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Staying Salty: A Q&A with the hosts of a new podcast from the shores of Great Salt Lake
04-27-2024 by Kyungsoo Park and Marcie Young Cancio
Olivia Juarez doesn’t want to leave Salt Lake City. And they don’t want you to leave either. “All of my family's here,” said Juarez, a lif...
More reservoir releases planned to keep Great Salt Lake rising
04-27-2024 by Ben Winslow
The man tasked by Utah's political leaders with helping to save the Great Salt Lake is hoping to take advantage of another strong winter sno...
Guess the Great Salt Lake's rise? The state of Utah will give you a prize
04-27-2024 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — Seth Horowitz went for a swim in the Great Salt Lake, going out to the buoys and back again. "Beautiful!" he told FOX 13...
Antelope Island hosts popular shed antler hunt amid shrinking Great Salt Lake
04-27-2024 by Rob Nielsen
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 L...
Paddling waves of tradition: the cultural legacy of Great Salt Lake’s Hawaiian canoe club
04-26-2024 by Camille Lee
Editor's note: This article is part of an occasional series by the Great Salt Lake Collaborative showcasing how to have fun at the Great Sal...
Unleashing Adventure: Recreating on Salt Lake City’s West Side and the Jordan River
04-25-2024 by Emma Ratkovic
Editor's note: This article is part of an occasional series by the Great Salt Lake Collaborative showcasing how to have fun at the Great Sal...
Shorelands Preserve highlights recreation at Great Salt Lake
04-19-2024 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
Davis County jewel offers chance to get back to nature, learn about the lake Editor's note: This article is part of an occasional series...
Israeli agriculture experts collaborate with Utahns on water-saving practices
04-19-2024 by Ben Winslow
DAMMERON VALLEY, Utah — The deserts of southwestern Utah make a good place to grow wine-making grapes. "We're lucky to have a good source...
The Great Salt Lake has a chance to be healthy again for the first time in over a decade
04-19-2024 by Adam Small
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...
Large amounts of water sent to Great Salt Lake ahead of spring runoff
04-19-2024 by Mike Anderson and Michael Houck
LAYTON — While Utah did not have a record water year this year, water managers say there is so much water that some is being sent into the G...
West Haven-based Trace Minerals supports latest Great Salt Lake legislation
04-17-2024 by Ryan Aston
WEST HAVEN — House Bill 453, which establishes new parameters for mineral extraction companies operating on the Great Salt Lake, was signed...
‘Great Salt Lake is our future’: Utah youth aim to inform, collaborate and inspire change
04-17-2024 by Vanessa Hudson
They meet with alfalfa farmers, lobby lawmakers and talk easily about the impact of Great Salt Lake on the economy — all while thinking abou...
A new plan for the Great Salt Lake Basin is out. Will it help?
04-16-2024 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
Plan tackles a number of ways to help the ailing saline body of water, basin The Utah Division of Water Resources and the Bureau of Reclam...
How a productive March changed Great Salt Lake's spring outlook
04-11-2024 by Carter Williams
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...
%20copy_459x306.jpg "(Megan Banta | The Salt Lake Tribune) Stansbury Island during a flyover of the Great Salt Lake with EcoFlight on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.")
Flyover photos show current state of Great Salt Lake
04-11-2024 by Megan Banta
The Salt Lake Tribune joined a flight over the Great Salt Lake on a six-seater plane Tuesday morning. Here’s what we saw. The propeller w...
‘It’s a losing battle’: Approved Tooele inland port developments frustrate local residents
04-09-2024 by Andrew Christiansen
Chris Eddington lives in a peaceful, modest bungalow at the end of a small dirt road in Tooele County. Three horses roam his half-acre prope...
Share your concert memories from Saltair
04-08-2024 by Heather May
Post Malone once called it a "dope venue" that "kinda stinks." This is adapted from our free weekly newsletter Lake Effect, which comes ou...
Utah says it's making progress in the war on phragmites
04-04-2024 by Ben Winslow
OGDEN BAY, Utah — Fires were set in an effort to get rid of phragmites, a highly invasive grass that is choking wetlands along the Great Sal...
Climate change could reduce Great Salt Lake's biodiversity
04-02-2024 by Erin Lewis
The Friends of Merrill-Crazier Library hosted David Parrott, associate professor of biology at Westminster University and assistant director...
Your guide to the Endangered Species petition to save the Great Salt Lake
03-29-2024 by Heather May
What do the birds sounds like? Why does the state oppose the listing? What's the next legal fight? This is adapted from our free weekly ne...
How a tiny bird could trigger a federal response on Great Salt Lake
03-29-2024 by Leia Larsen
Here’s why the Wilson’s phalarope is making waves. Hundreds of migrating bird species depend on the imperiled Great Salt Lake for survival...
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