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File -- Mark Milligan, with the Utah Geological Survey, takes a photo of a mound formed by the mineral mirabilite on the shores of the Great Salt Lake on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (Scott G. Winterton/Deseret News)

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...

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Salt Lake Tribune

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) US Magnesium, which has ceased operations at the magnesium plant on the western edge of the Great Salt Lake, is pictured on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. On Friday, a Utah judge appointed a receiver to take over the company, after state officials argued it was failing to do work required under a 2021 settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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...

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KUER

Farmer and rancher Coby Hunt stands next to idle irrigation equipment in one of his fields near the town of Green River, Aug. 19, 2024. Utah is launching a new program that will pay producers to leave their fields empty, as Hunt has done, and leave their irrigation water in the Colorado River system. (David Condos/KUER)

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...

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Deseret News

A bird flies over the Great Salt Lake State Park in Magna on Saturday, June 15, 2024. Marielle Scott, Deseret News

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...

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KSL.com

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...

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Salt Lake Tribune

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The US Magnesium dike north of Stansbury Island on Saturday, March 26, 2022.

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...

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Great Salt Lake Collaborative

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...

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Fox 13

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...

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Fox 13

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...

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Deseret News

Deeda Seed, Center for Biological Diversity senior Utah campaigner, speaks during a press conference urging the halt to Utah Inland Port Authority development in Great Salt Lake wetlands at the capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News

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...

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Utah Public Radio (UPR)

USU Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water, and Air Managing Director, Anna McEntire moderates a panel with authors from the 2024 annual report. Photo by Miranda Lorenc, UPR

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...

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KUER

The marina at Great Salt Lake State Park, near Magna, Utah, Jan. 27, 2024. Photo by Jim Hill, KUER

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...

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KUER

Doug Bennett of the Washington County Water Conservancy District points out part of Sunbrook Golf Course that has been converted from grass to desert landscaping, Dec. 3, 2024. Photo by David Condos/KUER

St. George has cut a slice of turf from its golf game — and is eyeing more

12-10-2024 by David Condos

On the edge of St. George’s Sunbrook Golf Course, manicured greens give way to a mound of gray rock dotted with small palm trees, yuccas and...

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Fox 13

Deep divisions on display at Colorado River summit

12-06-2024 by Ben Winslow

LAS VEGAS — Disagreements between the seven states over who gets what out of the Colorado River spilled out into public during a pair of bac...

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Fox 13

Photo by: FOX 13 News file image

Utah's idea to swap Colorado River water for desalination plant money may not be so crazy after all

12-05-2024 by Ben Winslow

LAS VEGAS — An unusual idea floated by the president of the Utah State Senate to get more shares of Colorado River water is intriguing Calif...

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Fox 13

Photo by: FOX 13 News file image

Negotiations moving slowly in new deals governing the Colorado River

12-05-2024 by Ben Winslow

LAS VEGAS — In the negotiations over new agreements managing the Colorado River, the people involved in the high-stakes talks describe thing...

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KSL.com

Updated: 'A big step': Feds to direct $50M toward Great Salt Lake preservation projects

12-02-2024 by Carter Williams

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah officials have already poured tens of millions of dollars toward Great Salt Lake preservation efforts in recent years,...

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Salt Lake Tribune

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Great Salt Lake north of Stansbury Island on Saturday, July 27, 2024.

$50M from Inflation Reduction Act will be spent to deliver more water to the Great Salt Lake

12-02-2024 by Megan Banta

State officials say they’ll also leverage another $50 million in funds — totaling $100 million — to enhance ongoing conservation efforts and...

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Fox 13

How a $50 million investment will mitigate drought in the Great Salt Lake Basin

12-02-2024 by Michael Martin

SALT LAKE CITY — The Bureau of Reclamation has announced a $50 million investment from the Inflation Reduction Act for a water delivery prog...

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KUER

Agriculture is Utah's biggest water user, but some farmers don’t use any irrigation. One is Shay Lewis, seen here in his field near Monticello, Utah, Aug. 20, 2024. Credit: David Condos, KUER

Think Utah farmers should do without irrigation? Here’s what that looks like

11-26-2024 by David Condos

Shay Lewis waded into a stand of thigh-high wheat, snatched one of the seed heads and tossed some grain into his mouth. “Those are plump k...

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KSL NewsRadio

(Adam Small/KSL NewsRadio)

Federal funding to bring new stream gates to Great Salt Lake

11-26-2024 by Adam Small

REESE, Utah — The Bureau of Reclamation is giving $3 million to help water managers better track Great Salt Lake’s incoming water. Water m...

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