Great Salt Lake

A bird flies over the Great Salt Lake State Park in Magna on Saturday, June 15, 2024....
Britt Johnson

New mining regulations put in place for the Great Salt Lake

The Great Salt Lake has new requirements put in place for companies who want to mine the lake in order to not harm the lake.
4 days ago
Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox speaks as he joins with Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimli...
Eric Cabrera and Emma Keddington

Federal government will direct millions of dollars to Great Salt Lake restoration

The federal government is directing $50 million to Utah's efforts to preserve the Great Salt Lake and Utah is matching the investment.
8 days ago
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Adam Small

Federal funding to bring new stream gates to Great Salt Lake

Thirteen new stream gates will help researchers monitor water flow into Great Salt Lake. They will be funded by the Bureau of Reclamation.
15 days ago
FILE --Mark Milligan, with the Utah Geological Survey, takes a photo of a mound formed by the miner...
Mariah Maynes

Rare mirabilite formations spotted on Great Salt Lake

The Utah Division of State Parks said that rare mirabilite formations were recently spotted on the waters of Great Salt Lake.
15 days ago
The design for the new Great Salt Lake license plate includes a pelican flying across the Great Sal...
Adam Small

Great Salt Lake license plates could hit bumpers in the next couple of months

The design for the Great Salt Lake license plates just needs final approval and finishing touches before people start receiving their plates.
1 month ago
Utah teens wear gas masks and ski goggles at Olympic Cauldron Park during a demonstration in suppor...
Mariah Maynes

Utah teens lead 2034 Olympics-inspired protest supporting Great Salt Lake

Teen environmental advocates held a protest raising awareness for Great Salt Lake, saying a drying lake could impact the 2034 Olympics.
1 month ago
A bird flies over the Great Salt Lake State Park in Magna on Saturday, June 15, 2024....
Emma Keddington

Great Salt Lake legislation showing positive results

Great Salt Lake legislation is working at improving the lake conditions, commissioner says.
2 months ago
seagulls sit on great salt lake sandbar...
Adam Small

Great Salt Lake falls nearly 3 feet since spring, managers say extended heat wave partly to blame

The Great Salt Lake normally falls up to 2.5 feet every summer, but recent hotter-than-average temperatures have had an effect.
2 months ago
People take a boat out on Utah Lake in Vineyard on Monday, July 3, 2023....
Britt Johnson

Things are looking up for Utah Lake

Efforts to improve Utah Lake appear to be working as there has been a 70% decrease in invasive species among other improvements.
3 months ago
great salt lake lakebed shown...
Adam Small

Judge hears arguments in Great Salt Lake lawsuit

During a Tuesday court hearing, a judge heard arguments in a Great Salt Lake lawsuit that alleges the state isn't doing enough to save it.
3 months ago
About 10,000 acre-feet of water from the lake will be sent to the Great Salt Lake via the Jordan Ri...
Carter Williams, KSL.com

After losing over 2 feet, Great Salt Lake to get another boost from Utah Lake

About 10,000 acre-feet of water from Utah Lake will be sent to the Great Salt Lake via the Jordan River over the next month.
3 months ago
New research out of the University of Utah finds sediments in exposed playa of the Great Salt LAke ...
Logan Stefanich, KSL.com

Here’s what U. researchers are learning about dangers associated with Great Salt Lake dust

As more of the beach of the Great Salt Lake becomes exposed, concerns ramp up around the dust emitted by the dry lakebed.
3 months ago
Motorists make their way on highway 50 near Scipio after a heavy rain and hail storm on Tuesday, Au...
Allessandra Harris Gurr

Utah’s rainfall in August was above normal

The state's rainfall levels in August were much higher than average this year.
3 months ago
The waters of the Great Salt Lake on an overcast...
Josuee Sanchez

Research explores dangers of inhaling dust from the Great Salt Lake

Research from the University of Utah is telling a story of how inhaling dust from the Great Salt Lake can be dangerous.
3 months ago
FILE: Great Salt Lake as seen from the marina in August 2023. (Adam Small, KSL NewsRadio)...
Emma Keddington

LISTEN: Historic water agreement for the Great Salt Lake reached

Both the CEO of Compass Minerals and the DNC Executive Director told KSL at Night that this deal is a huge win for the Great Salt Lake.
3 months ago
Shrinking Great Salt Lake...
Mariah Maynes

Compass Minerals, State of Utah reach deal that will send water to Great Salt Lake

Compass Minerals and Utah land managers announced a deal that will send over 200,000 acre feet of water to Great Salt Lake.
3 months ago
great salt lake, which is facing water level issues after a very hot summer...
Adam Small

The summer heat could cost the Great Salt Lake more water than normal, lose much of its year-long progress, officials say

The Deputy Great Salt Lake Commissioner said the lake normally loses 2 to 2.5 feet every summer from evaporation and upstream diversions.
4 months ago
FILE - A flock of American Avocets rests at the Great Salt Lake on August 31, 2007. (Laura Seitz/De...
Heather Peterson

Organizations work to count shorebirds that stop by Great Salt Lake

Several organizations teamed up to count how many migratory birds stop by the Great Salt Lake.
4 months ago
Great Salt Lake...
Emma Keddington

Year long analysis studies movement of Great Salt Lake Basin

A year-long analysis on the Great Salt Lake Basin has just wrapped up. One of the project's researchers shared details.
4 months ago
Dust obscures Antelope Island and the exposed bed of the Great Salt Lake...
Anastasia Hufham, Salt Lake Tribune via Great Salt Lake Collab

Utah received money to study the harmful effects of Great Salt Lake dust. It just hasn’t spent it.

While funding for monitoring the health effects of dust from the exposed bed of the Great Salt Lake exists, it hasn't yet been put to use.
5 months ago
great salt lake lakebed shown...
Adam Small

Great Salt Lake’s exposed lakebed is contributing to global warming, study says

A new study suggests the dry lakebed of the Great Salt Lake is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions, in turn contributing to global warming.
5 months ago
Deseret News writer Joe Bauman in the background looks at the irrigation ditches with no water and ...
Adam Small

More than half of Utah is now ‘abnormally dry,’ but still not in a drought.

The latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor lists 53% of Utah's land as 'abnormally dry' but the state is still not in a drought.
5 months ago
Experience bird watching through the eyes of the Great Salt Lake Collaborative....
Emily Calhoun, Utah Public Radio

Wild About Utah: An auto tour of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Auto Route Tour can give people a way to bird watch and a way to view the Great Salt Lake wetlands.
5 months ago
The waters of the Great Salt Lake on an overcast...
Adam Small

Great Salt Lake levels have peaked for the year, expected to drop this summer

One expert said that the Great Salt Lake's levels have peaked for the year.
6 months ago