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'It matters ... when your water goes away': Reexamining the end of Utah's 'lost oasis'
05-05-2022 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Daron Duke is captivated by an image he's projected on a screen he's shared with curious archaeologists and prehistoric afi...
West Valley City legalizes artificial turf in Utah's drought emergency
05-05-2022 by Ben Winslow
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — Outside City Hall, some patches of grass look a little different than others. Look closely, and you'll see it's n...
Will horrific drought make lawns in the West a memory?
05-04-2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
Southern Nevada prohibits ‘ornamental’ turf in some areas By 2027, more than 5,000 acres of what are deemed useless or simply ornamental t...
Why water experts want Utahns to be 'the lone weirdo' when it comes to xeriscaping
05-03-2022 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Cynthia Bee said it sometimes pays off to be "the lone weirdo" in a neighborhood who ditches the turf-based park strip, the...
The State And Fate Of The Great Salt Lake, Part I
05-02-2022 by Doug Fabrizio
There’s no sugarcoating it: The Great Salt Lake is dying. In fact, the obituary has already been written, and according to the people studyi...
Utah farmer plants differently to save soil moisture during historic drought
05-01-2022 by Erin Cox
How Interior's $1M grant helps avoid 'catastrophic' Great Salt Lake wetlands issues
04-29-2022 by Carter Williams
OGDEN — The dike system at Ogden Bay Waterfowl Management Area is vital for controlling the water that keeps it an important management area...
Utah political leaders pressured to move quickly to save Great Salt Lake
04-28-2022 by Ben Winslow
A century of human activity is coming back as toxic dust as the Great Salt Lake shrinks
04-27-2022 by Pamela McCall
The scenario reads more like apocalyptic science fiction than reality. The Great Salt Lake recedes and an ecological disaster, fanned by the...
Why it matters that the Great Salt Lake will likely drop to a new historic low this year
04-26-2022 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Laura Vernon was preparing for a news interview last summer when her mother asked what the interview was about. Vernon, t...
Great Salt Lake projected to hit new historic low this year
04-25-2022 by Ben Winslow
Interview: Why a dry Chilean lagoon matters to the future of the Great Salt Lake
04-22-2022 by Caroline Ballard
KUER's Caroline Ballard interviews Will Munger from Utah State University and Amy Joi O'Donoghue of the Deseret News about the connections b...
Can this tweak to Utah vehicle law help reduce toxic Great Salt Lake dust?
04-21-2022 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Motorized vehicles are banned from traveling on exposed lakebeds and navigable rivers in Utah, but a problem emerged in rec...
Why a dry Chilean lagoon matters to the future of the Great Salt Lake
04-21-2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
Back in its heyday, the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake boasted multiple resorts offering dining, dancing, concerts, picnic pavilions, a bo...
Could Utah children help shape the destiny of the ailing Great Salt Lake?
04-20-2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
Studies show link between youth education, protecting nature To save the Great Salt Lake is to know its worth. To know its worth is to be...
How the Great Salt Lake lakebed could contribute to pollution, other issues
04-18-2022 by Kira Hoffelmeyer
LOGAN, Utah — Two Ph.D. students from Utah State University are trying to measure the dust blowing off the Great Salt Lake and learn how it...
RadioACTive 04.18.22 with Great Salt Lake Collaborative
04-18-2022 by Lara Jones
Rising journalists once again took over RadioACTive for a Voices Amplified edition of the show, a collaboration between Salt Lake Community...
How the Great Salt Lake soon could be powering your phone, computer and car
04-17-2022 by Leia Larsen
Lithium mining also could lead to a greener future and secure more revenue to ensure the lake’s longevity. Chances are, the Great Salt Lak...
Great Salt Lake sinking levels could impact bird migration
04-13-2022 by Kira Hoffelmeyer
BOX ELDER COUNTY, Utah — The drying up Great Salt Lake could have dire consequences for the birds migrating through the area. It’s not as...
‘Embrace the salt’ — A kayaker’s quest to share up-close views of an ‘epic’ but shriveling Great Salt Lake
04-10-2022 by Leia Larsen
For Brian Footen, it will be the biggest and most challenging destination in a project to create Google Street View-style maps of drought-st...
After decades of waiting, Antelope Island State Park visitor center is getting a $13 million makeover
04-09-2022 by Daedan Olander
The renovation and expansion will incorporate research space where scientists can study Great Salt Lake and where visitors can learn about t...
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