the message Brooks is trying to convey. It's a California gull with a sego lily on it...

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The Great Salt Lake as seen on Feb. 15. A new Utah program aims to protect and enhance water levels in the Great Salt Lake in an effort to avoid environmental disaster. (Scott G Winterton, Deseret News)

Nature Conservancy, Audubon Society to head Utah's new $40M Great Salt Lake program

June 16th 2022 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah legislators approved an unprecedented $40 million that will go solely toward enhancing the Great Salt Lake watershed during the state's legislative session earlier this year. T...

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Water swirls down a storm drain at 600 South and State Street after heavy rain hit northern Utah on Aug. 1, 2021. Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities opened a new "Adopt a Storm Drain" program to help clean up residential drains last week. (Scott G Winterton, Deseret News)

Why Salt Lake City wants residents to 'adopt' a storm drain

June 14th 2022 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Chances are you've seen signs to adopt a highway at least once in your life. The first "Adopt a Highway" sign dates back to 1985. A Texas transportation engineer thought of having v...

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An aerial view of the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah's West Desert on July 22, 2015. The area was prehistorically a wetland before it and Lake Bonneville disappeared. (Rick Bowmer, Associated Press)

'It matters ... when your water goes away': Reexamining the end of Utah's 'lost oasis'

May 5th 2022 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Daron Duke is captivated by an image he's projected on a screen he's shared with curious archaeologists and prehistoric aficionados. It's a pair of pictures in northwest Utah: Blue...

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Brandon Miller, with Ikon Landscaping, plants water-wise plants in a park strip in Herriman on Sept. 21, 2021, during the launch of “Flip Blitz,” a landscape diversification and water conservation program from the Utah Division of Water Resources. Removing turf-based park strips can save thousands of gallons of water annually, according to conservation experts. (Shafkat Anowar, Deseret News)

Why water experts want Utahns to be 'the lone weirdo' when it comes to xeriscaping

May 3rd 2022 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Cynthia Bee said it sometimes pays off to be "the lone weirdo" in a neighborhood who ditches the turf-based park strip, the patch of grass that typically exists between a street and s...

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Tundra swans fly through the wetlands by the Great Salt Lake on Feb. 17. It's estimated that three-fourths of the continental tundra swans use the Great Salt Lake's wetlands annually. Those wetlands are the focus of a project that received federal grant money Wednesday. (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources)

How Interior's $1M grant helps avoid 'catastrophic' Great Salt Lake wetlands issues

April 29th 2022 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

OGDEN — The dike system at Ogden Bay Waterfowl Management Area is vital for controlling the water that keeps it an important management area for the millions of birds that flock there — or other areas...

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A Blackhawk helicopter flies over the Great Salt Lake as Utah lawmakers take an aerial tour of the lake with the Utah Army National Guard on Feb. 15. Utah experts project the lake will fall another 2 feet below the record low set last year. (Scott G. Winterton)

Why it matters that the Great Salt Lake will likely drop to a new historic low this year

April 26th 2022 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Laura Vernon was preparing for a news interview last summer when her mother asked what the interview was about. Vernon, the Great Salt Lake coordinator for the Utah Division of Fore...

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An undated photo of dust picked up by the Great Salt Lake by a vehicle illegally driving on the dried lakebed. A new bill that goes into effect May 4 clarifies that all motor vehicles are banned from dried lakebeds and navigable rivers in the state. (Courtesy of Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands)

Can this tweak to Utah vehicle law help reduce toxic Great Salt Lake dust?

April 21st 2022 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Motorized vehicles are banned from traveling on exposed lakebeds and navigable rivers in Utah, but a problem emerged in recent years with the way it's written in state law. It wasn'...

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Tourists visit the Great Salt Lake on Nov. 19, 2021. The lake officially hit its lowest levels ever in October 2021. (Laura Seitz, Deseret News)

KSL.com teams up with other news media for coverage of Great Salt Lake

March 7th 2022 by Carter Williams / KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — In the days after arriving at what's now the Salt Lake Valley, Brigham Young and handful of other leaders from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ventured toward the Grea...

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