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Hope for Owens and why the Great Salt Lake presents a challenge beyond Mono and Owens
10-12-2022 by Max Roth
Now is the time to take action to save the Great Salt Lake SALT LAKE CITY — The Wasatch Front is on the precipice, poised to do one of t...
When it comes to saving terminal lakes like the Great Salt Lake, understanding every drop in the watershed matters
10-11-2022 by Leia Larsen
Lee Vining, Calif. • Geoff McQuilkin trekked toward a dam on Lee Vining Creek, fish leaping to catch bugs at a nearby pond, the peaks of Yos...
Five things to know about Mono Lake
10-11-2022 by Leia Larsen
Like the Great Salt Lake, Mono Lake is too salty for fish, which means brine shrimp thrive. But the lakes have different species of shrimp:...
The public trust doctrine prevented Mono Lake from drying up. Could it be used to save the Great Salt Lake?
10-11-2022 by Leia Larsen
Lee Vining, Calif. • Amid climate change and growing water demands that are withering terminal lakes away, Mono Lake carries a rare hopeful...
Mono Lake and a possible roadmap to secure GSL's right to exist
10-11-2022 by Max Roth
Owens Lake: A marvel of engineering and an environmental disaster
10-10-2022 by Max Roth
Until the 20th century, the only way water left the Great Basin was through evaporation. Then, a giant city decided to take control of a riv...
California salt lakes offer warnings signs and hope for Great Salt Lake
10-10-2022 by Keira Farrimond
SALT LAKE CITY — As Utahns look for ways to save the shrinking Great Salt Lake, there are two other salt lakes to our west that we can look...
Deseret News & Salt Lake Tribune
A dusty tale in California and words of wisdom for Utah as the Great Salt Lake shrinks
10-10-2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue, Deseret News | Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune
Owens Dry Lakebed, Calif. — The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power began siphoning the waters of the 110-square-mile Owens Lake in 19...
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...
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