Mormon Church gives water to boost imperiled Great Salt Lake
March 17, 2023 GMTSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Donating a small reservoir's worth of water rights to Utah's Great Salt Lake.
Biden signs bill to study salt lakes in drought-hit US West
December 28, 2022 GMTSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Scientists will get $25 million to study salt lake ecosystems in the drought-stricken U.S. West, as President Joe Biden signed legislation Tuesday allocating the funds in the face of unprecedented existential threats caused by the lack of water.
Great Salt Lake hits new historic low for 2nd time in a year
July 5, 2022 GMTSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Great Salt Lake has hit a new historic low for the second time in less than a year as the ongoing megadrought worsened by climate change continues to shrink the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi.
Water proposals trickle through Utah Statehouse in last days
March 4, 2022 GMTSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After the iconic Great Salt Lake hit its lowest level in recorded history, Utah's Republican-majority Legislature is working to preserve the lake, incentivize conservation and prepare for a hotter, drier future.
Gov. Cox proposes spending $50M to restore Great Salt Lake
December 8, 2021 GMTSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is proposing spending $500 million on water conservation, preservation and infrastructure as part of his $25 billion budget proposal for next year.
He unveiled the plan standing near the dry, receding edge of the iconic Great Salt Lake on Tuesday, which would get the Deseret News reported.
Great Salt Lake could yield new medicinal discoveries
November 7, 2021 GMTSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Armed with paddle boards and tools to scoop up mud and other sediment, University of Utah professor Jaclyn Winter and the doctoral students in her lab venture onto the Great Salt Lake in the hope of finding life-saving medicines.
Environmentalists secure water rights for Great Salt Lake
October 18, 2021 GMTFARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — In an effort to help save the shrinking Great Salt Lake, environmentalists are attempting a novel idea: securing water rights for a terminal system.
The Great Salt Lake is now nearly a foot below its last recorded level in 1963, alarming environmentalists and Utah’s policymakers.
Water levels at Great Salt Lake drop to historic low
July 26, 2021 GMTSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The water levels at the Great Salt Lake have hit a historic low, a grim milestone for the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi River that comes as a megadrought grips the region.
Masses of shrimp eggs leave visible slick on Utah lake
December 7, 2020 GMTSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Tiny shrimp eggs have been showing up in such huge numbers in Utah's Great Salt Lake that some parts of the lake look covered with an oil slick.
Cold weather in fall or winter causes the lake's small brine shrimp to produce the eggs, called cysts.
Earthquake shakes Utah, rattling frayed coronavirus nerves
March 18, 2020 GMTSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A moderate earthquake Wednesday near Salt Lake City temporarily shut down a major air traffic hub, damaged a spire atop a temple and frightened millions of people already on edge from the coronavirus pandemic...
Rare salt formations appear along the Great Salt Lake
January 10, 2020 GMTSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Rare salt formations have been documented for the first time on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, and they could yield insights about salt structures found on Mars before they disappear for good...
AP PHOTOS: Bison roundup conjures bygone days of US West
December 25, 2018 GMTSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Once a year, hundreds of horseback riders gather on an island in Utah's Great Salt Lake to nudge bison toward holding pens in a roundup of one of America's largest and oldest public herds...
Great Salt Lake boat patrol added to search for missing plane out of Ogden
January 1, 2018 GMTBOX ELDER COUNTY — No new leads had developed in the search for two men and a missing aircraft out of Ogden as of Sunday afternoon.