Great Salt Lake Collaborative
Great Salt Lake is at its lowest water level on record and continues to shrink. Utah Public Radio has teamed up with more than a dozen Utah organizations for the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, a group that has come together to share multimedia stories and rigorous reports about the lake and ways to protect this critical body of water before it's too late.
Learn more at greatsaltlakenews.org.
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A Westminster professor recently spoke at USU about how water levels in the lake directly affect salinity. The species inhabiting Great Salt Lake rely heavily on salinity levels staying under 12%.
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Gov. Spencer Cox helped kick off the 2024 Northern Utah Water Users Spring Runoff Conference March 26 in Cache Valley with the ceremonial signing of several water bills.
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The Utah Legislature honed in on small policy changes rather than a massive overhaul of water law.
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Artist submissions are now open for a massive temporary public art project that seeks to bring attention to the recent issues of the Great Salt Lake.
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Utah lawmakers passed a bill that would prevent Great Salt Lake from qualifying for legal personhood, barring government entities from recognizing that nonhumans--like the lake--have legal standing. Join Tom Williams and panelists for discussion on this topic on this Great Salt Lake special.
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UPR hosted an event Tuesday with Bridgerland Audubon Society and Grow the Flow called “Is Great Salt Lake a Person?” bringing 90 community members to Logan's Cache Bar.
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Our guest is Great Salt Lake Commissioner and Great Salt Lake Strike Team Co-Chair Brian Steed, here to talk about the Great Salt Lake Data and Insights Summary, prepared for the 2024 Utah Legislature.
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Nearly 400 members of the medical community in Utah and across the U.S. delivered a letter to policymakers urging them to save the declining Great Salt Lake.
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In other news, a middle school in Cedar City is holding remote classes for two days to do carbon monoxide detector testing after small amounts were found last week.
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The Great Salt Lake Strike Team, gave an update this month on their work to get more water into the shrinking lake, highlighting a need for a multi-year approach.