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Video: Utah farmers experimenting with alternative crops to save water
11-21-2024 by Mark Wetzel and Shelby Lofton
Just outside Canyonlands National Park in San Juan County, rancher Matt Redd walked to a spot where two of his pastures meet. One side is gr
Updated Video: The fight to save the Colorado River
11-14-2024 by Emma Pitts
Sediment is filling Lake Powell at an alarming rate. What can be done to keep this water source viable? Will Lake Powell become Lake Mud?
Updated Video: The fight to save the Colorado River
11-14-2024 by Emma Pitts
Sediment is filling Lake Powell at an alarming rate. What can be done to keep this water source viable? Will Lake Powell become Lake Mud?
Great Salt Lake license plates could hit bumpers in the next couple of months
11-07-2024 by Adam Small
SALT LAKE CITY — The long wait for new, specialty Great Salt Lake license plates is almost over. The state needed 500 applicants to start
Photo essay: The fight to save the Colorado River
11-05-2024 by Kristin Murphy
'Mudbergs' in Lake Powell and new white water rapids. What is it like to travel down Cataract Canyon on the Colorado River? The Colorado R
The fight to save the Colorado River
11-05-2024 by Emma Pitts
Returning Rapid’s Mike Dehoff likens the river to a friend who is sick in the hospital ― and its symptoms are worsening As I hopped onto
The Colorado River is in a custody battle with 7 states
11-04-2024 by Emma Pitts
Lake Powell and Lake Mead’s declining water levels force basin states to confront old rules in a new reality The Colorado River is managed
Will Lake Powell become Lake Mud? Inside the growing sediment crisis
11-04-2024 by Emma Pitts
In 1963, the Glen Canyon Dam was built. It created Lake Powell Reservoir, which straddles Utah and Arizona, to ensure a water supply for the
Video: How do southern Utah tribes view the Colorado River?
11-04-2024 by Stephanie DeGraw
The Colorado River and its tributaries, including the Virgin River in southwest Utah, are considered among Native Americans' most sacred pie
‘This river has a spirit’: Native Americans share ancestral ties to Colorado River and its tributaries
11-04-2024 by Stephanie DeGraw
Autumn Gillard's dark eyes are serious as she gazes upon the hordes of visitors on the Virgin River bank in Zion National Park. The striking
Utah teens lead 2034 Olympics-inspired protest supporting Great Salt Lake
10-31-2024 by Mariah Maynes/KSL NR
SALT LAKE CITY — A group of Utah teens held an Olympics-inspired protest Saturday, drawing attention to the negative impacts a drying Great
With water rights in hand, Navajo still hope to restore farms on Utah’s San Juan
10-31-2024 by David Condos
Navajo family farms once lined the San Juan River in southeast Utah, but many have fallen idle. A water rights settlement with Utah has give
Navajo food traditions tap into the past, and future, of farming the arid Southwest
10-31-2024 by David Condos
When you imagine a ripe, juicy peach, you might not picture it growing in a red rock canyon. Centuries ago, however, tribes in the Four Corn
Historic water rights settlement could help Indigenous farmers thrive
10-31-2024 by Mark Wetzel and Shelby Lofton
The San Juan River creates a winding green ribbon through southeast Utah’s red rock country. The Colorado River tributary is a vital water s
Utah artist kicks of Wake the Great Salt Lake with 'By a Thread' exhibit
10-31-2024 by Mariah Maynes
SALT LAKE CITY – Ogden artist Kellie Bornhoft’s has a goal with her latest work, ‘By a Thread.’ She wants to break the notion that the Great
Why do you love the lake? And what are you willing to give up to protect it?
10-30-2024 by Heather May
The Great Salt Lake Collaborative is partnering with Plan-B Theatre on a play about the Great Salt Lake, through Salt Lake City Arts Council
Your input is needed on a new plan to manage the Great Salt Lake
10-23-2024 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — Meg Cartwright is worried about the Great Salt Lake. "I really care about it a lot and I know what will happen if we don’
At Utah water summit, updates on the Colorado River, Great Salt Lake and property taxes
10-17-2024 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — House Speaker Mike Schultz hosted lawmakers for a water policy summit where he urged his colleagues to ensure efforts are t
Lawsuit filed over Green River lithium project
10-17-2024 by Ben Winslow
MOAB, Utah — A lawsuit has been filed challenging a lithium extraction project near the Green River. Living Rivers, the Great Basin Water
Coalition lawsuit challenges Green River lithium mining approval
10-17-2024 by Mariah Maynes
GREEN RIVER, Utah — On Wednesday, a conservation coalition filed a lawsuit challenging the approval of an Australian company’s plan for Gree
Video: It was meant to help the Great Salt Lake and Colorado River, so why isn't anyone using it?
10-16-2024 by Ben Winslow
NEPHI, Utah — It was an idea crafted by the Utah State Legislature to help ensure that water saved through conservation and other efforts co
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