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 ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Saving the Great Salt Lake is Utah's chance at a "moonshot" — accomplishing something that has never been done before. A report released Thursday by the Property and ...

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 ...

The Great Salt Lake and the north end of Stansbury Island in Tooele County on Jan. 2. Utah leaders say they expect some additional Great Salt Lake gains after a "remarkably average" snowpack ...

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 ...

A Utah judge denied the state’s motion to dismiss the suit brought by environmental groups. Environmental advocacy groups suing the state of Utah over its failure to maintain minimum water ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A judge has refused to reject a lawsuit against the state of Utah that accuses leaders of not doing enough to save the Great Salt Lake. Third District Court Judge Laura Scott ...

A judge has refused to reject a lawsuit against the state of Utah that accuses leaders of not doing enough to save the Great Salt Lake. Third District Court Judge Laura Scott ruled that a ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A pink phone booth has been showing up around Salt Lake City, encouraging callers to leave a message of hope for the Great Salt Lake. The interactive art pop-up is called the ...

The phenomenon can also happen with other very large lakes, including the Great Salt Lake in the state of Utah. Unlike lake-effect snow, the latter forms when water vapour in the atmosphere cools ...