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‘We must do whatever is necessary’: Mitt Romney’s bill funding study of Great Salt Lake sails through Senate
12-08-2022 by Leia Larsen
Shriveling salty lakes across the Great Basin, including the Great Salt Lake, will receive millions to aid scientific assessment. A bipart...
Why Utah is updating its answers to common questions about the Great Salt Lake
12-07-2022 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year even if it's a shell of its old self. For insta...
Lake questions: Does greater salinity lead to more evaporation in the Salt Lake?
12-07-2022 by McCaulee Blackburn
Is there an ideal target for water levels that we’d like to maintain? An elevation of 4,200 feet would be ideal, according to Laura Vernon...
Emergency water releases going into the Great Salt Lake
12-07-2022 by Ben Winslow
LAYTON, Utah — The Weber Basin Water Conservancy District has begun sending emergency releases of water into the Great Salt Lake. It's a m...
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Will time run out on Romney’s bill to fund research to save the Great Salt Lake?
12-06-2022 by Saige Miller KUER
Utah’s Great Salt Lake is at a record low and has already begun its ecological collapse. But it’s not the only salty lake in despair. On t...
The Great Salt Lake’s most important source of water has a troubled history. But there is hope its future may be better.
12-06-2022 by Leia Larsen
The Northwestern Shoshone are prioritizing restoration of Battle Creek, which runs through one of the bloodiest sites in U.S. history. Pre...
Utah looks to expand cloud seeding to help with drought, Great Salt Lake
12-06-2022 by Ben Winslow
TREMONTON, Utah — Charles Holmgren turns on a propane tank and turns on the flame on a nearby burner. He'll leave it going, while he does...
Lake questions: Can we bring water from the ocean to the Salt Lake?
12-02-2022 by McCaulee Blackburn
The Great Salt Lake Collaborative surveyed audience questions about the lake, and The Globe is publishing experts’ answers to your questions...
Bill upending how Utahns pay for water gets dammed up in the legislature
12-02-2022 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that would have dramatically changed how Utahns pay for water will not be advancing in the state legislature this ye...
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To help the Great Salt Lake, Utah may pay farmers to not grow crops
11-28-2022 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — As the Great Salt Lake moves closer to ecosystem collapse, the state of Utah is taking steps to try to quickly get more wa...
Antelope Island on life support due to shrinking Great Salt Lake, experts say
11-28-2022 by Dan Spindle
DAVIS COUNTY, Utah — It’s supposed to be surrounded by water, but right now, Antelope Island as we know it is on life support — suffering fr...
Gov. Cox put new water rights on hold. Will it actually help the Great Salt Lake?
11-28-2022 by Leia Larsen
The state engineer receives a deluge of applications for new diversions each year, but it appears many of them would be exempt from the paus...
Great Salt Lake levels stabilize — for now
11-22-2022 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — The levels of the Great Salt Lake have started to stabilize for now, according to a new drought report released by Utah's D...
The Great Salt Lake’s ecological collapse has begun
11-20-2022 by Leia Larsen
Scientists note changes to the food web they’ve never seen before, which could lead to endangered species listings and other disasters at Ut...
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Cox issues proclamation cutting off some water diversions to help the Great Salt Lake
11-18-2022 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — Governor Spencer Cox has issued a proclamation suspending any new water appropriations in the Bear, Jordan and Weber river...
New initiative aims to get people to 'fall in love' with the Great Salt Lake again
11-18-2022 by Carter Williams
SOUTH JORDAN — The shrinking of the Great Salt Lake isn't only a Utah problem in Adam Putnam's eyes. It's an issue that may have serious imp...
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New research and initiatives to help save the Great Salt Lake
11-18-2022 by Ben Winslow
LOGAN, Utah — New research and environmental initiatives are under way to offer potential solutions to saving the Great Salt Lake. Dr. Joa...
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Competing news outlets are working together to save the Great Salt Lake. Is it working?
11-18-2022 by McKenzie Romero
Do you feel like you’ve read/seen/heard more news about the Great Salt Lake in the past several months than you have in, like, years? You’...
Students get expansive Great Salt Lake experience
11-17-2022 by Sydnee Gonzalez
SYRACUSE — "How worried should we be?" "If people see that there's less water, why keep taking it?" "Will it get worse?" These were so...
What role can history play in saving the Great Salt Lake, solving Utah's water woes?
11-16-2022 by Carter Williams
PROVO — John Wesley Powell offered a poignant message for Western U.S. communities when he was the featured speaker in a room full of develo...
Environmental group says changing Utah’s tax laws could put 20% more water in Great Salt Lake
11-16-2022 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A new study released by an environmental group claims that 20% more water could be put into the Great Salt Lake if property...
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