Spring runoff flowing into the Great Salt Lake has officials cautiously optimistic, although a dry and warm April is slowing some of that momentum, and a recent report from the National Weather Service is pointing to a hot and dry summer. “One of the reasons we haven’t seen more gains on the Great Salt Lake […] The post Forecasts predict a hot and dry summer. What does that mean for the Great Salt Lake? appeared first on Utah News Dispatch.
As the spring runoff is about to get underway, a small nonprofit is giving Utah officials, scientists and reporters a valuable perspective on the Great Salt Lake: a bird’s-eye view.
A bill to establish more regulatory controls on mineral extraction companies involving the Great Salt Lake and to increase their compensation to the state moved out of a legislative committee on Tuesday. Read more on why its sponsor say it is important.
This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative that partners news, education and media organizations to help inform people about the plight of the Great Salt Lake — and what can be done to make a difference before it is too late. IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. — Not everyone gets to turn their hobby into a career. Declining water levels at the Salton Sea, which has lost about a third of its water supply in the past 25 years, jeopardize the future of his business.
Millions of gallons of water are being wasted each day in a pipeline that is nearly a century old that also serves as a conduit for fresh water into a waterfowl management area. The Willard Spur is a summer death trap, however, due to avian botulism.
everal state agencies, including the Utah Division of Natural Resources, have filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit claiming state officials are not doing enough for the Great Salt Lake.
Gov. Spencer Cox said that over the last few years, the state has invested more than $1 billion to help revive the lake. This year, he hopes to see millions more go toward the cause.
Utah conservationists are describing efforts to bring water levels back up in the Great Salt Lake as "completely inadequate," mounting a campaign to stop diversions that are strangling the largest remaining wetland ecosystem in the American West.