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February 6th 2023 by Elaine Clark / KUER

Many Salt Lakers driving the 120 miles to Wendover are after the kind of rest and relaxation they can’t find in the beehive state: gambling, cheap liquor or maybe even some recreational marijuana. B...

 

 

December 29th 2022 by Ciara Hulet / KUER

Poetry is magic. That’s what poet Elizabeth Cruz says — she firmly believes her writing can help save the drying Great Salt Lake. “Mother Earth cries. Mother Earth suffers. Sometimes it is because o...

 

 

December 28th 2022 by Pamela McCall / KUER

“The Edge of Something” is author and playwright Elaine Jarvik’s emotional short story. The backdrop is the dwindling Great Salt Lake. Her work appears in the Great Salt Lake Anthology. In Jarvik’s...

 

 

December 18th 2022 by Saige Miller KUER / KUER

A report published by the Utah State University Institute of Land, Water and Air shows that Utah’s rapid population growth could further strain the state’s limited natural resources. A group of rese...

 

 

December 6th 2022 by Saige Miller KUER / KUER

Utah’s Great Salt Lake is at a record low and has already begun its ecological collapse. But it’s not the only salty lake in despair. On the final day of November, the Saline Lake Ecosystems in the...

 

 

September 4th 2022 by Saige Miller KUER / KUER

Over 100 people walked silently in a single file on the dry Great Salt Lake bed Saturday. They wanted to send a message to elected Utah leaders that a healthy Great Salt Lake is vital to the environ...

 

 

August 22nd 2022 by Saige Miller KUER / KUER

As the Western megadrought stretches on, conservation, rate hikes or tearing out turf may not be enough. There’s still a thirsty population, anagricultural industry and the shrinkingGreat Salt Lake to...

 

 

August 8th 2022 by Saige Miller KUER / KUER

The Utah Legislature, the federal government and community members are all weighing in on how best to address the ongoing drought, but all eyes are on Utah’s agricultural industry to reduce its water...

 

 

July 21st 2022 by Sean Higgins / KUER

State leaders are optimistic federal legislation that could provide millions in funding to help the shrinking Great Salt Lake will have traction in Washington, but some water advocates in Utah are sti...

 

 

July 15th 2022 by Pamela McCall / KUER

The usual drought talk about clouds asks when and where it will rain. Not this time. We’re still talking about the cloud, but now we’re focused on the computers that power it — and the water used to c...

 

 

July 14th 2022 by Saige Miller KUER / KUER

The ailing Great Salt Lake has caught the attention of Washington. Sen. Mitt Romney announced Thursday that he and fellow Republican Reps. Chris Stewart and Burgess Owens introduced a bill to preserve...

 

 

June 30th 2022 by Nadia Pflaum / KUER

At Nick Clayton’s house in Cottonwood Heights, it looks like a squadron of tiny aliens has landed. Little blue, plastic cups on tripod legs dot the lawn, placed by Charlotte and Caroline Jacketta. T...

 

 

June 20th 2022 by Ivana Martinez / KUER

The Great Salt Lake is shrinking at an alarming rate, and it’s about to reach a new record low following an extreme drought. That’s raising concern about potential health impacts as dust storms roll...

 

 

June 10th 2022 by Doug Fabrizio / KUER

Water policy shapes how we live in the West, and for years, we’ve carried on, changing very little in our water consumption, even in the face of megadroughts, increasing population density and shrinki...

 

 

May 2nd 2022 by Doug Fabrizio / KUER

There’s no sugarcoating it: The Great Salt Lake is dying. In fact, the obituary has already been written, and according to the people studying the problem, we may only have a matter of months before t...

 

 

April 27th 2022 by Pamela McCall / KUER

The scenario reads more like apocalyptic science fiction than reality. The Great Salt Lake recedes and an ecological disaster, fanned by the wind, hits the Wasatch Front. But it’s not fiction. A team...

 

 

April 22nd 2022 by Caroline Ballard / KUER

KUER's Caroline Ballard interviews Will Munger from Utah State University and Amy Joi O'Donoghue of the Deseret News about the connections between Great Salt Lake and a dry lagoon in Chile. ... Read more … A poet is keeping vigil at the Great Salt Lake during Utah’s legislative session February 15th 2022 by Emily Means / KUER The salty, eggy stink of the Great Salt Lake smacks you right in the face on the drive to Antelope Island. Along the nearly seven-mile-long causeway to the island, there are hundreds, maybe thousand... Read more … The State and Fate of the Great Salt Lake, Part III February 3rd 2022 by Doug Fabrizio / KUER Everybody seems to agree the Great Salt Lake is in dire straits. So, what can be done to help it? A lot of ideas have been proposed for getting more water to Great Salt Lake. This Friday at 11 a.m.,... Read more … The State And Fate Of The Great Salt Lake, Part II October 8th 2021 by Doug Fabrizio / KUER According to scientists who study it, the Great Salt Lake — the largest saltwater lake in the western hemisphere — is drying up.The lake has already reached the lowest water level in history, and its... Read more … Page 1 of 2 1 2 Stay up to date with our newsletter

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