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Cox favors 'healthy range' for Great Salt Lake, seeks to address toxic dust
12-21-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A critical report on the future of the Great Salt Lake has been delivered to Governor Spencer Cox and legislative leadershi...
Cox says he's 'very optimistic' about Utah's new plan to save the Great Salt Lake
12-21-2023 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Brian Steed remembers feeling unsure about the type of support Utah would provide the Great Salt Lake as it started flirtin...
Utah’s inland sea already has the world’s attention, brace yourselves for more
12-12-2023 by Emma Penrod
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...
Video: Great Salt Lake preservation key for global food security
12-11-2023 by Jeff Dahdah
SALT LAKE CITY — If you buy fish or shrimp at the store, there’s a good chance that seafood was raised with food produced in the Great Salt...
Video: How tiny brine shrimp from the Great Salt Lake feed people around the world
12-11-2023 by Dan Evans
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah may be a state without an ocean, but the Beehive state is becoming known, and relied upon, across the globe for its se...
The world needs to feed 10 billion people. The Great Salt Lake could teach us how.
12-05-2023 by Emma Penrod
Saving the Great Salt Lake is important because it makes a critical international industry more sustainable. Editor’s note: This story is...
A highly-anticipated report on saving the Great Salt Lake is delivered to Utah leaders
12-05-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A highly-anticipated report recommending ways to save the Great Salt Lake has been delivered to Utah's governor and legisla...
Why save the Great Salt Lake? A special report
11-30-2023 by Emma Penrod
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 y...
Fixing the lake could pave the way to solving Utah’s mental health crisis
11-28-2023 by Emma Penrod
How thinking about water when planning cities and homes can save the lake and lead to happier, more connected Utahns Editor’s note: This s...
How to build a lake-friendly yard, neighborhood
11-28-2023 by Heather May
Is it possible to create a Great Salt Lake friendly neighborhood? Seniors in Utah State University’s Landscape Architecture & Environmenta...
Farming goes high tech
11-28-2023 by Emma Penrod
Renaissance Ag CEO Caleb Wilkins does not believe farmers set out to destroy the environment, the land on which they depend. They know how t...
The Great Salt Lake and Utah farms could save each other. Here's how.
11-28-2023 by Emma Penrod
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 L...
Church implements 'important' landscape pilot program to cut water use
11-27-2023 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has redesigned the landscape outside six of its Utah meetinghouses and is w...
Can ocean pipeline save the Great Salt Lake? New report cites staggering costs
11-27-2023 by Carter Williams
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...
Are some Utah lawmakers planning to resurrect the Bear River pipeline project?
11-27-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — An environmental group claims some Utah lawmakers may be planning to restart the controversial Bear River pipeline project,...
Great Salt Lake: Utah farmers adapting to survive drought, changing water laws
11-24-2023 by Dan Rascon and Larry D. Curtis
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 Sal...
Pilot water program could benefit Utah, Great Salt Lake
11-17-2023 by Max Roth
As part of its mission to elevate reporting on potential solutions for the Great Salt Lake, the Great Salt Lake Collaborative paid for Utah...
Farmers fear fallow fields
11-16-2023 by Sheri Quinn
Utah program pays farmers to fallow crops and it’s saving a little bit of water for the Colorado River. Whether it should be a solution for...
Study shines more light on toxins in Great Salt Lake dust
11-16-2023 by Leia Larsen
Research group claims the lake’s sediment could cause neural disease, but local scientist raises concerns over research methods. Contamina...
As he leaves, Wilson warns lawmakers of hard choices to be made on water
11-16-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — House Speaker Brad Wilson left office, praising the part-time Utah State Legislature for their work to advance important po...
Utah needs a comprehensive water plan, legislative audit warns
11-16-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A new audit calls on the state to get a handle on how much water it actually has and come up with better plans to address c...
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