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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, jeopar...

Wildlife managers already maintain hundreds of thousands of acres of artificial wetlands around the Great Salt Lake. But as the lake shrinks, the opportunity to build more grows.

Key stopovers at Great Salt Lake and Mono Lake allow for 10000 mile migrations.

DWR News Release After the last formal shorebird surveys conducted more than 30 years ago across the Intermountain West, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, along with other wildlife focused organizations, revived monitoring to gather important data about migratory shorebirds at key sites across Utah. Partners involved in the survey include the Utah Division of

Experiencing birds and learning how to preserve the habitat for the future

A recent shorebird survey aims to provide conservationists and land managers with more information they need for better decisions on how to preserve the lakes wetlands.

An environmental nonprofit is offering Utahns a new perspective on the challenges facing Great Salt Lake, by giving them a birds eye view of its shrinking shoreline, as dry conditions and human water consumption continue to threaten the lake’s water levels.

The surface of Utah's Great Salt Lake dropped to its lowest recorded level this July. Researchers and politicians are worried about serious threats to animals and people who live near it.

The largest saltwater lake in the western hemisphere hits its lowest point in almost 200 years.

By Nathan Frandino SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Reuters) - Utah's Great Salt Lake dropped to its lowest recorded level this month amid a two-decade drought, ...