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If you're new to Utah, you may have heard a few terms that have left you scratching your head. For example, when it comes to Utah's weather, you may heard there is a chance for snow in the benches of the Wasatch Front, but what does that mean?
A nonprofit advocacy organization that is suing Utah over its lack of stewardship over the Great Salt Lake has now unveiled a new list of recommendations. The 4200 Project tackles some thorny issues, including restructuring water rates and banning ornamental grass altogether.
The Great Salt Lake is in great trouble. The birds do not know that, however, and have returned with great numbers. Read how one group is trying to save this precious resource that gives $1.9 billion to Utah’s economy.
There is no painless solution to the Great Salt Lake’s problem — but some environmental groups believe Utah’s government is not doing enough. Read more here.
The Utah Legislative Water Development Commission heard firsthand the intricacies and complex nature that revolves around water quality health of the Great Salt Lake in determining a standard for “impairment” and what that would look like. John Mackey, director of the Utah Division of Water Quality, told committee members on Tuesday that his office fielded a petition from Friends of the Great Salt Lake to list Gilbert Bay, in particular, as impaired due to dwindling lake levels and its high salinity. Mackey said the lake is surveyed as part of ongoing water quality monitoring and testing and Utah has a site specific selenium standard for the Great Salt Lake.
Utah conservationists are suing the state over its alleged failure to protect the Great Salt Lake that has been shrinking and is on the brink of ecological collapse.
Earthjustice, representing Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, American Bird Conservancy, Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club and Utah Rivers Council, is suing Utah for its management of the Great Salt Lake.
As Utah lawmakers continually search for continued ways to protect the ailing Great Salt Lake, a new target has emerged: Compass Minerals operating on the north arm of the saline waterbody. The company has a massive amount of water rights, pays little in severance taxes and has been mining for lithium in a pilot project the state asserts was not authorized.