Latest News
Cutting back alfalfa and hay crops is vital to helping Great Salt Lake, study finds
01-08-2025 by Sheri Quinn
A new study published Tuesday zooms in on just how much farmers in the Great Salt Lake basin need to cut back on livestock-feed crops, and s...
New study says Utahns, especially farmers, need to cut water use by 35% to save Great Salt Lake
01-07-2025 by Adam Small
SALT LAKE CITY — Despite Utahns’ efforts to save and conserve water for Great Salt Lake over the last few years, researchers say it’s going...
Study calls for alfalfa, hay cuts in Utah to help the Great Salt Lake
01-07-2025 by Ben Winslow
NEWTON, Utah — A new study suggests some deep cuts need to be made in alfalfa and hay production in Utah to help bring the Great Salt Lake b...
Who visits the Great Salt Lake? People from all over the world
01-06-2025 by Carter Williams
MAGNA — The Great Salt Lake was one of Utah's first outdoor tourism destinations as its role as the "Crossroads of the West" grew in the lat...
Great Salt Lake makes new gains to start new year. What does it need in 2025?
01-03-2025 by Carter Williams, KSL.com and Adam Small, KSL NewsRadio
SALT LAKE CITY — The waters of Great Salt Lake are rising to begin the new year, and experts hope that run will continue after recent storm...
Updated: Here’s how the University of Utah cut its annual water use on campus by 55M gallons
01-02-2025 by Caitlyn Homolya
The Utah Legislature in 2022 ordered state agencies to add water use protections. The university was doing it already. Editor's note: This...
Utah in settlement talks with U.S. Magnesium over 'acid pond' near Great Salt Lake
01-02-2025 by Ben Winslow
ROWLEY, Utah — The state of Utah is now engaged in settlement talks with U.S. Magnesium, one of the state’s largest mineral extraction compa...
How much water flows to the Great Salt Lake? New streamgages might have the answer, officials say.
01-02-2025 by Megan Banta
“You can’t manage what you can’t measure, and I think that’s the theme of the last few years,” said Deputy State Engineer Blake Bingham. B...
Our impact in 2024, our plans for 2025 — and why we need your support
12-30-2024 by Heather May
Better together It's Heather May here from the Great Salt Lake Collaborative and Colorado River Collaborative. I want to share with you th...
Our most engaging stories of 2024
12-26-2024 by Becca Green
As we head into 2025, the team at Great Salt Lake Collaborative would like to thank each of you for taking the time to be engaged on these i...
Utah argues US Magnesium is ‘unable or unwilling’ to protect the Great Salt Lake as judge appoints outsider to run the company
12-20-2024 by Megan Banta, Shannon Sollitt and Sheila McCann
US Magnesium says it stopped building a retaining wall meant to keep toxic waste out of the Great Salt Lake because it’s no longer mining ma...
Utah wants to shore up its Colorado River share with a water ‘savings account’
12-19-2024 by David Condos
Coby Hunt’s farm field near the southeast Utah town of Green River would normally be filled with alfalfa growing up to his knees. This yea...
What happened to the Great Salt Lake this year
12-18-2024 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
Focused funding, donations of water, new laws and wetlands protection are highlights from 2024 The levels of the Great Salt Lake may be in...
Utah, Great Salt Lake trust award $5.4M in more wetlands improvement projects
12-17-2024 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake's rebound is still a work in progress, but the lake's vital ecosystem is about to receive another boost...
Why work has stopped on a wall to keep ‘highly acidic’ waste away from the Great Salt Lake
12-16-2024 by Shannon Sollitt and Megan Banta
US Magnesium was required to install a massive underground wall to keep “highly acidic” waste away from the lake, under agreements with the...
What are the solutions to save the Great Salt Lake? Here are five ideas
12-13-2024 by Heather May
Editor's note: This list of potential solutions was made for students who are learning about the Great Salt Lake through a partnership the G...
Southern Utah looks to expand water reuse, 'ultra-efficient' landscaping
12-13-2024 by Ben Winslow and Chris Reed
ST. GEORGE, Utah — Water managers in this desert community are looking to make some big policy shifts in an effort to stretch resources a li...
U.S. Supreme Court hears Uinta Basin Railway case and challenge to major environmental law
12-13-2024 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court considered whether to rein in a major environmental law in a case involving 88-miles...
Is Utah’s port authority plan the latest threat to the Great Salt Lake?
12-12-2024 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
Brian Moench says the Utah Inland Port Authority’s plans for new development spanning the Wasatch Front and multiple counties is a death kne...
New report highlights Utah State research on Utah's environment
12-10-2024 by Erin Lewis
The USU Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water, and Air recently released their annual report to the governor and legislature. The 2...
New data could tell us how much of Utah’s water simply disappears into the air
12-10-2024 by David Condos
For all the talk about how much water exits Utah through the Colorado River, that’s not the primary way water leaves the state. Much of it s...
Page 4 of 41
Stay up to date with our newsletter
© 2025 Great Salt Lake Collaborative
A Solutions Journalism Project
Stories copyright their respective publishers, used by permission.
Site by Third Sun