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.

Clocking in at roughly 35 miles wide and 75 miles long, the Great Salt Lake is the largest natural saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere. The lake's name comes from the nature of the water ...

Beneath the drying lakebed of Great Salt Lake lies a toxic reservoir of heavy metals – arsenic, lead, mercury, and more – poised to become airborne, endangering the millions of people living ...

Great Salt Lake (GSL), Utah, U.S.A. is the largest lake in the western United States and the fourth largest terminal lake in the world. A railroad causeway across Great Salt Lake, Utah (GSL) has ...