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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,...
Get paid to get rid of turf and switch to water-saving tech
09-19-2022 by Ben Winslow
ST. GEORGE, Utah — Wilson and Kari Jimenez are thrilled with how their yard looks. "We still have a little bit of grass here, but we plan...
Annual 'Friends of Great Salt Lake' clean-up event sees record turnout
09-16-2022 by Mythili Gubbi
SALT LAKE CITY — Utahns are working to solve the issue of pollution in the Great Salt Lake, hoping to help the wildlife that calls the area...
SLC's drought tolerant turf is such a hit, other communities in Utah want some
09-15-2022 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A special blend of grasses that uses less water and still looks good has proven to be such a hit, other communities want i...
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Great Salt Lake a sovereign entity 'worthy of legal rights,' group says
09-13-2022 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — An environmental group is pushing for the Great Salt Lake to be treated like a sovereign entity worthy of its own legal ri...
Restoration of Idaho's Bear River Massacre site may benefit Great Salt Lake
09-12-2022 by Mike Anderson
BEAR RIVER, Idaho — Current efforts to restore the site of the Bear River Massacre could benefit the whole Wasatch Front in a big way. Tho...
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As the Great Salt Lake fades away, so do its islands
09-12-2022 by Tim Vandenack
Call it Antelope Island, but by no means is it an island. Same goes for Fremont Island, Stansbury Island, Gunnison Island and other smalle...
Biologist says Great Salt Lake’s ecosystem is near collapse
09-09-2022 by Dan Spindle
ANTELOPE ISLAND, Utah — A biology professor said the Great Salt Lake’s ecosystem is dangerously close to collapsing, creating a risk for all...
New threat to Great Salt Lake? Mineral company wants to extend its canals.
09-07-2022 by Leia Larsen
Environmentalists worry that siphoning off more water is exactly what the shrinking lake doesn’t need. The Great Salt Lake is so low that...
Utah youth hold “die-in” to mourn the decline of Great Salt Lake
09-04-2022 by Saige Miller KUER
Over 100 people walked silently in a single file on the dry Great Salt Lake bed Saturday. They wanted to send a message to elected Utah le...
Utah youths hold ‘die-in’ for Great Salt Lake, challenge elected leaders to take bolder action
09-02-2022 by Leia Larsen
Despite persistent bugs, unseasonable heat and the formidable challenge presented by a lake that has been receding most of their lives, stud...
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Cox says more money will be needed for water conservation, save Great Salt Lake
09-01-2022 by Ben Winslow
LOGAN, Utah — Governor Spencer Cox said more money will be needed to expand water conservation measures and save the Great Salt Lake. At...
New Jordan River 'blueprint' may have benefits for the Great Salt Lake
09-01-2022 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — West Jordan Mayor Dirk Burton reflects back to his childhood as he stands a few dozen feet from the banks of the Jordan Riv...
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Group pitches Utah lawmakers on a pipeline to the Great Salt Lake
08-29-2022 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A group met with some Utah lawmakers and representatives of the governor's office to pitch an idea of a pipeline from the...
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