A worrying study published last month in Environmental Challenges claims that nearly two-thirds of the Great Salt Lake’s shrinkage is attributable to human use of river water that otherwise ...

While the decline has been widely attributed to low stream flows into the lake, the real story is more nuanced, a study ...

The levels of the Great Salt Lake may be in decline ... as well as the Jordan Valley and Weber Basin Water conservancy districts and Kennecott. Farmers also stepped up with temporary leases ...

Hundreds of people braved frigid temperatures on Saturday to call on their elected lawmakers to do more to save the Great Salt Lake.

Clocking in at roughly 35 miles wide and 75 miles long, the Great Salt Lake is the largest natural saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere. The lake's name comes from the nature of the water ...

The challenge of sustainably restoring the Great Salt Lake reflects myriad struggles over water use across the arid West, from the Colorado River to California’s Central Valley. “So ...

A bill introduced in the Utah State Legislature would move the state toward a more aggressive system of water billing.

Track and cross-country runners at Utah's universities say they notice bad-air days along the Wasatch Front — and sometimes ...

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The Great Salt Lake in Utah is the eighth largest salty lake in the world, but over the last 100 years it has been slowly drying up. The lake's water level is dropping because water from ...

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