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Great Salt Lake commissioner explains why Utahns should avoid 'Great Salt Lake fatigue'
heartened by the year we have had, we still have great cause for concern,” said Steed. Challenges include mitigating toxic dust blowing off the lake and into Utah communities and making sure that water saved through conservation from all sides,...
May 31, 2023
New Great Salt Lake commissioner says he hopes Utah avoids 'Great Salt Lake fatigue'
between 67% and 73% of the lake's water is lost to "natural and human consumptive use." In addition, some of the lake's toxic dust is stillblowing into Utah communities during storm events even after all the water the lake has received this spring. "My...
May 25, 2023
SLC looks to preserve a chunk of Great Salt Lake land as development encroaches
future generations." The wetlands along the south shore are also significant, Seed said, in preventing a "hot spot" for toxic dust storms that come off the exposed lake bed. She pointed to a map that showed the area next to a dust zone that has already...
May 23, 2023
Great Salt Lake is still blowing dangerous dust
The Wasatch Front will continue to get pummeled until the lake reaches a sustainable level. After historic snowfall over the winter, Utahns are breathing a sigh of relief about the Great Salt Lake. But they’d better not breathe too deeply — it still is...
May 19, 2023
'A statewide task': Utah's water future will require collaboration, House speaker says
that emerged as it reached record-low levels last year. This has also helped cover some of the lakebeds that had brought toxic dust into communities during strong storms last year, another major concern with the drying lake, Wilson said. But he...
May 18, 2023
Lawmakers look to import some Israeli water policies to Utah
part of Utah's ecosystem, dropped to a historic low last year and presents an existential threat to the state with toxic dust storms, reduced snowpack and harms to public health and wildlife. Not all of Israel's methods would work in Utah, the...
May 17, 2023
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
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