Despite the Great Salt Lake's dire straits, state researchers and elected leaders remain optimistic that Utah will become the ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Dozens danced and sang and protested on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, demanding more action to save it. On Wednesday, a crowd gathered to support a pending lawsuit against the ...

Note to readers • Leia Larsen is a reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune. She spent a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow examining the intersection of politics and environmental issues.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake County Council passed a resolution supporting efforts to protect Great Salt Lake wetlands. The bipartisan resolution, pushed by Council Chair Dea Theodore and Council ...

On a recent flight home to Salt Lake City, I gazed out the window and shuddered. The ground below was riddled with cracks. Sporadic green pools dotted the dry earth where vast water had once been. I ...

One of America’s most unique ecological landmarks is disappearing. The Great Salt Lake, once the largest saline lake in the Western Hemisphere, sticks out on maps of the United States as a large spot ...

Scientist Julie Jung set out on a hike along the Great Salt Lake to find nematodes. She ended up discovering a new species. Julie Jung moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, a few years ago, and while she was ...

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 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The governor of Utah has a problem. The Great Salt Lake is shrinking, and a dry lakebed threatens to send ...

Brent Davis thinks he grows the tastiest tomatoes. For four generations, his family has farmed and ranched near the eastern shore of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, 45 minutes north of Salt Lake City. He ...

The loss of the Great Salt Lake would be an environmental disaster with health and economic effects far beyond Utah’s borders. The state is taking action, but critics say it’s not doing enough.