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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
New $50 million pipeline project looks to improve water quality at the Great Salt Lake
06-08-2022 by April Baker
SALT LAKE CITY — A $50 million pipeline project is in the works at the Great Salt Lake and its goal is to improve water quality and preserve
Can this technology be an answer to farmland water use in the West?
06-06-2022 by Amy Joi O'Donoghue, Deseret News & Dan Spindle, KSL TV
From seed to livestock feed in 5 days with minimal water Rod Magnuson has a nice spread in rural Utah, raising cattle and alfalfa in an op
A solution to Great Salt Lake’s algal blooms? Pipe wastewater to where the brine shrimp graze.
06-04-2022 by Leia Larsen
A Utah sewer district is saving ratepayers money, cleaning Farmington Bay and providing improved flows to the shrinking lake. As summer ap
‘It’s just idyllic’: Great Salt Lake Rowing Club plows ahead, despite low water levels
06-04-2022 by Ray Boone
GREAT SALT LAKE, Utah — It may not be the first spot that comes to mind when you think of popular recreation spots in Utah, but one enthusia
Art project shows students how drought threatens the Great Salt Lake area
06-01-2022 by Dan Spindle
HOLLADAY, Utah – The Great Salt Lake is a critical resource for families here in Utah but sometimes it’s difficult to express its importance
More exposed Great Salt Lake bed means increased dust storms, officials warn
05-30-2022 by Ben Winslow
More dust storms could blow into the Wasatch Front as a result of increasingly exposed lake bed, state leaders are warning. FARMINGTON BAY
‘Water is not going to magically appear,’ says Interior’s Tanya Trujillo
05-20-2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
How money can help the West navigate the water supply issue of drought Communities across the West and elsewhere in the country are tappin
RADIOACTIVE 05.18.22 Hot Spots of Great Salt Lake
05-18-2022 by Lara Jones
Tonight's show featured the following people, organizations and/or events. Check them out and get plugged into your community! Kim Angeli
Utah lawmakers consider a pipeline from the Pacific Ocean to the Great Salt Lake
05-17-2022 by Ben Winslow
A legislative commission is floating the idea of a pipeline to bring water from the Pacific Ocean into the Great Salt Lake. SALT LAKE CITY
History lessons: Are Utahns ‘waking up’ to the Great Salt Lake’s peril?
05-14-2022 by Mark Shenefelt
The Great Salt Lake, already vulnerable to climate fluctuations over the ages, has been “set up to fail” by human impacts, but some of those
N. Utah seeing its worst dust in a decade. Why the drying Great Salt Lake isn’t to blame — yet.
05-13-2022 by Leia Larsen
Recent rains have tamped down the exposed lakebed, but drier, warmer weather is going to change that. Recent storms kicked up dust across
Big dam, small dam, no dam — What’s the right water answer for this growing Utah community?
05-12-2022 by Leia Larsen
In Cache Valley, district manager sees smaller-scale projects as a solution to supply concerns and securing more water for the Great Salt La
Great Salt Lake continues to shrink but one expert is optimistic
05-12-2022 by Scott McKane
SALT LAKE CITY — Right now the Great Salt Lake continues to shrink at an alarming rate despite our wet spring. Experts say more water needs
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