The Salt Lake Tribune analyzed dozens of water rights applications submitted in the two years following a moratorium on most new appropriations within the Great Salt Lake Basin. Here's what we found.

Utah wildlife officials estimate 15,000 to 25,000 eared grebes have died in recent months from a highly pathogenic avian ...

Since November, more than 15,000 wild birds have died along the shore of the Great Salt Lake from avian influenza (or bird ...

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 Great Salt Lake, the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere, reached historic low levels in 2022, raising economic, ecological and public health concerns for Utah. New research from ...

Grow the Flow, a Utah-based water policy and advocacy non-profit group, has placed billboards throughout Salt Lake County, ...

The origins of this whale of a tale date back to an article first published in the late 1800s by a Canadian newspaper.

Former Ogden City Councilwoman Amy Wicks has been named the Great Salt Lake waterkeeper, through a partnership between the Utah Rivers Council and the Waterkeeper Alliance. This illustration shows ...

A Utah conservation group is hoping to change the lake's fate by joining a global network of grassroots organizers who advocate for water quality improvements.

According to the Salt Lake Tribune, over the past couple of years, the state approved about 2,500 acre-feet of new water ...

The Great Salt Lake, the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere, reached historic low levels in 2022, raising economic, ecological and public health concerns for Utah. New research is ...