UPPER STILLWATER DAM, Utah — The golf carts drove eight miles through a dark tunnel buried 3,000 feet under the mountaintop in the Uintas. Lawmakers, local officials and staffers at the Central Utah Water Conservancy District were getting a very close look…
Utah's booming growth is colliding head-on with a shrinking water supply, and a panel of experts gathered in downtown Salt Lake City this week warned that the state has not yet set a statewide... Explore Our Cities & Metro Areas (A-Z)…
Homeowners urged to watch for early warning signs as record heat and water restrictions leave mature pines and spruces vulnerable across Salt Lake, Davis, and Wasatch Counties That prolonged energy shortage has left widely planted landscape species, including Austrian pine,…
A-Z Animals Quick TakeTo save the native fish, researchers had to kill every fish in the stream This included the very fish they were trying to protect See how it was done âThe ecological recovery happened faster than the…
This story is part of a series on Utah’s transbasin diversions, produced by The Salt Lake Tribune, KUER and KSL. It was reported in partnership with the Colorado River Collaborative, with support from The Water Desk at the University of…
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Beehive State has managed to rank among the most energy-efficient states across the U.S., though it doesn't mean Utahns are saving money on their power bills. A recent WalletHub study compared the states (excluding Alaska and…
This story was originally published by Grist and is republished here through a partnership with Climate Desk. Cindy O’Neil understands the boom-and-bust cycles of industry. Her husband spent years working in Carbon County’s namesake coal mines. In this pocket of…
Bryce Bird, director of the Utah Division of Air Quality, speaks during a panel discussion on Great Salt Lake dust at Zions Bank in Salt Lake City on Monday, Oct. 5, 2026. (Courtesy of the Great Salt Lake Alliance/Alex Travous) As…
SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake and surrounding wetlands will be the recipients of over 3 billion gallons of water in what is being called a strategic water release from Willard Bay. According to the Great Salt Lake Commissioner's Office,…
Utah leaders face the costs of controlling dust from a shrinking Great Salt Lake — whether they choose to act now or not. More than 800 square miles of lakebed are now exposed as the Great Salt Lake water levels continue to…
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