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Utah Senate passes bill offering more money to get rid of lawns
02-06-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah State Senate voted unanimously on Monday to support a bill that increases the amount of money to get you to ditch...
Danger Cave still evokes life as it was at a Great Salt Lake of 8,000 years ago
02-06-2023 by Elaine Clark
Many Salt Lakers driving the 120 miles to Wendover are after the kind of rest and relaxation they can’t find in the beehive state: gambling,...
Gov. Cox orders Great Salt Lake causeway be raised again in effort to stave off ecological collapse
02-04-2023 by Leia Larsen
Sacrificing the north arm could slow further environmental implosion, but it comes with its own consequences. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox issued...
Cox issues emergency order to raise Great Salt Lake causeway berm
02-04-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — Governor Spencer Cox issued an executive order on Friday raising the Great Salt Lake causeway berm to keep snowpack in the...
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Cox orders division to raise Great Salt Lake causeway berm another 5 feet
02-03-2023 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a new executive order Friday, calling on the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands t...
Experts say pumping ocean water to the Great Salt Lake would cost a lot but help very little
02-03-2023 by Leia Larsen
It would also increase pollution and require a lot of electricity. As recently as last year, Utah lawmakers were floating the idea of pipi...
The Great Salt Lake is shrinking, but habitat work means more birds
02-03-2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
A growing bird count over 3 years defines success, defies GSL drought The 22-year drought in Utah has been the harbinger of bad news, with...
After Great Salt Lake bill stalls, some question legislature's commitment
02-03-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — Legislative leaders have been talking about water conservation and saving the Great Salt Lake, going so far as to declare i...
Bill creating water conservation nonprofit passes House committee
02-02-2023 by Alexis Perno
Utah Water Ways is modeled after successful Utah Clean Air program A House Committee gave its approval Thursday to create a “one stop shop...
Utah Republicans block resolution to create target level for the Great Salt Lake
02-01-2023 by Emma Keddington
A resolution to create a target level for the Great Salt Lake was voted against by a Senate committee despite widespread public support...
Small caucus of Utah lawmakers will push Great Salt Lake bills
02-01-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — With dozens of bills coming in the Utah State Legislature dealing with water, a small group of lawmakers have formed a spec...
$40M Great Salt Lake trust beginning work with newly formed council
02-01-2023 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Farmers, private landowners, mineral extraction specialists, hunters, anglers and water managers are among a group of peopl...
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Utah lawmakers: ‘We are not going to let our state go dry on our watch’
01-31-2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
Legislators commit to spending a half billion or more on Utah’s water It took more than 150 years since pioneers first arrived in Utah to...
Utah State Legislature turns focus to water conservation, Great Salt Lake
01-30-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — It's "Water Week" in the Utah State Legislature. House and Senate leaders unveiled a series of bills and funding initiati...
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Water, Great Salt Lake bills to be unveiled in the Utah State Legislature
01-29-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — House and Senate leaders will unveil a series of bills next week aimed at water conservation and the Great Salt Lake. "Th...
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Bear River Massacre site commemorates 160th anniversary with ambitious restoration plans
01-27-2023 by Aimee Van Tatenhove
Over 150 years ago, the United States Army attacked and killed as many as 500 Shoshone men, women and children in Northern Cache Valley. The...
Bill to create studies on cost of water infrastructure proceeds
01-26-2023 by Emma Keddington
A bill that would study how water districts use property taxes to fund water projects passed a committee Wednesday, Jan. 25. SB34, sponso...
Bill that would publicize how much water golf courses use meets opposition
01-26-2023 by Emma Keddington
A bill requiring both public and privately owned golf courses to publish their annual water usage was held Wednesday after it was opposed by...
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Utah lawmakers unveil two pieces of ‘historic’ legislation for the Great Salt Lake
01-26-2023 by Kyle Dunphey and Kailey Gilbert
Utah lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled two pieces of legislation aimed at helping the Great Salt Lake that advocates are calling “historic.”...
Utah, Salt Lake leaders unveil new plans to improve the struggling Great Salt Lake
01-25-2023 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Rep. Joel Briscoe, D-Salt Lake City, admits he has a sentimental reason behind his desire to save the Great Salt Lake. He...
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Bills begin to be introduced to save the Great Salt Lake
01-25-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A series of bills are being introduced designed to save the Great Salt Lake. At a news conference, the environmental grou...
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