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The new Great Salt Lake Commissioner is ready to help save the lake
07-05-2023 by Ben Winslow
WILLARD BAY, Utah — Brian Steed knows the stakes are high. "It’s exciting and a little scary," he said in an interview Friday with FOX 13
A special turf that uses less water in Utah's drought is growing in popularity
07-05-2023 by Ben Winslow
Salt Lake City Public Utilities partnered with Utah State University's Center for Water-Efficient Landscaping and the Turfgrass Water Conser
How much did Utah's record snowpack help the Great Salt Lake?
07-05-2023 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake's water levels fell to an all-time record low for the second-consecutive time a year ago this week. O
New Salt Lake program uses weather data, satellite imagery to help residents water more efficiently
06-29-2023 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Water supply in Utah's capital city is in a good place after a robust snowpack runoff that's all but over. As the irrigatio
Salt Lake City residents can now easily track their water use
06-29-2023 by Erin Lewis
Salt Lake City's utility service is rolling out a water management analysis and planning software — otherwise known as waterMAPS — to reside
US Magnesium plans to challenge study naming them as major polluter
06-29-2023 by Adam Small
SALT LAKE CITY — Five months after a study done by The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration named them as a major contributor to
Farmington wildlife mural will represent ecosystem connection between Argentina, US
06-29-2023 by Gabrielle Shiozawa
FARMINGTON — A new mural being painted at the Eccles Wildlife Education Center in Farmington will represent the connection between three eco
How Alta's 'dirtiest' snow year ended its 2022 snowmelt process 2 weeks early
06-15-2023 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — McKenzie Skiles and other Utah researchers had already shed light on the relationship between dust and mountain snowmelt be
Lee, Curtis propose more money to help the ailing Great Salt Lake
06-15-2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
Legislation expands spending authority of Central Utah Completion Act A proposed boost in federal money to help the Great Salt Lake waters
Lower Great Salt Lake water level may help fight phragmites
06-15-2023 by Adam Small
SALT LAKE CITY — As water managers watch the Great Salt Lake rise, they’re still battling the invasive phragmites on the Great Salt Lake sho
Does Utah need (or want) a sixth national park?
06-15-2023 by Leia Larsen
Utah lawmakers are notoriously resistant to ceding any land to federal control, but supporters say a national park could shine a worldwide s
Great Salt Lake brine shrimp population increases as lake reaches healthy levels
06-15-2023 by Adam Small
SALT LAKE CITY — The brine shrimp industry is breathing a sigh of relief thanks to the rising water level of the Great Salt Lake. And so is
Growing Water Smart workshop encourages collaboration on water conservation
06-15-2023 by Erin Lewis
Utah Growing Water Smart is a program that hosts workshops put on by four major organizations: the Utah Division of Water Resources, Babbitt
Water year leaves slightly fewer Utahns worried about Great Salt Lake
06-13-2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
Poll shows concern remains strong, but slightly diminished in light of snowpack The endless winter storms that draped Utah’s watersheds in
Great Salt Lake boaters return as water rises more than five feet
06-08-2023 by Leia Larsen
Marinas at the lake’s state parks were high and dry last year, but a historic amount of snowfall has also raised sailors’ spirits. The boa
How Utah's record snowpack is impacting the Great Salt Lake's shorebirds
06-07-2023 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Janice Gardner vividly remembers what it was like to venture out into the Great Salt Lake's vast wetlands as she and multip
How record snowpack is impacting the Great Salt Lake's ecology
06-07-2023 by Kim Bojórquez
Utah's record snowpack is already having outsized impacts on migratory shorebirds and insects in and around the Great Salt Lake. Why it ma
Boats put back in Great Salt Lake marina as water levels rise
06-07-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A crane lifted boats into their slips at the Great Salt Lake Marina on Tuesday, a sign of the lake's rebounding thanks to a
Utah Senate committee confirms Great Salt Lake commissioner
06-06-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — Brian Steed may have one of the toughest jobs in Utah government: he is tasked with saving the Great Salt Lake. "The chal
Bills on landscaping, crops and dedicating water to Great Salt Lake to be resurrected
06-01-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A series of bills on water conservation and the Great Salt Lake may be resurrected, including one that would ban outdoor wa
Great Salt Lake commissioner explains why Utahns should avoid 'Great Salt Lake fatigue'
05-31-2023 by Heather May
Brian Steed has a big job ahead of him, if the Utah Legislature confirms his new role as Great Salt Commissioner. If so, his official work o
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