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A highly-anticipated report on saving the Great Salt Lake is delivered to Utah leaders
12-05-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A highly-anticipated report recommending ways to save the Great Salt Lake has been delivered to Utah's governor and legisla
Why save the Great Salt Lake? A special report
11-30-2023 by Emma Penrod
Here’s a question that catches people off guard: What would happen if Utah is successful in saving the Great Salt Lake? For the past two y
Fixing the lake could pave the way to solving Utah’s mental health crisis
11-28-2023 by Emma Penrod
How thinking about water when planning cities and homes can save the lake and lead to happier, more connected Utahns Editor’s note: This s
How to build a lake-friendly yard, neighborhood
11-28-2023 by Heather May
Is it possible to create a Great Salt Lake friendly neighborhood? Seniors in Utah State University’s Landscape Architecture & Environmenta
Farming goes high tech
11-28-2023 by Emma Penrod
Renaissance Ag CEO Caleb Wilkins does not believe farmers set out to destroy the environment, the land on which they depend. They know how t
The Great Salt Lake and Utah farms could save each other. Here's how.
11-28-2023 by Emma Penrod
Surprise: Agriculture and the lake need each other to survive Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of stories by the Great Salt L
Church implements 'important' landscape pilot program to cut water use
11-27-2023 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has redesigned the landscape outside six of its Utah meetinghouses and is w
Can ocean pipeline save the Great Salt Lake? New report cites staggering costs
11-27-2023 by Carter Williams
PROVO — Utah water officials say a "suite of alternatives" will be needed to get water back to the struggling Great Salt Lake over the next
Are some Utah lawmakers planning to resurrect the Bear River pipeline project?
11-27-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — An environmental group claims some Utah lawmakers may be planning to restart the controversial Bear River pipeline project,
Great Salt Lake: Utah farmers adapting to survive drought, changing water laws
11-24-2023 by Dan Rascon and Larry D. Curtis
Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of stories by the Great Salt Lake Collaborative that asks the question: Why save the Great Sal
Pilot water program could benefit Utah, Great Salt Lake
11-17-2023 by Max Roth
As part of its mission to elevate reporting on potential solutions for the Great Salt Lake, the Great Salt Lake Collaborative paid for Utah
Farmers fear fallow fields
11-16-2023 by Sheri Quinn
Utah program pays farmers to fallow crops and it’s saving a little bit of water for the Colorado River. Whether it should be a solution for
Study shines more light on toxins in Great Salt Lake dust
11-16-2023 by Leia Larsen
Research group claims the lake’s sediment could cause neural disease, but local scientist raises concerns over research methods. Contamina
As he leaves, Wilson warns lawmakers of hard choices to be made on water
11-16-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — House Speaker Brad Wilson left office, praising the part-time Utah State Legislature for their work to advance important po
Utah needs a comprehensive water plan, legislative audit warns
11-16-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A new audit calls on the state to get a handle on how much water it actually has and come up with better plans to address c
Great Salt Lake rally brings Native and youth voices to Utah’s Capitol Hill
11-16-2023 by Aimee Van Tatenhove
“We were born in water. We were delivered in water. We know what water is. Water sustained us from conception, and water sustains us as we g
Great Salt Lake official offers upbeat assessment, at least in the near term
11-16-2023 by Tim Vandenack
Looking forward, a few things give Great Salt Lake Commissioner Brian Steed optimism about the near-term prospects of boosting the lake’s wa
Why Great Salt Lake commissioner says refilling the lake will likely take longer than 5 years
11-16-2023 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake is in a much better spot than it was this time a year ago, as it reached its current all-time low. It
Utah lawmaker wants to pump millions of gallons of groundwater near the Great Salt Lake
11-16-2023 by Leia Larsen
A leading politician who called out companies for wanting to use more water in an over-tapped system finds an exception of his own. Rep. M
Utah is purchasing land for an eventual water pipeline in Box Elder
11-16-2023 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
The pipeline is for future water deliveries A future pipeline for water deliveries to the growing Wasatch Front may be decades off, but t
Bills getting conserved water to Great Salt Lake, bans on outdoor watering introduced
11-13-2023 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A series of bills have been unveiled on Utah's Capitol Hill addressing some issues with water conservation, including ensur
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