Three years ago, when the Great Salt Lake was at its lowest levels, Utah lawmakers were alarmed enough to try what may be impossible: save the lake from drying up.

Saving the Great Salt Lake isn’t something that can be done overnight, and definitely not without some tough choices.

The legislative and executive appetite to get water to the lake has absolutely evaporated.” BEN ABBOTT, ecology professor at Brigham Young University and the lead author of a 2023 report warning that ...

The Great Salt Lake may still be the largest inland salt lake in North America. However, it is shrinking so fast that the ...

An environmental group says a dust event near Saltair over the weekend highlights how dust is still flying off the Great Salt ...

Cutler Dam is the last dam on the Bear River before the Great Salt Lake. It was a perfect spot for farmers, political officials, and researchers at an event hosted by USUs Water Research Laboratory ...

It’s been three years — and three legislative sessions — since the Great Salt Lake and Lake Powell hit record lows due to years of drought and chronic overuse. Public fervor to save the two ...

Great Salt Lake's dust threatens air quality in Utah cities: See how Great Salt Lake's dust threatens air quality in Utah cities Sunday's storm is one of many that has impacted the state ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Much of Utah got through this last water year with near normal conditions for snowfall and precipitation, but there was an early melt of snow at lower and mid-level elevations ...

The loss of the Great Salt Lake would be an environmental disaster with health and economic effects far beyond Utah’s borders. The state is taking action, but critics say it’s not doing enough.

According to the New York Times, the loss of the Great Salt Lake would be an environmental disaster with implications for ...