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Utah Inland Port begins work on turning old Salt Lake landfill into manufacturing hub
Remediation work began Wednesday to turn 770 acres of landfill in Salt Lake City's Northwest Quadrant into an advanced ...
Great Salt Lake dust isn’t being measured accurately. Here’s what the state is doing about it.
The state is trying to bridge the gap in its monitoring network, a state environmental scientist said, but it is "exceedingly ...
Will Mormons Save the Great Salt Lake?
One of America’s most unique ecological landmarks is disappearing. The Great Salt Lake, once the largest saline lake in the Western Hemisphere, sticks out ...
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Work finally begins on Salt Lake City's inland port project
The backhoe started digging in the empty field, unearthing trash from decades ago. This site near I-80 and 7200 West is the ...
How scientists manage the Great Salt Lake’s wetlands, one of the most prolific mosquito habitats in the West
The wetlands of the Great Salt Lake produce millions of mosquitoes each year. Scientists use a wide range of techniques to ...
Opinion: The dust we breathe — Utah’s urgent wake-up call from the Great Salt Lake
Toxic dust from the drying Great Salt Lake is a threat to Utah's health and future. State regulators and lawmakers must ...
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The Great Salt Lake Is Drying. Can Utah Save It?
The loss of the Great Salt Lake would be an environmental ... had bought and dried all the farmland around Owens Lake, in an arid valley east of the Sierra Nevada, and piped the water more than ...
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Can the Great Salt Lake be saved?
Leia Larsen is a reporter at. She spent a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow examining the intersection of politics and environmental issues. Three years ago, when Utah’s Great Salt ...
Bonneville Shoreline Trail: From an ancient lake to a modern-day connection between cities
If you venture past the developed areas and into the foothills, you will find a patchwork of trails winding up and across ...