Utah faces a dry summer with low precipitation and high heat, but reservoirs are 82% higher than average. Conservation efforts continue.
Tag: Great Salt Lake
Great Salt Lake’s drying bed releases massive greenhouse gases
New research reveals the drying bed of the Great Salt Lake is releasing millions of tons of greenhouse gases, highlighting a previously overlooked climate change contributor.
Utah’s snowpack melts, leading to healthy surface water levels
Utah's reservoirs are at 92% capacity as snowpack melts, boosting the Great Salt Lake and causing high water levels in rivers and streams.
Utah partners with free market environmentalism think tank PERC to use voluntary water transfers to restore the Great Salt Lake.
Pelican nesting has resumed on Utah's Hat and Gunnison Islands, toxic dust from the Great Salt Lake is being addressed, and heavy snowfall has improved the state's water outlook.
Utah Division of Natural Resources and US Bureau of Reclamation finalize a detailed plan to assess water resources, forecast demand, and develop sustainable solutions to save the declining Great Salt...