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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...
Great Salt Lake rally brings Native and youth voices to Utah’s Capitol Hill
11-16-2023 by Aimee Van Tatenhove
“We were born in water. We were delivered in water. We know what water is. Water sustained us from conception, and water sustains us as we g...
Great Salt Lake official offers upbeat assessment, at least in the near term
11-16-2023 by Tim Vandenack
Looking forward, a few things give Great Salt Lake Commissioner Brian Steed optimism about the near-term prospects of boosting the lake’s wa...
Why Great Salt Lake commissioner says refilling the lake will likely take longer than 5 years
11-16-2023 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake is in a much better spot than it was this time a year ago, as it reached its current all-time low. It...
Utah lawmaker wants to pump millions of gallons of groundwater near the Great Salt Lake
11-16-2023 by Leia Larsen
A leading politician who called out companies for wanting to use more water in an over-tapped system finds an exception of his own. Rep. M...
Utah is purchasing land for an eventual water pipeline in Box Elder
11-16-2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
The pipeline is for future water deliveries A future pipeline for water deliveries to the growing Wasatch Front may be decades off, but t...
Bills getting conserved water to Great Salt Lake, bans on outdoor watering introduced
11-13-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A series of bills have been unveiled on Utah's Capitol Hill addressing some issues with water conservation, including ensur...
So far, Utah’s water banking is showing the path beyond ‘use it or lose it’
11-10-2023 by David Condos
In a dry state like Utah, there’s not always enough water to go around. But when there is extra water, how exactly do you spread it around?...
Great Salt Lake wetlands are the latest battleground with the Utah Inland Port
11-10-2023 by Sean Higgins
Opponents of the Utah Inland Port say the shipping and logistics hub is the single greatest threat to the Great Salt Lake’s wetlands. Stop...
Great Salt Lake goes to school
11-10-2023 by Heather May
The University of Utah’s College of Humanities is partnering with the award-winning Great Salt Lake Collaborative to give students real worl...
Audio: How Utah seeks to improve ag water optimization accountability
11-10-2023 by Sheri Quinn
Utah is spending more than $200 million to get agriculture to switch to water saving technologies. But is the saved water getting to the Gre...
Audio: Agricultural community turns to optimization
11-10-2023 by Sheri Quinn
Utah program helps farmers grow crops with less water. Is it helping the Great Salt Lake?
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...
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