State officials say the Great Salt Lake’s long-term decline is driven primarily by water overconsumption, not short-term dry or warm years. Agriculture uses about 75% of Utah’s water, while most ...

The Great Salt Lake has long been a symbol of scarcity, a shrinking inland sea ringed by dust and brine. Now scientists say ...

SALT LAKE CITY — More monitors will be installed in communities around the Great Salt Lake to better track and warn people about dust, the head of Utah's Department of Environmental Quality said. At a ...

This year the Great Salt Lake has dropped to 4,191 feet, just one dry winter away from falling to its previously catastrophic low level. “Scientists tell us unequivocally that the Wilson’s phalarope’s ...

Editor's note: This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative that partners news, education and media organizations to help inform people about ...

Note to readers • The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in collaboration with The Great Salt Lake Collaborative. During a recent storm in March, several shallow ...

It’s up to Utah farmers to save the Great Salt Lake, according to a new study published Tuesday. New research quantifies just how much water must be saved to restore the lake, proposes how to achieve ...