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A great blue heron stands at the Great Salt Lake's Farmington Bay in Farmington on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. (Ryan Sun/Deseret News)

Looking for Utah birdwatching spots? The DWR provided a list of recommendations

April 30th 2025 by Mariah Maynes / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — The Division of Wildlife Resources is highlighting birdwatching in Utah with suggestions on the best viewing areas. According to the DWR, early mornings between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. a...

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(Spenser Heaps/Deseret News)

Great Salt Lake dust storm returns attention to air monitoring gaps

April 29th 2025 by Mariah Maynes / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — An April 27 Great Salt Lake dust storm swept across the Salt Lake Valley, impacting residents in Magna, part of Tooele County and the west side of Salt Lake City. According to Grow...

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(Mariah Maynes/KSL NewsRadio)

Enjoy Great Salt Lake scenery this spring with these recreation ideas

April 8th 2025 by Mariah Maynes / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — Great Salt Lake has a reputation for being bug-ridden and sometimes stinky, but it offers plenty of stunning views and awe-inspiring wildlife encounters. Visiting in spring allows rec...

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Spiral Jetty at Rozel Point peninsula on the northeastern shore of Great Salt Lake on March 22, 2025. (Mariah Maynes/KSL NewsRadio)

What is Spiral Jetty, and what can it tell us about Great Salt Lake?

March 26th 2025 by Mariah Maynes / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — It was once surrounded by the salty waters of Great Salt Lake, but Spiral Jetty currently sits on the sand. It’s exposed by a receding waterline, hundreds of feet away. The earthwo...

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Great Salt Lake Hopeline visitors can leave a message to the lake, listen to the sounds of the lake or listen to messages other people have left.(Nathan Hunsaker)

Pink phone booth encourages callers to share messages of hope for Great Salt Lake

March 20th 2025 by Sam Herrera / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — A pink phone booth has been showing up around Salt Lake City, encouraging callers to leave a message of hope for Great Salt Lake. The interactive art pop-up is called the Great Salt...

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Brine flies on the shore of Great Salt Lake on Aug. 14, 2024. Westminster University's Great Salt Lake Institute has been granted $50,000 for brine fly research. (Mariah Maynes/KSL NewsRadio)

Great Salt Lake Institute receives $50,000 grant for brine fly study

March 19th 2025 by Mariah Maynes / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY— Westminster University’s Great Salt Lake Institute is a recipient of a year-long grant from Northrop Grumman. The money will go toward brine fly research. Great Salt Lake Institute’...

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(Ben B. Braun/Deseret News)

BLM completes mitigation on invasive Phragmites australis near Great Salt Lake

March 11th 2025 by Mariah Maynes / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — The Bureau of Land Management’s Salt Lake field office recently conducted work to diminish the impacts of Phragmites australis, an invasive species near Great Salt Lake. In a recen...

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(Utah Division of Wildlife Resources)

Migrating swans will soon soar through Utah, here are 3 places you can see them

February 13th 2025 by Mariah Maynes / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — As warmer weather approaches, migrating swans will pass through Utah as they journey north. If you’d like to see them, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources recommends three prime v...

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(Mariah Maynes/KSL NewsRadio)

New Great Salt Lake billboards show lake’s status

February 11th 2025 by Mariah Maynes / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — New Great Salt Lake billboards display the lake’s current water level. They were designed and put up by Grow the Flow, a water policy and advocacy nonprofit. Ben Abbott, the execut...

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Thousands of birds dead due to avian influenza at the Great Salt Lake

February 10th 2025 by Kennedy Camarena and Diana Jones, KSL NewsRadio / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources have reported at least 15 thousand birds have died at the Great Salt Lake due to avian influenza. “DWR biologists have confirmed that roughly...

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(Marielle Scott/Deseret News)

Utah group to host Great Salt Lake vigils during 2025 legislative session

January 20th 2025 by Mariah Maynes / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — Throughout the 2025 Utah legislative session, the Making Waves Artist Collaborative will hold several Great Salt Lake vigils in support of the threatened lake. They are hosting the...

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(Scott G. Winterton/Deseret News)

What’s on tap for Great Salt Lake in the 2025 Utah General Legislative Session

January 15th 2025 by Adam Small / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — Great Salt Lake is once again expected to be a topic of discussion and action for Utah lawmakers in the 2025 Utah General Legislative Session, which starts next week. Lawmakers have...

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(Marielle Scott/Deseret News)

New study says Utahns, especially farmers, need to cut water use by 35% to save Great Salt Lake

January 7th 2025 by Adam Small / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — Despite Utahns’ efforts to save and conserve water for Great Salt Lake over the last few years, researchers say it’s going to take a lot more conservation to preserve the state’s stil...

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(Adam Small/KSL NewsRadio)

Federal funding to bring new stream gates to Great Salt Lake

November 26th 2024 by Adam Small / KSL NewsRadio

REESE, Utah — The Bureau of Reclamation is giving $3 million to help water managers better track Great Salt Lake’s incoming water. Water managers say the money will fund 13 new stream gates. The str...

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FILE --Mark Milligan, with the Utah Geological Survey, takes a photo of a mound formed by the mineral mirabilite on the shores of the Great Salt Lake on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (Scott G. Winterton/Deseret News)

Rare mirabilite formations spotted on Great Salt Lake

November 26th 2024 by Mariah Maynes/KSL NR / KSL NewsRadio

GREAT SALT LAKE, Utah — Rare mirabilite formations were recently spotted on the waters of Great Salt Lake. According to the Utah Division of State Parks, the rare mirabilite formations can only be...

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Great Salt Lake license plates could hit bumpers in the next couple of months

November 7th 2024 by Adam Small / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — The long wait for new, specialty Great Salt Lake license plates is almost over. The state needed 500 applicants to start moving forward with the final design, production and distrib...

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Utah teens wear gas masks and ski goggles at Olympic Cauldron Park during a demonstration in support of Great Salt Lake on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. The teens want to see Utah legislators do more to protect the lake. (Topaz Henderson/Utah Youth Environmental Solutions)

Utah teens lead 2034 Olympics-inspired protest supporting Great Salt Lake

October 31st 2024 by Mariah Maynes/KSL NR / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — A group of Utah teens held an Olympics-inspired protest Saturday, drawing attention to the negative impacts a drying Great Salt Lake could have on the state and the 2034 Olympics...

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Coalition lawsuit challenges Green River lithium mining approval

October 17th 2024 by Mariah Maynes / KSL NewsRadio

GREEN RIVER, Utah — On Wednesday, a conservation coalition filed a lawsuit challenging the approval of an Australian company’s plan for Green River lithium mining. It follows the Utah Division of E...

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Promontory Point during an EcoFlight around the Great Salt Lake on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Scott G Winterton/Deseret News)

The summer heat could cost the Great Salt Lake more water than normal, lose much of its year-long progress, officials say

August 26th 2024 by Adam Small / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — It’s safe to say the brutal start to this summer along the Wasatch Front has hit Great Salt Lake especially hard. Deputy Great Salt Lake Commissioner Tim Davis said the lake normall...

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Encounter a bison? Wildlife officials say to keep your distance

June 11th 2024 by Alexandrea Bonilla / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — Utahns flocking to Antelope Island this summer will be sharing the park with over 700 bison. Faith Heaton-Jolley with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources says if you ever find...

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Promontory Point during an EcoFlight around the Great Salt Lake on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Scott G Winterton/Deseret News)

The Great Salt Lake has a chance to be healthy again for the first time in over a decade

April 19th 2024 by Adam Small / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — In a couple of months, the Great Salt Lake has a chance of reaching its healthy range for the first time in over a decade. The Natural Resources Conservation Service recently foreca...

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The West Davis Highway is finally a reality after decades in the making. (Adam Small/KSL NewsRadio)

Park manager says West Davis Hwy can boost tourism at Antelope Island

February 12th 2024 by Adam Small / KSL NewsRadio

SYRACUSE, Utah — Navigating western Davis County has been a lot easier over the past month. That’s how long the new West Davis Highway (SR 177) has been open. It’s made traveling from work to home a...

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Willard Spur sits between Bear River Bay and the salt waters of Willard Bay. (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources)

Can replacing a pipeline save water and combat avian botulism on Great Salt Lake? A new proposal thinks so

February 6th 2024 by Adam Small / KSL NewsRadio

Editor’s note: This story has been updated for clarity. SALT LAKE CITY — Most RFA or ‘request for appropriation’ hearings on Capitol Hill involve a five-minute presentation where someone asks the s...

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FILE: Great Salt Lake in August 2023. (Adam Small, KSL NewsRadio)

Great Salt Lake leaders ask reservoir managers to release excess water

February 6th 2024 by Adam Small / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY— Great Salt Lake Commissioner Brian Steed and his office are reaching out to reservoir managers to see if they have any water to spare for Great Salt Lake. Utah’s largest body of wate...

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Utah lawmaker: The Great Salt Lake could lose 10 feet if cities reuse their wastewater

December 21st 2023 by Peter Johnston / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY– A battle over where wastewater goes is pitting the needs of cities against the shrinking Great Salt Lake. Currently, cities in the Great Salt Lake basin use water treatment facilitie...

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Lake lost almost 2 feet of '23 winter snowmelt to evaporation

November 9th 2023 by Adam Small / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY— The Great Salt Lake’s wetland areas are getting a boost. $8.5 million has been awarded to various government and nonprofit groups from Salt Lake County to Box Elder County. The mone...

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photo credit: Adam Small/KSL NewsRadio

How one dairy farmer is saving water for the Great Salt Lake

November 8th 2023 by Adam Small / KSL NewsRadio

TRENTON, Utah — T Dairy sits off of a back road in the Western Cache Valley, about 52 miles by car from Bear River Bay in the Great Salt Lake. The farm, like many in Utah, gets its water from the Grea...

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Great Salt Lake brine shrimp fishermen ‘optimistic’ as yearly harvest begins

October 4th 2023 by Adam Small / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s brine shrimp fishermen are once again out on the waters of the Great Salt Lake to harvest brine shrimp cysts (or eggs) and distribute them around the world. However, this yea...

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Several golf courses in Salt Lake City have switched to more drought-resistant types of grass along portions of the courses. (Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities)

Drought-resistant grass now at some Salt Lake City golf courses

September 1st 2023 by Heather Kelly / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — Golfers at Bonneville, Rose Park, and Glendale courses may have noticed new drought-resistant grass if they hit out of bounds. According to the Salt Lake City Department of Public U...

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FILE: Water levels are pictured in the Great Salt Lake on Thursday, July 20, 2023. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

Utah lawmakers plan to reevaluate water rights held by mineral companies on the Great Salt Lake

August 24th 2023 by Adam Small / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — In the coming months, Utah lawmakers will likely take another look at the annual water rights held by mineral companies along the Great Salt Lake. Utah House Majority Leader Mike S...

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The US Magnesium Rowley Plant in Tooele County is pictured on Friday, June 18, 2021. (Spenser Heaps/Deseret News)

US Magnesium plans to challenge study naming them as major polluter

June 29th 2023 by Adam Small / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — Five months after a study done by The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration named them as a major contributor to the gunk in Utah’s winter inversions, U.S. Magnesium said th...

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FILE: Phragmites sit along the Great Salt Lake in Davis County on Wednesday, March, 19, 2008. State officials say that in 2023, higher levels of the lake will help them further fight the invasive species. (Tim Hussin/ Deseret Morning News)

Lower Great Salt Lake water level may help fight phragmites

June 15th 2023 by Adam Small / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — As water managers watch the Great Salt Lake rise, they’re still battling the invasive phragmites on the Great Salt Lake shoreline. And, Ben Stireman with the Division of Forestry Fi...

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Utah's brine shrimp harvesters are breathing a sigh of relief from all the new water in The Great Salt Lake. (Ben B. Braun, Deseret News)

Great Salt Lake brine shrimp population increases as lake reaches healthy levels

June 15th 2023 by Adam Small / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — The brine shrimp industry is breathing a sigh of relief thanks to the rising water level of the Great Salt Lake. And so is the shrimp industry in general, and those who eat shrimp...

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Record low water levels are seen in the Great Salt Lake from Antelope Island on Friday, July 22, 2022. (Kristin Murphy/Deseret News)

Cloud seeding could bring more water to the Great Salt Lake, Utah Department of Natural Resources says

July 28th 2022 by Lindsay Aerts / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Department of Natural Resources wants to try what’s called cloud seeding to try and help save the Great Salt Lake. It’s a weather modification that happens by burning silv...

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FILE: Low water levels are pictured in the Great Salt Lake near Tooele County on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. (Kristin Murphy/ Deseret News)

Utah House Speaker bringing back second annual Great Salt Lake Summit

July 27th 2022 by Lindsay Aerts / KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s Speaker of the House Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, says he’s bringing back the Great Salt Lake Summit this October. This would be the second Great Salt Lake Summit, the first was...

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Low water levels are pictured in the Great Salt Lake near Tooele County on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. (Kristin Murphy/Deseret News)

How the Great Salt Lake lakebed could contribute to pollution, other issues

April 18th 2022 by Kira Hoffelmeyer / KSL NewsRadio

LOGAN, Utah — Two Ph.D. students from Utah State University are trying to measure the dust blowing off the Great Salt Lake and learn how it contributes to pollution and air quality along the Wasatch F...

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Birds use the Farmington Bay Area as one of several migratory areas for birds at the Great Salt Lake on Feb. 2, 2022. (Carter Williams/KSL)

Great Salt Lake sinking levels could impact bird migration

April 13th 2022 by Kira Hoffelmeyer / KSL NewsRadio

BOX ELDER COUNTY, Utah — The drying up Great Salt Lake could have dire consequences for the birds migrating through the area. It’s not as simple as the lack of water, though, there are a few differe...

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