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Former natural resources director tapped to be Utah's 1st Great Salt Lake commissioner
05-16-2023 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is backing the state's former natural resources director to oversee functions related to the Great Sa
Steed named to oversee Great Salt Lake efforts
05-15-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — Brian Steed, the head of an environmental policy institute at Utah State University, has been tapped to oversee state effor
Washington County's new water conservation boss looks to tackle turf
05-12-2023 by Ben Winslow
The Washington County Water Conservancy District has made a big hire that could lead to some significant conservation changes for southweste
Diverted water helping Great Salt Lake, reducing flood concerns
05-11-2023 by Darienne DeBrule
WEBER COUNTY, Utah — Flood mitigation and preserving the Great Salt Lake are at the top of mind for many in the state, but fortunately, one
Willard Bay releases water to help the Great Salt Lake this spring
05-11-2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
71.6 billion gallons of water will come from upstream reservoirs With the turn of a wheel, 650 million gallons of water a day will eventua
This winter's record snowfall is making its way to Great Salt Lake
05-11-2023 by Erin Lewis
Ecoflights is an Aspen, Colorado based nonprofit that provides a big picture perspective on changing landscapes across the West. They take s
Utah leaders close to picking a new 'Great Salt Lake czar'
05-11-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — State leaders interviewed job candidates on Tuesday for a point-person to oversee efforts to save the Great Salt Lake. Go
Looking to Israel to help save the Great Salt Lake on Tuesday's Access Utah
05-11-2023 by Tom Williams
Fox 13 reporter Ben Winslow recently traveled to Israel with a delegation of Utah leaders. He wrote this for the Great Salt Lake Collaborati
Record snowpack likely adds 2 years to Great Salt Lake's long-term outlook, experts say
05-05-2023 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Kevin Perry isn't completely surprised by this year's record snowpack. Utah's snowpack, a measure of the water contained
‘It was fantastic.’ Pilot revels in Great Salt Lake’s wonders
05-04-2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
Aerial tour by EcoFlight showcases uniqueness of Utah’s saline lake
Great Salt Lake experts take to the sky to view lake's recent growth
05-04-2023 by Mythili Gubbi
This season’s record snowpack means good news for the Great Salt Lake. It has already risen a few feet, and the runoff has barely just start
What Utah cities have water-efficient landscape ordinances?
05-04-2023 by Heather May
Utah lawmakers approved spending $10 million in the past two legislative sessions on turf buyback programs, to get Utahns to rip our their g
Utah launches statewide turf grass buyback program as it seeks water-use reformation
05-04-2023 by Carter Williams
WEST JORDAN — This year's record snowpack has drastically reduced a drought that really began to impact Utah by the end of spring three year
Utah increases incentives to get you to ditch your lawn
05-04-2023 by Ben Winslow
WEST JORDAN, Utah — The state of Utah is increasing the amount of incentives being offered to convince you to get rid of lawn you don't use.
Great American Drought: Searching for Solutions in Israel
05-04-2023 by Heather May
Journalist Ben Winslow went to Israel in search of solutions to the U.S. megadrought in a country that has thrived despite being built in a
What Utah can take back from Israel when it comes to water savings, and what gets lost in translation
05-02-2023 by Ben Winslow
LAKE KINNERET, Israel — The delegation of Utah officials, lawmakers and researchers have been impressed with what Israel has accomplished wh
Strawberries in the Desert: From drip irrigation to vertical gardens, Utah officials learn how Israel does more with less water
05-02-2023 by Ben Winslow
NEGEV DESERT, Israel — A group of Utah Mormon Republican lawmakers walk into a Jewish socialist kibbutz in the middle of the desert. It’s
Utah leaders look to Israel to help save the Great Salt Lake
04-30-2023 by Ben Winslow
TEL AVIV, Israel — Utah Department of Natural Resources Executive Director Joel Ferry reads an Israeli nursery rhyme to the men and women wh
Why did Utah leaders go to Israel?
04-30-2023 by Heather May and Ben Winslow
One of the driest countries in the world, Israel once struggled to find enough freshwater to sustain its growing population in the midst of
YALLA! How I ended up on a whirlwind trip to Israel for the Great Salt Lake Collaborative
04-27-2023 by Ben Winslow
I had two days to prepare for a 7,000-mile trip to Israel with a delegation from Utah. When Heather May, director of the Great Salt Lake
50 million gallons of water begins daily diversion to Great Salt Lake
04-25-2023 by Jeff Tavvs
DRAPER, Utah — While things have been looking up for the Great Salt Lake recently, the body of water synonymous with the Beehive State began
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