(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox is issuing an emergency order to help protect the Great Salt Lake. The order calls for the Great Salt Lake causeway berm to be raised, which will help keep this season’s snowpack from running off. Cox said the state has been […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The state has named the first members of a panel that will oversee the trust looking into solutions for restoring the Great Salt Lake. The Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands announced the nine members of the panel yesterday. The group represents the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State lawmakers are making a big push to encourage water conservation and help restore and preserve the Great Salt Lake. Lawmakers have declared this week as “Water Week” in the House and the Senate and unveiled a series of bills yesterday. Proposals include forming a […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Great Salt Lake has risen a foot since reaching a historic low in November of 2022. Officials are proud to report the lake went up twelve inches due to all the recent rain and snow. The Utah Division of Water Resources tweeted that they’re […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utahns are urging lawmakers to do more to help preserve and restore the Great Salt Lake. Hundreds of protesters rallied at the State Capitol on Saturday to urge more action during the upcoming legislative session. The lake reached historically low water levels last year and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers will consider more than just tax cuts and spending proposals during the upcoming session of the state legislature. State lawmakers file hundreds of bills for consideration each year on a variety of topics. Among the bills that will be considered this year is […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Environmentalists are calling state lawmakers to take emergency action to save the Great Salt Lake. A report released by several dozen researchers and conservationists says Utahns are underestimating the severe consequences of letting the lake decline. The report calls for a minimum of two-point-five-million acre-feet […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill signed by President Biden this week could help provide new data on the crisis affecting the Great Salt Lake. The bill signed on Tuesday will give the U.S. Geological Survey 25-million dollars to assess and monitor saline lake ecosystems in the West. Researchers […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — President Biden is considering a bill that would help fund studies on the Great Salt Lake. The U.S. Senate and House approved the bipartisan Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Program Act earlier this week. Biden has final approval on the measure, which […]
(Washington, DC) — Funding to help preserve the Great Salt Lake is included in a massive defense spending bill that passed Congress yesterday. The defense bill includes funding for the military, energy security and homeland defense. Thanks to members of Utah’s congressional delegation, the package includes ten-million dollars that will […]
