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March 9th 2023 by Aimee Van Tatenhove / Utah Public Radio (UPR)

Laguna Mar Chiquita is a large saline lake in central Argentina. Much like Great Salt Lake, Mar Chiquita hosts millions of migratory birds each year, and has faced fluctuating water levels, pollution...

 

 

January 27th 2023 by Aimee Van Tatenhove / Utah Public Radio (UPR)

Over 150 years ago, the United States Army attacked and killed as many as 500 Shoshone men, women and children in Northern Cache Valley. The attack resulted in one of the largest slaughters of Native...

 

 

January 8th 2023 by Aimee Van Tatenhove / Utah Public Radio (UPR)

Wilson’s phalaropes are small, salt-loving shorebirds that migrate thousands of miles between distant saline lakes in South America, and those in our own backyard, like Great Salt Lake. New research s...

 

 

November 8th 2022 by Sheri Quinn / Utah Public Radio (UPR)

Removing all high-water-use plants is not the panacea in times of rising temperatures and droughts across the southwest, according to a new study. Deadly flooding of the Indus River in Pakistan bac...

 

 

November 2nd 2022 by Max McDermott / Utah Public Radio (UPR)

Union Pacific’s Great Salt Lake Causeway is a 20-mile railroad crossing that physically separates the lake into North and South arms. The only opening in the causeway is a 160 ft wide gap called the W...

 

 

September 26th 2022 by Aimee Van Tatenhove / Utah Public Radio (UPR)

This month’s Utah Clean Air Caucus meeting focused on Great Salt Lake, and the role it plays in Utah’s air quality. Craig Miller, the manager at the Utah Division of Water Resources, gave an update...

 

 

September 26th 2022 by Aimee Van Tatenhove / Utah Public Radio (UPR)

New research suggests that as Great Salt Lake shrinks and gets saltier, brine shrimp, a staple food for migrating birds and a boon to Utah’s economy, may be in danger of dramatic population declines...

 

 

August 10th 2022 by Aimee Van Tatenhove / Utah Public Radio (UPR)

An environmental nonprofit is offering Utahns a new perspective on the challenges facing Great Salt Lake, by giving them a bird's eye view of its shrinking shoreline, as dry conditions and human water...

 

 

August 9th 2022 by Sheri Quinn / Utah Public Radio (UPR)

The Great Salt Lake Hydro Mapper is a user-friendly webpage with information about what’s happening with Great Salt Lake in real-time, like the water and salinity levels and most importantly, what’s h...

 

 

August 3rd 2022 by Sheri Quinn / Utah Public Radio (UPR)

Matt Yost is a Utah State University professor in Plants, Soils & Climate and USU Extension specialist. He knows farming first-hand. He grew up on a dairy farm in Burley Idaho. “My father still oper...

 

 

July 27th 2022 by Aimee Van Tatenhove / Utah Public Radio (UPR)

Utah Governor Spencer Cox released the third chapter of Utah’s Coordinated Action Plan for Water on Wednesday, which aims to balance water conservation, agriculture and state growth. The Action Plan...

 

 

February 22nd 2022 by Aimee Van Tatenhove / Utah Public Radio (UPR)

Drought and water diversions have been draining Great Salt Lake for decades, generating concern about the waterbody and its impacts on humans and wildlife. This past weekend, a group gathered at Antel...

 

 

February 1st 2022 by Aimee Van Tatenhove / Utah Public Radio (UPR)

Brine shrimp are an abundant crustacean in Great Salt Lake, providing a critical source of food for migratory birds, and brine shrimp eggs are sold across the world as feed for aquaculture facilities,...

 

 

February 1st 2022 by Aimee Van Tatenhove / Utah Public Radio (UPR)

A group of Utahns are looking to get brine shrimp named as Utah’s state crustacean. The idea started with a student at Westminster College, but an aspiring sixth grade class in Salt Lake City is doing...

 

 

 

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