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As the Great Salt Lake fades away, so do its islands
09-12-2022 by Tim Vandenack
Call it Antelope Island, but by no means is it an island. Same goes for Fremont Island, Stansbury Island, Gunnison Island and other smalle...
Biologist says Great Salt Lake’s ecosystem is near collapse
09-09-2022 by Dan Spindle
ANTELOPE ISLAND, Utah — A biology professor said the Great Salt Lake’s ecosystem is dangerously close to collapsing, creating a risk for all...
New threat to Great Salt Lake? Mineral company wants to extend its canals.
09-07-2022 by Leia Larsen
Environmentalists worry that siphoning off more water is exactly what the shrinking lake doesn’t need. The Great Salt Lake is so low that...
Utah youth hold “die-in” to mourn the decline of Great Salt Lake
09-04-2022 by Saige Miller KUER
Over 100 people walked silently in a single file on the dry Great Salt Lake bed Saturday. They wanted to send a message to elected Utah le...
Utah youths hold ‘die-in’ for Great Salt Lake, challenge elected leaders to take bolder action
09-02-2022 by Leia Larsen
Despite persistent bugs, unseasonable heat and the formidable challenge presented by a lake that has been receding most of their lives, stud...
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Cox says more money will be needed for water conservation, save Great Salt Lake
09-01-2022 by Ben Winslow
LOGAN, Utah — Governor Spencer Cox said more money will be needed to expand water conservation measures and save the Great Salt Lake. At...
New Jordan River 'blueprint' may have benefits for the Great Salt Lake
09-01-2022 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — West Jordan Mayor Dirk Burton reflects back to his childhood as he stands a few dozen feet from the banks of the Jordan Riv...
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Group pitches Utah lawmakers on a pipeline to the Great Salt Lake
08-29-2022 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A group met with some Utah lawmakers and representatives of the governor's office to pitch an idea of a pipeline from the...
Saving the Great Salt Lake is 'top priority,' Utah's new natural resources boss says
08-26-2022 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — Saving the Great Salt Lake will be his "top priority" in office, the new head of Utah's Department of Natural Resources sa...
Can mimicking beavers help save the Great Salt Lake?
08-26-2022 by Jacob Klopfenstein
About five years ago, Willy Stockman’s home on the bank of Emigration Creek became a wildlife hot spot. In the summers of 2017 and 2018,...
RadioACTive 08.24.22 Measuring GSL water
08-24-2022 by Lara Jones
Tonight's show featured the following people, organizations and/or events. Check them out and get plugged into your community! Listen here...
This grass can save Salt Lake City residents water and money in Utah's drought
08-23-2022 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — The grass in the small park on the corner of Concord Street and California Avenue looks and feels just like any other lawn...
Here’s how the Great Saltair became a relic
08-22-2022 by Palak Jayswal
The site of the old Saltair resort — actually, three of them — can give a visitor the feeling that something is haunting them. The histori...
The Rise and fall of the Great Saltair: The search for Utah’s lost world class lakefront resort
08-22-2022 by Dan Spindle
SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah — The Great Salt Lake has fascinated the world for centuries. From the nomadic peoples of our pre-history living alon...
Utah can’t save or stretch its precious water if it can’t super accurately measure it
08-22-2022 by Saige Miller KUER
As the Western megadrought stretches on, conservation, rate hikes or tearing out turf may not be enough. There’s still a thirsty population,...
'We've got to find answers and then take the action,' Romney says of Great Salt Lake
08-18-2022 by Ben Winslow
FARMINGTON BAY, Utah — As the airboats moved through the marshes, hundreds of birds took flight. Senator Mitt Romney marveled at them...
What Sen. Mitt Romney, House Speaker Brad Wilson saw on the Great Salt Lake
08-18-2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
To save the Great Salt Lake, its complex ecosystem and its value to the state of Utah and the West, one has to know the Great Salt Lake. T...
Why counting shorebirds may fill a missing piece in the Great Salt Lake conservation puzzle
08-18-2022 by Jacob Klopfenstein
TIMPIE SPRINGS, Tooele County — Off of I-80 in Tooele County and past a mountain of salt from a nearby Cargill plant is Timpie Springs Water...
Weber Basin study: Secondary water meters drive down consumption
08-15-2022 by Mark Shenefelt
The Weber Basin Water Conservancy District is trying to gauge whether secondary water meters installed at homes are having a significant imp...
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Flyover of Great Salt Lake underscores the environmental challenges it faces
08-10-2022 by Aimee Van Tatenhove
An environmental nonprofit is offering Utahns a new perspective on the challenges facing Great Salt Lake, by giving them a bird's eye view o...
Microbialites also tell the story of the Great Salt Lake’s worrisome decline
08-09-2022 by Tim Vandenack
OGDEN — It’s not just the declining water level. Some of the rocky structures in the Great Salt Lake — microbialites — are also telling t...
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