SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Great Salt Lake has hit a new historic low for the second time in less than a year as the ongoing megadrought worsened by climate change continues to shrink the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi. Utah Department of Natural Resources said Monday […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers are considering several ideas to help the shrinking Great Salt Lake, including one that would create a pipeline to bring seawater to the lake. A legislative commission decided yesterday to study the idea of building a pipeline that would stretch from Utah to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers are learning more about the dire situation facing the Great Salt Lake due to the ongoing drought. Lawmakers joined Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson and other state government staffers for a boat ride around the lake yesterday. Representatives from the Utah Department of Natural […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Great Salt Lake is likely to hit a new low-water record sometime later this year. That’s the prediction made by the Utah Department of Natural Resources during a briefing given yesterday to the Salt Lake County Council. The agency says this year’s snowpack will […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In one of the driest states in the nation, Republican lawmakers have renewed their focus on water conservation amid prolonged drought and climate change. In the final days before they adjourn, Utah lawmakers are advancing proposals to set aside millions to preserve the iconic and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah legislature is trying to finish its business as the regular session draws to a close this week. The state Senate voted in favor of a 40-million-dollar bill aimed at helping preserve and restore the Great Salt Lake. The bill sponsored by House Speaker […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A 40-million-dollar bill that would work to protect and restore the Great Salt Lake is on its way to the Utah Senate. The bill sponsored by House Speaker Brad Wilson passed the House unanimously yesterday. The bill would work to establish partnerships designed to secure […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The largest natural lake west of the Mississippi is shrinking past its lowest levels in recorded history, raising fears about toxic dust, ecological collapse and economic consequences. But the Great Salt Lake may have some new allies: conservative Republican lawmakers. The new burst of energy […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers are looking for solutions to help bring more water to the Great Salt Lake. House Speaker Brad Wilson will host a summit on that topic next week in Layton. The invitation list includes other state lawmakers, government officials, scientists and groups who favor […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Researchers are studying the Great Salt Lake in the hope of finding life-saving medicines. The Salt Lake Tribune reports a University of Utah professor and her students are scooping up mud and other sediment to identify microorganisms like bacteria and fungi that could hold the […]
