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Utah leaders close to picking a new 'Great Salt Lake czar'
below what is considered a healthy level. Alarmed by the lake's decline and the potential for reduced snowpack, increased toxic dust storms and impacts to public health and wildlife, the Utah State Legislature has passed many water conservation bills...
May 11, 2023
Here’s how much water golf courses use across Utah
1 million acre-feet short in water inflows over the last few years, causing it to recede to record lows and dry into toxic dust. Excluding Kennecott Copper Club’s shaky data, thetop five golf courses using water that would otherwise flow to the Great...
April 10, 2023
LDS Church to permanently donate thousands of acre-feet of water to the Great Salt Lake
the church holds in Utah, and the critical role it could play in rallying residents to help save the lake from becoming a toxic dust bowl. The lake contributes $1.9 billion to Utah’s economy and supports the vast majority of the state’s wetlands. It’s a...
March 16, 2023
Church of Jesus Christ donates 5.7K water shares to the Great Salt Lake
SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has agreed to donate 5,700 water shares that will send more than 20,000 acre-feet of water to the struggling Great Salt Lake every year, Utah officials announced Wednesday. The church's...
March 15, 2023
LDS Church donates water to Great Salt Lake
as a result of water diversion, drought and a changing climate. It presents an existential threat to northern Utah, with toxic dust storms, reduced snowpack and harms to public health and wildlife. Political leaders in the state have reacted with alarm,...
March 15, 2023
Even with massive snowpack, conservation key to Utah's drought and Great Salt Lake
in efforts to help the Great Salt Lake, which is at a historic low and presents an ecological threat to the state with toxic dust storms, reduced snowpack, harms to public health and wildlife. "Never did I ever think I would see so much money and so...
March 15, 2023
Farmers are skeptical about participating in water leasing to save the Great Salt Lake. Here’s why.
studies have found, and Utah lawmakers are looking to farmers as one of the biggest solutions to keep it from becoming a toxic dust bowl. In the last few years, the Legislature worked to revise Utah’s pioneer-era water law so the state can pay farmers...
March 14, 2023
Saving the Great Salt Lake is not going to be a quick fix
the lake level has fallen, we’ve started to see the consequences of both drought and overconsumption. The appearance of toxic dust beds exposes a dangerous problem. Perry added, “Unfortunately, in the last four years, the lake has dropped five feet and...
February 27, 2023
Utah lawmakers urged to do more — and faster — to save the Great Salt Lake
as a result of water diversion, drought and a changing climate. Lawmakers are keenly aware of the ecological threat of toxic dust storms, reduced snowpack and harms to wildlife, public health and Utah's economy. A number of bills centered around water...
February 21, 2023
Utah legislature eyes changing approach to saving Great Salt Lake
to how the state is responding to the lake shrinking to historic lows and the environmental catastrophe it presents with toxic dust storms, reduced snowpack and harms to wildlife and public health. Rep. Schultz said what policymakers need is a...
February 15, 2023
Tribes still not consulted as state tries to save Great Salt Lake
State leaders say they want native perspectives included in conversations about the lake, but action to date shows otherwise. Utah leaders have redesigned the state flag to better represent tribal nations. But when it comes to policy — specifically...
February 9, 2023
How the LDS Church could prevent its headquarters from becoming a toxic wasteland
Utah’s predominant faith has a huge stake — and could have a huge say — in the Great Salt Lake’s survival. It sounds like a plot from an apocalyptic movie. A beleaguered 19th-century band of spiritual seekers settles around a salty lake in what they...
February 9, 2023
Great Salt Lake 'strike team' tells lawmakers to push conservation, commit water
decline has presented an ecological and economic crisis for northern Utah. The shrinking lake impacts Utah's snowpack, toxic dust storms impact population centers. The lake is a refuge for millions of migratory birds and other wildlife, as well as over...
February 8, 2023
Gov. Cox orders Great Salt Lake causeway be raised again in effort to stave off ecological collapse
Sacrificing the north arm could slow further environmental implosion, but it comes with its own consequences. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox issued an executive order Friday that will once again raise the causeway bisecting the Great Salt Lake in an effort to...
February 4, 2023
After Great Salt Lake bill stalls, some question legislature's commitment
D-Millcreek, asked his legislative colleagues for $72,000 to expand air monitoring around the Great Salt Lake because of toxic dust. Rep. Owens, who co-chairs the legislature's newly-formed Great Salt Lake Caucus, told FOX 13 News he was not concerned...
February 3, 2023
Small caucus of Utah lawmakers will push Great Salt Lake bills
and climate change. The harms from an exposed lake bed present an environmental and economic crisis for the state with toxic dust storms, reduced snowpack, impacts to wildlife and public health. Rep. Owens said he is optimistic the legislature will pass...
February 1, 2023
Water, Great Salt Lake bills to be unveiled in the Utah State Legislature
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there still is a long ways to go. A declining lake presents an environmental catastrophe for Utah with reduced snowpack, toxic dust storms and impacts to public health, wildlife and the economy. Lawmakers are expected to spend upwards of $500 million on...
January 29, 2023
Utah lawmakers unveil two pieces of ‘historic’ legislation for the Great Salt Lake
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at that level, Blouin said, was in 2012. Currently, the lake is around 4,190 feet, leaving levels low and vulnerable to toxic dust. “There’s no specific timeline here,” Blouin said. “The date is, unofficially, as soon as possible.” According to Frankel,...
January 26, 2023
Utah, Salt Lake leaders unveil new plans to improve the struggling Great Salt Lake
state of the community this month. That's because the lake's downfall exposes the areas surrounding the lake to its toxic dust plumes among other potential issues. The lake also contributes to more than $1.3 billion and 7,700 jobs in local economic...
January 25, 2023
Bills begin to be introduced to save the Great Salt Lake
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for the state as a result of water diversion, climate change and drought. There are impacts to Utah's economy, wildlife, toxic dust storms and reduced snowpack. The drying up and potential disappearance of the Great Salt Lake is the existential crisis...
January 25, 2023
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