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Great Salt Lake shrinking more than a foot annually

Great Salt Lake shrinking more than a foot annually

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new report says Utah’s Great Salt Lake is shrinking every year, but experts are implementing measures to slow the water loss. KSTU-TV reported the Great Salt Lake Advisory Council says the water depth has dropped about 11 feet over the past 10 years. The […]

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Utah man dead after suspected bison attack, officials say

Utah man dead after suspected bison attack, officials say

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who authorities say was possibly attacked by a bison in Utah has died. Investigators believe 55-year-old Larry M. Adams was jogging on Antelope Island just outside Salt Lake City when he had a suspected encounter with a bison. The Utah Department of Natural […]

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Bold changes needed to help shrinking Great Salt Lake

Bold changes needed to help shrinking Great Salt Lake

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Bold water conservation strategies and changes in long-standing law and water policies are needed to slow the alarming shrinking of the Great Salt Lake. A recent report from an by an advisory panel found upstream diversions have long prevented vast quantities from replenishing the lake, […]

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Storm exposes 100-year-old shipwreck in the Great Salt Lake

Storm exposes 100-year-old shipwreck in the Great Salt Lake

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A shipwreck can be seen protruding from the Great Salt Lake and it could be more than 100 years old. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Utah State Parks posted a photo of a tangle of brown beams Monday on Facebook after a recent storm […]

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Utah holding annual bison roundup on Great Salt Lake island

Utah holding annual bison roundup on Great Salt Lake island

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hundreds of horseback riders are again conducting the annual roundup of bison on an island in Utah’s Great Salt Lake. The roundup on Antelope Island that began Saturday is conducted over three fall weekends, with the first devoted to the actual roundup and the next […]

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Searchers rescued kayakers who lost boats on Great Salt Lake

Searchers rescued kayakers who lost boats on Great Salt Lake

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Searchers have rescued three kayakers who lost their boats and were forced to swim while being battered by 8-foot (2.4-meter) waves on the Great Salt Lake in northern Utah. Davis County authorities says the last two kayakers were found alive early Friday morning and are […]

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Attempt at Great Salt Lake to break float record falls short

Attempt at Great Salt Lake to break float record falls short

MAGNA, Utah (AP) — A gathering at the Great Salt Lake in hopes of making it into the record books fell way short. Utah park officials invited people to a beach on the lake’s south end Saturday in an attempt to set the world record for the largest number of […]

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