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The people living near Owens Lake endured decades of toxic dust. Here’s why they stayed.
10-10-2022 by Leia Larsen
Lone Pine, Calif. • The area around Owens Lake holds a certain kind of magnetism. There’s the spectacular Sierra Nevada to the west, crown...
Five things to know about Owens Lake
10-10-2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
what makes Owens Lake in California different, but similar to Utah’s Great Salt Lake. Like Owens Lake, the Great Salt Lake is a terminal...
What Utah can learn from the monumental effort to reduce dust at Owens Lake
10-10-2022 by Leia Larsen
Keeping emissions at bay on the Great Salt Lake’s exposed bed will take a mosaic of solutions. And it will be very, very expensive. Owens...
The Great Salt Lake isn’t just for the birds — it’s part of a water network that ties Utah to the rest of the West and the world
10-09-2022 by Leia Larsen
This Great Salt Lake Collaborative story is part of day one of our series, “At water’s edge: Searching for solutions at the Great Salt Lake’...
Pitfalls and possibilities: A video introduction to the project
10-09-2022 by Max Roth
This Great Salt Lake Collaborative story is part of day one of our series, “At water’s edge: Searching for solutions at the Great Salt Lake’...
The saline lakes of the Great Basin and why they are in trouble
10-09-2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
This Great Salt Lake Collaborative story is part of day one of our series, “At water’s edge: Searching for solutions at the Great Salt Lake’...
SLCC students show up for the Salt Lake during this year’s coastal cleanup
10-05-2022 by McCaulee Blackburn
The environmental and sustainability club at Salt Lake Community College only has a few members. Their majors are different, but they all ha...
Romney calls for 'aggressive' water conservation in Utah's drought
10-03-2022 by Ben Winslow
SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah — Sen. Mitt Romney warned that Utah will likely have to pursue more aggressive water conservation measures in the fac...
Poll: How worried are Utahns about the Great Salt Lake?
09-29-2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
The declining water levels at the Great Salt Lake and what it may mean for Utah’s future have a majority of Utah residents concerned about i...
New project will use stormwater to create wetlands at the Great Salt Lake
09-29-2022 by Mike Anderson
SALT LAKE CITY — The Nature Conservancy will soon be using stormwater to create new wetlands off the shores of the Great Salt Lake. The pr...
Despite historic lows, Great Salt Lake pumps keep running — just in case
09-28-2022 by Ben Winslow
THE WEST DESERT, Utah — It looks a bit like a mirage in the desert expanse. A pump house, built in the 1980s at a time when the Great Sal...
Xeriscaping? Charging higher fees? See what your city is doing to save water.
09-28-2022 by Alixel Cabrera and Blake Apgar
Cities across the Salt Lake Valley are saving this precious resource by easing landscape rules, providing incentives and improving fixtures...
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'It was critical': Berm raised to help save the Great Salt Lake
09-26-2022 by Ben Winslow
LAKESIDE, Utah — Crews have completed efforts to raise a berm by four feet in an "emergency surgery" effort to balance the salinity of the...
Monthly Utah Clean Air Caucus meeting focuses on Great Salt Lake
09-26-2022 by Aimee Van Tatenhove
This month’s Utah Clean Air Caucus meeting focused on Great Salt Lake, and the role it plays in Utah’s air quality. Craig Miller, the mana...
Increasing Great Salt Lake salinity predicted to impact Utah brine shrimp
09-26-2022 by Aimee Van Tatenhove
New research suggests that as Great Salt Lake shrinks and gets saltier, brine shrimp, a staple food for migrating birds and a boon to Utah’s...
Utah raises Great Salt Lake berm in effort to stop salinity levels from harming ecosystem
09-23-2022 by Carter Williams
OGDEN — Utah land managers said Thursday they've recently raised a berm underneath the railroad causeway that stretches across the Great Sal...
Great Salt Lake managers raise causeway berm in effort to stave off rising salinity
09-23-2022 by Leia Larsen
High concentrations of salty water are already taking a toll on the lake’s brine shrimp, which could have ripple effects on migrating birds...
Conservation is helping keep Utah's drought from being worse, state officials say
09-21-2022 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — Water conservation measures have helped keep Utah's drought situation from getting worse, state officials told a legislati...
Dust hot spots: Where is Great Salt Lake's toxic dust most likely to originate?
09-20-2022 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Kevin Perry believes there are many "trigger points" that indicate when there is something wrong with the Great Salt Lake...
'It's a battle': Why there's a growing fight to stop phragmites around the Great Salt Lake
09-20-2022 by Carter Williams
FARMINGTON — The threat of the Great Salt Lake flooding is far from anyone's minds these days, especially after back-to-back years of record...
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All of northern Utah at risk for toxic dust from shrinking Great Salt Lake, scientist tells lawmakers
09-20-2022 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — All of northern Utah faces risk from dust storms laced with arsenic and other chemicals from a shrinking Great Salt Lake,...
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