At its historical low point—which occurred in November 2022—the Great Salt Lake measured just 4,188.5 feet above mean sea level, some 22 feet below its historic average. In their study ...

A new report says saving the Great Salt Lake is Utah's "moonshot," to do the improbable and something no state has done ...

Streams empty themselves into inland lakes in different parts of the Basin, the most important of these being familiar to everyone as the Great Salt Lake of Utah. This, however, is only the ...

in comparison to the average of 1,700 square miles that the Great Salt Lake occupies. The lake has lost 60% of its surface water, and it dropped to a historic low in 2022. That was a harsh reality ...

This July, the largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere reached its lowest level ever recorded, and experts say the shrinking of the Great Salt Lake could have disastrous consequences for ...

Great Salt Lake (GSL), Utah, U.S.A. is the largest lake in the western United States and the fourth largest terminal lake in the world. A railroad causeway across Great Salt Lake, Utah (GSL) has ...

The state still has some guardrails — about $10 million will go toward leasing, which allows the state to pay water rights holders in the Great Salt Lake basin to set aside some of their water for the ...

The drive is about 60 miles one-way. According to recent visitors, the Great Salt Lake is beautiful, though many noted the record low water levels and impact of wildfires on the experience.

The Great Salt Lake hit a record low water level in 2022 as a result of water diversions, impacts from drought and a changing climate. The lake's decline has the potential to be an environmental ...