(Salt Lake City, UT) — More than a-thousand conservation activists gathered at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Saturday. The activists were there to advocate for the conservation of the Great Salt Lake, which has been dealing with issues from pollution and decreased water levels in recent years. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s 2024 legislative session gets underway one week from today. Lawmakers will be back at the State Capitol building in Salt Lake City next Tuesday with hundreds of bills already ready to review. Among the topics expected to come up in education include banning cell […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah state representative wants to pay farmers to send some of their water to the Great Salt Lake. Democratic Representative Doug Owens is proposing “split season leasing,” which offers to pay farmers for not growing late-season crops and in exchange, they’d send the water […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Great Salt Lake airboat has been named after Utah Speaker Brad Wilson to celebrate the outgoing state legislator. State officials christened the boat as “Wilson’s Water Warrior” on the steps of the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City yesterday. Utah Governor Spencer Cox […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new Utah license plate will benefit preservation of the Great Salt Lake. The plate has a five-character license plate serial in blue on a white background, Utah in red lettering above, and “Restore, Preserve, Protect” in blue letters across the bottom. On the left […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State officials say the record runoff isn’t enough to save the Great Salt Lake. The Great Salt Lake Coordinator said the increased water levels have brought the state more time to implement more long-term solutions. Officials say water levels rose about five and a half […]
