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Fox 13

COVID laws trip up plans for a drought declaration in Utah

04-11-2025 by Ben Winslow

SALT LAKE CITY — Troy Henrie ranches near Panguitch and he is seeing the impacts of drought. "We just haven’t got any snow either in the v...

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KSL NewsRadio

(Mariah Maynes/KSL NewsRadio)

Enjoy Great Salt Lake scenery this spring with these recreation ideas

04-08-2025 by Mariah Maynes

SALT LAKE CITY — Great Salt Lake has a reputation for being bug-ridden and sometimes stinky, but it offers plenty of stunning views and awe-...

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Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Photo of Pat Bagley via The Salt Lake Tribune

A conversation with Pat Bagley, the cartoonist behind Great Salt Lake Collaborative’s mascot

04-04-2025 by Mariah Maynes

Pat Bagley is a Utah cartoonist who has worked with The Salt Lake Tribune for the past 45 years. He’s the artist who drew “Briney,” Great Sa...

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Fox 13

Salt Lake City is considering a big change to water and sewer rates

04-03-2025 by Ben Winslow

SALT LAKE CITY — Water bills will look a lot different under a proposed change for customers serviced by the Salt Lake City Public Utilities...

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Utah Public Radio (UPR)

Utah Water Research Laboratory celebrates 60th anniversary

04-01-2025 by Erin Lewis

“The Utah Water Research Lab is one of the few academic or institution based water research labs in the United States and that really drew m...

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Fox 13

As people reach for their inhalers, Utah is in 'dust season'

04-01-2025 by Ben Winslow

SALT LAKE CITY — There's winter inversion, summer ozone and now spring and fall "dust season" in Utah. "We have bad flavors of air quality...

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Fox 13

Read the judge's ruling allowing a Great Salt Lake lawsuit to proceed

03-28-2025 by Heather May

According to Great Salt Lake Collaborative partner FOX 13 News, a judge is letting a lawsuit proceed against the state of Utah that accuses...

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Fox 13

Judge refuses Utah's demand to dismiss lawsuit over the Great Salt Lake

03-27-2025 by Ben Winslow

SALT LAKE CITY — A judge has refused to reject a lawsuit against the state of Utah that accuses leaders of not doing enough to save the Grea...

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KSL.com

The Great Salt Lake and north end of Stansbury Island in Tooele County on Jan. 2. Utah leaders say they expect some additional Great Salt Lake gains after a "remarkably average" snowpack collection season. (Kristin Murphy/Deseret News)

Feds unfreeze $50M grant for Great Salt Lake projects ahead of uncertain runoff

03-26-2025 by Carter Williams

SALT LAKE CITY — Water levels at the Great Salt Lake's southern arm remain a foot below where they were this time last year as the gap betwe...

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KSL NewsRadio

Spiral Jetty at Rozel Point peninsula on the northeastern shore of Great Salt Lake on March 22, 2025. (Mariah Maynes/KSL NewsRadio)

What is Spiral Jetty, and what can it tell us about Great Salt Lake?

03-26-2025 by Mariah Maynes

SALT LAKE CITY — It was once surrounded by the salty waters of Great Salt Lake, but Spiral Jetty currently sits on the sand. It’s exposed by...

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Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Just in: Great Salt Lake air quality monitors will be funded

03-21-2025 by Heather May

Editor's note: This is adapted from our weekly, free newsletter from March 21, 2025. You can subscribe here. Dear readers, Some good new...

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Salt Lake Tribune

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Boaters recreate on Lake Powell near Page, Ariz. on Thursday, July 13, 2023.

March storms have boosted snowpack across the West. Here’s why Lake Powell’s outlook hasn’t improved much.

03-20-2025 by Anastasia Hufham

“It’s not a one-to-one relationship between the amount of snowpack we have and the amount of runoff we get,” a hydrologist said. Storms th...

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KUER

A cow drinks from the Colorado River in Grand County, Utah, April 25, 2024. (David Condos/KUER)

Utah approves plan to pay farmers to leave water in the Colorado River

03-20-2025 by David Condos

Utah is launching a plan to pay farmers to leave some of their irrigation water in the Colorado River system. The Colorado River Authority...

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KSL NewsRadio

Great Salt Lake Hopeline visitors can leave a message to the lake, listen to the sounds of the lake or listen to messages other people have left.(Nathan Hunsaker)

Pink phone booth encourages callers to share messages of hope for Great Salt Lake

03-20-2025 by Sam Herrera

SALT LAKE CITY — A pink phone booth has been showing up around Salt Lake City, encouraging callers to leave a message of hope for Great Salt...

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KSL NewsRadio

Brine flies on the shore of Great Salt Lake on Aug. 14, 2024. Westminster University's Great Salt Lake Institute has been granted $50,000 for brine fly research. (Mariah Maynes/KSL NewsRadio)

Great Salt Lake Institute receives $50,000 grant for brine fly study

03-19-2025 by Mariah Maynes

SALT LAKE CITY— Westminster University’s Great Salt Lake Institute is a recipient of a year-long grant from Northrop Grumman. The money will...

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Standard-Examiner

An undated photo from a past RainHarvest rain barrel program distribution event. (Utah Rivers Council)

Utah Rivers Council’s RainHarvest rain barrel program distribution events set to return in May

03-19-2025 by Rob Nielsen

Communities up and down the Wasatch Front have had to grapple with how best to conserve water, and they will continue to do so for years to...

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Fox 13

Captured by satellite: Great Salt Lake's dust threatens air quality in Utah cities

03-18-2025 by Ben Winslow

FARMINGTON BAY, Utah — A weather satellite captured a large plume of dust blowing off the shrinking Great Salt Lake and into nearby communit...

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Great Salt Lake Collaborative

13 ways to get involved this coming week

03-14-2025 by Mariah Maynes

Great Salt Lake Collaborative shares updates from many organizations as part of our mission to connect people with information about Great S...

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Great Salt Lake Collaborative

LDS Church adds water-saving tech to churches

03-14-2025 by Heather May

Editor's note: This story is adapted from the Great Salt Lake Collaborative's weekly newsletter, Lake Effect from March 14, 2025. To keep up...

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KSL NewsRadio

(Ben B. Braun/Deseret News)

BLM completes mitigation on invasive Phragmites australis near Great Salt Lake

03-11-2025 by Mariah Maynes

SALT LAKE CITY — The Bureau of Land Management’s Salt Lake field office recently conducted work to diminish the impacts of Phragmites austra...

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Great Salt Lake Collaborative

What did Utah lawmakers do for the Great Salt Lake this year?

03-11-2025 by Heather May

Editor's note: This story is an excerpt from the Great Salt Lake Collaborative's weekly newsletter, Lake Effect from March 11, 2025. To keep...

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