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December 28, 2022
The legislation allocates $25 million for the United States Geological Survey to monitor the Great Salt Lake, California’s Mono Lake, Oregon’s Lake Albert and other saline lakes.
December 28, 2022
Federal officials will more closely monitor the impacts of shrinking lakes throughout the U.S. West after President Joe Biden signed legislation that creates and funds monitoring efforts into the reg…
December 28, 2022
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Scientists will get USD25 million to study salt lake ecosystems in the drought-stricken United States (US) west as President Joe Biden signed legislation on Tuesday allocating the funds in the face of unprecedented existential threats caused by the lack of water. The funding allows the US Geological Survey to study […]
December 28, 2022
Salt Lake City, Dec 28: Scientists will get USD 25 million to study salt lake ecosystems in the drought-stricken U.S. West, as President Joe Biden signed legislation Tuesday allocating the funds in the face of unprecedented existential threats caused by the lack of water. The funding allows the United States Geological Survey to study the hydrology of the ecosystems in and around Utah’s Great Salt Lake, California’s Mono Lake, Oregon’s Lake Albert and other saline lakes. Amid a...
November 4, 2022
As Gilbert Bay’s water level declines and salinity levels rise, what birds are at risk?
October 10, 2022
The Great Basin’s saline lakes support millions of migrating birds. But more than half the region’s salty lakes have shrunk by 50% to 95% over the past 150 years.
October 10, 2022
Where tributary rivers meet the Great Salt Lakes saline shores, the merging of fresh and salty water creates an oasis of life.
September 26, 2022
This month’s Utah Clean Air Caucus meeting focused on Great Salt Lake, and the role it plays in Utah’s air quality.
August 18, 2022
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.
August 11, 2022
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.