Great Salt Lake

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (269+ words) The land is valued at between $3.8 million and $5.1 million, based on two completed appraisals, with a third appraisal expected soon, the station's report notes. Salt Lake City declared the property surplus in July and had it appraised in August, ahead…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (431+ words) The lawn at the Utah Governor’s Mansion will become undone on Friday at the hands of water conservation advocates and public employees to make space for water-wise and pollinator-friendly plants amid one the most severe droughts the state has recorded....

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (219+ words) The drying of the Great Salt Lake has been a hot-button issue for Utahns in recent years, with a major concern being the health risks associated with dust inhalation from the drying lakebed. The Great Salt Lake lakebed contains heavy…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (388+ words) SALT LAKE CITY — As the well-publicized woes of the Great Salt Lake continue to deepen with receding water levels within range of all-time lows, a California-based company believes its next-generation cloud seeding technology may be part of the solution in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (974+ words) MISSOULA – Thousands of feet above Salt Lake City, chemistry students from the University of Montana spent this summer tracking air pollution. They collected airborne data over seven weeks as part of a major research campaign to understand factors driving poor…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (205+ words) by Erin Brinkman and Hugh Hurlow Great Salt Lake, UGS groundwater monitoring sites, and major streams. The well configuration for our monitoring sites allows groundwater levels and chemistry to be measured over specific depth ranges in the basin-fill aquifer. The…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (866+ words) Editor's note: This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative with funding from Love the Lake, an initiative of the nonprofit Great Salt Lake Alliance. Editorial decisions are made independently by the Collaborative and partner newsrooms. SALT LAKE…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (181+ words) The Daily Utah Chronicle Take this survey: What do you want to know about the Great Salt Lake? This summer, the Daily Utah Chronicle joined the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, a solutions journalism partnership between 18 different media partners with one…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (218+ words) Utah’s mountains are hiding a ton of ice — perhaps a billion tons of it. Those ice troves are locked inside “rock glaciers,” which are hidden under a shell of rocky scree that insulates the ice and slows its melt. Scientists…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (247+ words) On Thursday, Allen is moderating a discussion panel called LAKE EFFECT, which she hopes brings stories of personal connection to the Great Salt Lake and Utah’s mountain ranges to the forefront. It’s the “hearts and minds” she’s after, she says....