By Elle Cowley, Multimedia Managing Editor
• March 25, 2023
As part of the research done for a Can of Worms episode, our podcast team took a trip down to Antelope Island to visit the Great Salt Lake. As we drove in, the entire area looked incredibly grim....
By Vanessa Hudson, Assistant News Editor
• March 19, 2023
Gov. Spencer Cox held his monthly press conference on March 16, discussing social media regulations, water rights, abortion restrictions, and equity, diversion and inclusion. As the March 23...
With the recent reports on the precarious future of the Great Salt Lake, many Utahns have voiced their concern about Utah’s water conservation practices. Thankfully, members of our legislature,...
By Kayleigh Silverstein, Special Projects Managing Editor, News Writer
• January 14, 2023
The Great Salt Lake is drying up, and the people are crying out. Often turning their bodies to face the lake, 12 speakers joined hundreds of community members at a rally to “Save Our Great...
This is a story about the Great Salt Lake's ecosystem and how it is being affected by the shrinking lake levels. Enjoy.
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This year, the Great Salt Lake hit a record low level on July 3, when it reached a 4,109 feet, according to the Utah Division of Water Resources.
The Great Salt Lake is the largest saline...
Writers McCaulee Blackburn from The Globe and Jacob Freeman from the Daily Utah Chronicle produced this story together as part of the Chronicle’s November print issue focused on collaboration....
Having grown up next to the Jordan river, I’m familiar with the smell of polluted water. I went to a school where, on the other side of the fence at recess, farmers burned horse and cow manure....
In the summer of 2020, Salt Lake City ranked fourth for worst air quality in the world. Our little state was among some of the most densely populated and polluted regions, despite being home...
What the New York Times called “Utah’s Environmental Nuclear Bomb,” and Outside Magazine called “desolate” yet “also divine,” the Great Salt Lake is a salinated body of water that...
