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'Art is a good teacher': New public exhibit draws attention to the drying Great Salt Lake
07-06-2022 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Jacob Brooks' latest painting is quite simple, so simple that his 3-year-old son can understand the message Brooks is tryin...
Great Salt Lake drops to new historic low
07-05-2022 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake has dropped to a new historic low, FOX 13 News has confirmed. The imperiled lake has dropped to 4,19...
Great Salt Lake hits another new low — ‘this is not the type of record we like to break’
07-05-2022 by Leia Larsen
And the drop is expected to stretch into the fall. For the second time in less than a year, the Great Salt Lake has sunk to a record-break...
Are you watering your lawn wrong? USU’s Water Checkers will help you figure it out
06-30-2022 by Nadia Pflaum
At Nick Clayton’s house in Cottonwood Heights, it looks like a squadron of tiny aliens has landed. Little blue, plastic cups on tripod legs...
One of Utah's largest water suppliers is asking residents to cut use by 10%
06-30-2022 by Ben Winslow
WEST JORDAN, Utah — The Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District is asking all of its customers to cut their water use by at least 10%. Tha...
How Bear Lake pumps millions of dollars into Utah, and what it might mean for Great Salt Lake
06-29-2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
A new study reveals visitors to Bear Lake last summer pumped $48 million into the northern Utah region during more than a million days and n...
Utah will soon have water judges. This is what they’ll do and why it matters.
06-29-2022 by Saige Miller
For the last 25 years that Scott Martin has been practicing water law in Utah, the concept of appointing water judges or creating a water co...
Why Should We Care About Brine Shrimp?
06-28-2022 by Ali Vallarta
Why are brine shrimp important to Salt Lakers? City Cast Salt Lake talks with Jaimi Butler of Great Salt Lake Institute. Listen here.
Spiral Jetty: A barometer for the Great Salt Lake, or a work of art unto itself?
06-26-2022 by Palak Jayswal
Like any work of art, the value of Spiral Jetty — easily the most recognizable artwork in Utah — depends on how you look at it. Jaimi Butl...
What U. President Taylor Randall hopes to learn about the Great Salt Lake
06-23-2022 by Marjorie Cortez
With the picturesque Farmington Bay as a backdrop, state legislative leaders, the president of the state’s flagship university, academics, s...
University of Utah atmospheric scientist Dr. Kevin Perry on Great Salt Lake Dust risks
06-22-2022 by Roger McDonough
“Is this the toxic lake dust?” That’s a question many people in northern Utah are now asking themselves when the air turns brown with part...
Storms kick up Great Salt Lake dust that may not be good for your health
06-21-2022 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — Recent wind storms that hit the Wasatch Front brought dust from the West Desert and Great Salt Lake into communities, stat...
Toxic dust warnings might be our future as the Great Salt Lake shrivels up
06-20-2022 by Ivana Martinez
The Great Salt Lake is shrinking at an alarming rate, and it’s about to reach a new record low following an extreme drought. That’s raisin...
Can you swim in Utah’s Great Salt Lake? These people do it every year
06-18-2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
‘You either love it or you hate it, there’s no in between,’ one swimmer says Forget about the bugs. They are only with you for a little bi...
Nature Conservancy, Audubon Society to head Utah's new $40M Great Salt Lake program
06-16-2022 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah legislators approved an unprecedented $40 million that will go solely toward enhancing the Great Salt Lake watershed d...
Great Salt Lake may be weeks away from new historic low
06-16-2022 by Ben Winslow
Environmental groups get $40m to secure water SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake may be weeks away from hitting its new historic low...
Why Salt Lake City wants residents to 'adopt' a storm drain
06-14-2022 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Chances are you've seen signs to adopt a highway at least once in your life. The first "Adopt a Highway" sign dates back...
RadioWest: It's Not Too Late (Yet) For A New Water Policy
06-10-2022 by Doug Fabrizio
Water policy shapes how we live in the West, and for years, we’ve carried on, changing very little in our water consumption, even in the fac...
When Will We Know if it's the Toxic Dust?
06-09-2022 by Ali Vallarta
Which dust is in the air this spring? Is it the toxic dust from the Great Salt Lake yet? How will we know? Ali asks Logan Mitchell, a climat...
RadioACTive 06.09.22 Audio Postcards about GSL
06-09-2022 by Lara Jones
The debut of Lake Effect, a podcast from Utah Public Radio that asks the question, "What does the Great Salt Lake mean to You?" Tonight, Mol...
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