SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust ... He covers Salt Lake City, statewide transportation issues, outdoors, the environment and weather. He is a graduate of ...

Toxic dust from the drying Great Salt Lake is a threat to Utah's health and future. State regulators and lawmakers must prioritize monitoring and air quality alerts for communities around the lake.

Utah’s phenomenal, record-breaking winter has already given the Great Salt Lake a boost ... one good year isn’t going to solve our problems.” An impressive 1.4 million acre-feet have ...

Salt’s team is responsible for those urban environments and responding to residents’ calls for help combating the bugs.

Terminal lakes, like the Great Salt Lake, are ones where water can flow ... year buys us some time to work on some of these long term issues,” including water rights and installing meters ...

And the Great Salt Lake isn’t unique ... among other health issues. Owens Lake has been among the largest sources of dust pollution in the nation. The City of Los Angeles has spent more than ...

The proclamation blocks anyone from diverting un-allocated water, ensuring more water can get into the Great Salt Lake. It does continue to allow existing water rights to be used. "Extreme drought ...

On Sept. 6, five environmental groups, including the Utah Rivers Council and the Center for Biological Diversity, sued Utah for failing to protect the Great Salt Lake. If they win, Utah may have ...

The Great Salt Lake has been in trouble for a few decades now thanks to overuse and drought—problems supercharged by climate change. Overall, the lake has dropped a total of 11 feet since it ...

Last November, the Great Salt Lake, the largest saline lake in the ... where the briny water of the lake laps against land, Utah’s water issues also become air issues. “It’s like a bathtub ...

In Utah, the Great Salt Lake is more than seven times larger than ... for those that have lung issues, uninhabitable," Bitton says. Researchers have found higher rates of asthma and cardiovascular ...

It’s up to Utah farmers to save the Great Salt Lake, according to a new study published Tuesday. New research quantifies just how much water must be saved to restore the lake, proposes how to ...