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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Over 2.7 million acres surrounding Great Salt Lake have been designated as a sentinel landscape by the federal government for its importance to national defense and conservation. -
In a presentation to the Legislative Water Development Commission on Tuesday, Utah Division of Water Resources Director Candice Hasenyager said our snowpack remains strong even with hotter temperatures forecast. -
While Utah is just beginning to address the dust from the Great Salt Lake, Californians living near the Salton Sea are dealing with dust storms and health risks. -
Bombay Beach was once a thriving resort community along California’s largest lake. Now more exposed playa than water, the Salton Sea’s disappearance is a mirror to the Great Salt Lake. -
Predators like coyotes and foxes, as well as other disturbances, drove the pelicans away. One scientist suspects the birds coming back to the island are too young to be aware of the predators. -
UPR joins the new Colorado River Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative supported by the Utah State University Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water, and Air. -
Members of the Youth Coalition for Great Salt Lake gathered to bring awareness and gain a better understanding of the changes happening with Great Salt Lake. -
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%. -
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. -
The Utah Legislature honed in on small policy changes rather than a massive overhaul of water law.
