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March 19th 2025 by Rob Nielsen / Standard-Examiner

Communities up and down the Wasatch Front have had to grapple with how best to conserve water, and they will continue to do so for years to come. One way several communities have helped promote cons...

 

 

February 4th 2025 by Cathy McKitrick / Standard-Examiner

Millions of migratory birds representing 338 species from every country in the Americas make their way to the Great Salt Lake each year to rest and rejuvenate. But what if that body of water — the l...

 

 

October 8th 2024 by Rob Nielsen / Standard-Examiner

SOUTH WEBER — The immense natural processes that have formed the Earth over billions of years haven’t come to a stop just because modern societies have had the opportunity to proliferate on its surfac...

 

 

April 27th 2024 by Rob Nielsen / Standard-Examiner

Editor's note: This article is part of an occasional series by the Great Salt Lake Collaborative showcasing the fun side of the Great Salt Lake. For more coverage go to greatsaltlakenews.org. ANTELO...

 

 

April 17th 2024 by Ryan Aston / Standard-Examiner

WEST HAVEN — House Bill 453, which establishes new parameters for mineral extraction companies operating on the Great Salt Lake, was signed into law by Gov. Spencer Cox last month. And its passing was...

 

 

March 21st 2024 by Ryan Aston / Standard-Examiner

ANTELOPE ISLAND — After a downslope wind event in Northern Utah brought hurricane-force gusts to the area, the weather calmed Friday, giving way to a placid vernal afternoon and setting the stage for...

 

 

March 12th 2024 by Rob Nielsen / Standard-Examiner

A popular water conservation effort is set to return for its 10th year. The return of the Utah Rivers Council’s RainHarvest rain barrel program for 2024 was announced at a press conference Tuesday f...

 

 

November 16th 2023 by Tim Vandenack / Standard-Examiner

Looking forward, a few things give Great Salt Lake Commissioner Brian Steed optimism about the near-term prospects of boosting the lake’s water level or at least holding steady. Relatively high wate...

 

 

November 9th 2023 by Tim Vandenack / Standard-Examiner

Compass Minerals will halt a planned lithium operation at its western Weber County facility that has drawn intense scrutiny and criticism from state officials stemming from its potential impact on the...

 

 

September 28th 2023 by Heather May / Standard-Examiner

OGDEN — The Great Salt Lake has long been an undeniable asset to the region. However, this asset has been under threat. Between the ravages of climate change and increasing interception of source wa...

 

 

February 12th 2023 by Tim Vandenack / Standard-Examiner

The head of one of the key water suppliers in and around Weber and Davis counties is offering a very upbeat water projection going forward thanks to the heavy snowfall so far this winter. “We’re smi...

 

 

September 12th 2022 by Tim Vandenack / Standard-Examiner

Call it Antelope Island, but by no means is it an island. Same goes for Fremont Island, Stansbury Island, Gunnison Island and other smaller land masses — like Hat and Carrington islands — that used...

 

 

August 15th 2022 by Mark Shenefelt / Standard-Examiner

The Weber Basin Water Conservancy District is trying to gauge whether secondary water meters installed at homes are having a significant impact on consumption. The Layton-based district, which gathe...

 

 

August 9th 2022 by Tim Vandenack / Standard-Examiner

OGDEN — It’s not just the declining water level. Some of the rocky structures in the Great Salt Lake — microbialites — are also telling the story of the water body’s worrisome decline. The upshot o...

 

 

August 7th 2022 by Tim Vandenack / Standard-Examiner

Compass Minerals is in talks with Ford Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution to supply the manufacturing giants with a key ingredient needed in the growing market for lithium-ion batteries for electric veh...

 

 

July 29th 2022 by Tim Vandenack / Standard-Examiner

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Not every initiative to help bolster water levels in the drying Great Salt Lake is coming out of Utah. A pair of federal measures driven by Utah’s delegation to Washington, D.C.,...

 

 

July 15th 2022 by Tim Vandenack / Standard-Examiner

WASHINGTON TERRACE — As the drought lingers, threatening the availability of water for generations to come and the future of the Great Salt Lake, Washington Terrace Mayor Mark Allen is starting to not...

 

 

May 14th 2022 by Mark Shenefelt / Standard-Examiner

The Great Salt Lake, already vulnerable to climate fluctuations over the ages, has been “set up to fail” by human impacts, but some of those who are making such assessments nevertheless see hopeful si...

 

 

 

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