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Audio: Kazakhstan’s drying Aral Sea carries a message for those worried about the Great Salt Lake
01-18-2024 by Levi Bridges
Will Utahns need to adapt to a smaller, dustier salt lake? Or can the watershed unite to reverse its decline? Great Salt Lake is often com
Video: Drying sea half a world away carries message for those worried about Great Salt Lake
01-18-2024 by Spencer Joseph
The retreat of the Aral Sea serves as a cautionary tale for the potential fate of the Great Salt Lake. If Utahns fail to manage the stresses
Utah unveils plans to save the Great Salt Lake, but does it do enough?
01-18-2024 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Tim Davis believes Utah must do everything it possibly can to help the Great Salt Lake avoid a repeat of 2022. The lake p
Can Utah restore the Great Salt Lake in time for the 2034 Olympics? Here’s what experts say.
01-18-2024 by Leia Larsen
The 2002 Winter Games marks the last time the lake’s elevation hovered in the safe zone. The Great Salt Lake remains in a dangerous place,
Utah bill to reduce turf on government landscape within Great Salt Lake Basin clears first hurdle
01-18-2024 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that limits the use of "nonfunctional turf" for new government construction within the Great Salt Lake Basin passed
Doctors urge Utah lawmakers to take immediate action on Great Salt Lake
01-11-2024 by Leia Larsen
Utahns are already choking on dangerous lake dust, their open letter notes. Days before the Utah Legislature is set to convene, doctors ha
Doctors plead with Utah lawmakers to save the Great Salt Lake
01-11-2024 by Kim Bojórquez
More than 300 medical professionals signed a letter to state lawmakers, urging them to pass policies to save the Great Salt Lake from enviro
New report offers 'hope' that Great Salt Lake can be saved, but it'll be a 'complicated effort'
01-11-2024 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Joel Ferry reflected on a meaningful piece of advice his father gave him on the farm as he thought about the future of the
'No single solution will cure the lake,' Great Salt Lake strike team report says
01-11-2024 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A major new report prepared for Utah political leaders by state agencies and research universities concludes that "no singl
New proposal pays Utah farmers to send water to Great Salt Lake
01-04-2024 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A new proposal on Utah's Capitol Hill would pay farmers to send some of their water to the Great Salt Lake instead of tryin
Students tackle Salt Lake imperative with a documentary – and the focus is Indigenous stewardship
01-04-2024 by Cristian Martinez
In the home of Darren Parry on a Sunday afternoon, five Salt Lake Community College students circle the former Northwestern Shoshone Nation
The Salton Sea shows why Utah should pay attention to Great Salt Lake’s stench
01-04-2024 by Saige Miller
The eighth largest saline lake in the world is a Utah icon. More than 10 million birds take sanctuary there every year. And sometimes, Gre
Study says a GSL pipeline is not only incredibly expensive, but very polluting
01-04-2024 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A recent study by Brigham Young University appears to make the notion of a pipeline from the Pacific Ocean to the Great Sal
Utah asks for Great Salt Lake lawsuit to be dismissed
12-21-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's Department of Natural Resources, the Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands and the state engineer have asked a ju
Utah lawmaker: The Great Salt Lake could lose 10 feet if cities reuse their wastewater
12-21-2023 by Peter Johnston
SALT LAKE CITY– A battle over where wastewater goes is pitting the needs of cities against the shrinking Great Salt Lake. Currently, citie
Utah files motion seeking to drop lawsuit over its management of Great Salt Lake
12-21-2023 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Three Utah agencies are seeking to drop a lawsuit filed against them earlier this year over their management of the Great S
Utah resource managers ask court to sink Great Salt Lake lawsuit
12-21-2023 by Leia Larsen
State points to millions invested and ongoing efforts to rescue its imperiled inland sea, noting litigation “cannot solve every problem.”
Flurry of water reuse claims threatens to take more water from Great Salt Lake
12-21-2023 by Leia Larsen
From meeting the demands of future growth to protecting over-tapped aquifers, cities provide complex and compelling reasons to recycle their
Utah's rules on lithium extraction in the Great Salt Lake open for public comment
12-21-2023 by Ben Winslow
A pair of rules governing how lithium is extracted from the Great Salt Lake had its first public hearing on Monday. SALT LAKE CITY — A pai
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
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