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Does Utah need (or want) a sixth national park?

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Snow coats Stansbury Island on the Great Salt Lake in February. A survey found 67% of Utahns support creating a Great Salt Lake national park, though support from lawmakers is seen as a major hurdle.
row. Its ecosystem, which supports millions of migrating birds, was nearly wiped out. Its desiccated lakebed has dried to toxic dust which threatens the health of millions of Wasatch Front residents. Although a record-breaking snowpack has raised the...
June 15, 2023

Great Salt Lake boaters return as water rises more than five feet

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cranes lowering boats into the water at Great Salt Lake Marina State Park, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
the lake isn’t in the clear. It needs to rise another five feet or so to reach a sustainable elevation and stop blowing toxic dust. At least four of the boats stacked in the marina’s parking lot are too big to launch at the lake’s current elevation. And...
June 8, 2023

Boats put back in Great Salt Lake marina as water levels rise

A giant crane lifted larger boats back into their slips at the Great Salt Lake marina Tuesday, a fantastic sign that water levels continue to look promising. (Photo courtesy FOX 13 News).
of water diversion, drought and a changing climate. The harms are significant, with harms to wildlife, public health, toxic dust storms and impacts to Utah's economy. Saving the lake has become a top priority of the public and policy makers, who passed...
June 7, 2023

Utah Senate committee confirms Great Salt Lake commissioner

and water; harms to wildlife from reduced marshlands surrounding the lake; impacts to public health in the form of toxic dust storms from naturally-occurring arsenic in the now-exposed lake bed; and billions of dollars in lost economic impact generated...
June 6, 2023

Bills on landscaping, crops and dedicating water to Great Salt Lake to be resurrected

alike. With the lake's decline over the years (as a result of diversion, drought and changing climate), there have been toxic dust storms and harms to public health, wildlife and Utah's economy. The legislature has spent roughly $1 billion over the past...
June 1, 2023

Great Salt Lake commissioner explains why Utahns should avoid 'Great Salt Lake fatigue'

Executive director of the Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water and Air at Utah State University appointed Great Salt Lake commissioner.
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'

The sun sets on the Spiral Jetty on the Great Salt Lake on March 16. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox nominated Brian Steed to serve as Utah's first-ever Great Salt Lake commissioner last week. The sun sets on the Spiral Jetty on the Great Salt Lake on March 16. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox nominated Brian Steed to serve as Utah's first-ever Great Salt Lake commissioner last week. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)
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

(MesoWest/University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences) A webcam shows a time-lapse of a dust storm passing through the Salt Lake Valley Wednesday, May 17, 2023.
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

The water level is rising in the Great Salt Lake due to snowmelt as photographed on May 3. The lake has now risen almost 5 feet over the past several months. (Photo: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)
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

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Old Mill Golf Course in Salt Lake City on Friday, June 25, 2021.
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

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Angel Moroni atop The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Bountiful Temple, Dec. 10, 2022, with the shrinking Great Salt Lake visible in the background.
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

A great blue heron at Farmington Bay on Feb. 19, 2022. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints agreed to donate 5,700 water shares to send more water to Farmington Bay area of the Great Salt Lake. (Carter Williams, KSL.com)
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

A canal that ferries water from the LDS Church to the Great Salt Lake. Photo: Ben Winslow, FOX 13 News
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.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dan Harris poses for a portrait in his Eden home on Mar. 6, 2023. Harris grows hay and Christmas trees on his 9 acre farm. He's also the president of Middle Fork Irrigation Co. which provides water shares to 11 users.
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

Photo by: Ben Winslow, FOX 13 News Members of Save Our Great Salt Lake talk to lawmakers outside the House chamber.
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

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