The Salt Lake Tribune analyzed dozens of water rights applications submitted in the two years following a moratorium on most new appropriations within the Great Salt Lake Basin. Here's what we found.

In a nutshell The Great Salt Lake reached its lowest level in 170+ years primarily due to reduced river flow, which caused three times more water loss than any other factor. However, increased ...

While the decline has been widely attributed to low stream flows into the lake, the real story is more nuanced, a study reveals.

A new study finds the biggest factors behind Great Salt Lake shrinking is reduced stream flow from the Bear, Weber, and ...

Clocking in at roughly 35 miles wide and 75 miles long, the Great Salt Lake is the largest natural saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere. The lake's name comes from the nature of the water ...

This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative ... Communities at risk? Maps included with the report put those around Bear River Bay and Farmington Bay (which includes ...