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Video: Where's the water? Utah can't exactly track saved water from agriculture efficiencies
11-10-2023 by Ben Winslow
While Utah’s Agricultural Water Optimization Program has the potential to save tens of thousands of acre-feet of water annually, Hannah Free...
Utah Inland Port board approves new wetlands protection policy. Here's what it does
11-09-2023 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Members of the Utah Inland Port Authority's board of directors voted Monday to adopt a new policy that the agency says will...
Lake lost almost 2 feet of '23 winter snowmelt to evaporation
11-09-2023 by Adam Small
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 g...
Volunteers remove invasive species, plant native trees at site of infamous Bear River Massacre
11-09-2023 by Mythili Gubbi
PRESTON, Idaho — About 400 volunteers on Saturday played a special role in transforming a sacred space and giving it new life. “We’re at t...
'Buffer zone' between Great Salt Lake and inland port gets financial backing
11-09-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A proposed "buffer zone" between the Great Salt Lake and encroaching development has gotten a major financial donation. T...
Compass Minerals to halt Great Salt Lake lithium project, at least for now
11-09-2023 by Tim Vandenack
Compass Minerals will halt a planned lithium operation at its western Weber County facility that has drawn intense scrutiny and criticism fr...
Video: Utah is going big on helping farmers grow crops with less water, but can it help the Great Salt Lake
11-09-2023 by Ben Winslow
Jaemye and Bryan Brandon are getting ready for the holidays. String lights are transforming their picturesque farm into something straight o...
Search Utah ag companies that received state funds to save water
11-08-2023 by Heather May
This data comes from the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. The Great Salt Lake Collaborative requested records of the state's Agricul...
Utah is spending $265 million for farms to save water. But is the water getting to the Great Salt Lake?
11-08-2023 by Carter Williams, KSL.com and Ben Winslow, FOX 13 News
TAYLORSVILLE — While Utah’s Agricultural Water Optimization Program has the potential to save tens of thousands of acre-feet of water annual...
How we did the story about how farmers are saving water
11-08-2023 by Heather May
The Great Salt Lake Collaborative — a solutions journalism organization made up of local newsrooms — requested data from the Utah Department...
Map: Saving water in the Great Salt Lake watershed
11-08-2023 by Yvette Cruz
The Utah Department of Agriculture & Food has awarded $65 million worth of grants to more than 300 projects throughout the state from 2020 t...
How one dairy farmer is saving water for the Great Salt Lake
11-08-2023 by Adam Small
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 Lak...
Utah is going big on helping farmers grow crops with less water. Here’s where the water and the money is flowing
11-08-2023 by Carter Williams, KSL.com | Tim Vandenack, Standard-Examiner | Ben Winslow, FOX 13 News
TREMONTON, Utah — Jaemye and Bryan Brandon are getting ready for the holidays. String lights are transforming their picturesque farm into so...
Great Salt Lake trust issues $8.5M to 8 projects seeking to protect lake's wetlands
11-06-2023 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust announced Tuesday that it is sending a little more than $8.5 million in gra...
Last winter was good to Great Salt Lake, but Utah Rivers Council says more can be done
11-01-2023 by Saige Miller KUER
As Great Salt Lake experiences what is traditionally its lowest point of the year, things aren’t looking too bad. “It's been a good Octobe...
Salt Lake City wins $1M art grant as it seeks to highlight Great Salt Lake's struggle
11-01-2023 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Art has the strength to ignite change and provide "optimism," Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall contends. Its power is...
After a record water year, did Utahns’ conservation habits stick?
11-01-2023 by Leia Larsen
Runoff filled reservoirs and knocked Utah out of drought status and water use only ticked up slightly. When the Great Salt Lake sunk to re...
From Great Salt Lake to air quality, a new report details how Utah's environment is changing
10-19-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A major new report details some big progress but also significant challenges Utah faces with its environment. The report...
Salt Lake City wins $1 million for a public art project about the Great Salt Lake
10-19-2023 by Palak Jayswal
The proposal the city submitted to Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Public Art Challenge is for a project called “Wake: The Great Salt Lake.” Sa...
Utah proposes new rules on lithium extraction to protect the Great Salt Lake
10-18-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — State regulators have proposed new rules on lithium extraction with an eye toward protecting the shrinking Great Salt Lake...
What the Utah legislature has planned to help the Great Salt Lake
10-17-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — More legislation is coming to help save the Great Salt Lake before it triggers a significant ecological crisis for Utah...
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