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A significant bill has been introduced in the Utah State Legislature aimed at helping reverse the Great Salt Lake's declines.

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State water managers are working on a plan to better understand and manage water in the Great Salt Lake Basin, which can help get water to the struggling lake.

With each paddle stroke the kayak shot forward, gliding me across Jackson Lake beneath the Tetons. The blue sky and puffy clouds, the flocks of pelicans, and the craggy mountains all worked to a degree to take my mind off the cancer diagnosis I had received the night before.

A proposed "buffer zone" between the Great Salt Lake and encroaching development has gotten a major financial donation.

The Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust is sending a little more than $8.5 million in grant funds over the next two years to help fund projects that protect the lakes wetlands.

Lawmakers are scrutinizing a multi-million dollar trust created with the goal of getting water into the Great Salt Lake.

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President Joe Biden made a historic announcement designating a new national monument in Arizona that, in part, is promoted as a way to help save the Colorado River.