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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The fourth biannual survey of the Intermountain West’s shorebirds took place in August, seeing numbers on par with surveys taken in the 1980s.
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The Salt Lake City Council convened Tuesday to discuss a development plan for the 1500 acre Northpoint neighborhood at the southeastern tip of Great Salt Lake.
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Concerns over health impacts of toxic dust blowing off of Great Salt Lake’s exposed lake bed are growing as research continues to link air pollution to chronic disease and premature death.
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In other news: Utah’s new Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust is now starting to release up to $10 million in grant funds for projects to protect or restore wetlands and habitats of the lake.
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In a recent survey, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources found Gunnison Island to be abandoned by American White Pelicans. Erin Lewis interviews fellow reporter and pelican researcher Aimee Van Tatenhove on the site.
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We're joined by Brian Steed, newly-appointed Great Salt Lake commissioner. We’ll talk about the future of the lake, how much our recent record-breaking winter helps, and what we can do.
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A new mural at the Eccles Wildlife Education Center in Farmington Bay is connecting people across the Americas.
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The Utah Senate confirmed Brian Steed's appointment as Great Salt Lake commissioner on Wednesday, June 14. The vote (28) was unanimous with one senator absent from voting.
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Utah’s second Growing Water Smart workshop took place June 6-8, bringing both land use and water resource planning together to discuss water solutions.
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A series of bills on water conservation and the Great Salt Lake may be resurrected, including one that would ban outdoor watering during certain times of the year.