Federal Officials Report Lower Water Forecast for Lake Powell Federal officials have reported that Lake Powell will receive 2 million acre-feet less water than originally anticipated due to below-average precipitation this winter. The Bureau of Reclamation, the agency responsible for overseeing water projects nationwide, had originally estimated that between October 2023 and September 2024, Lake…
President Joe Biden has approved federal aid for five Utah counties to respond to damages caused by flooding earlier this year. The historic snowpack melting in Utah resulted in widespread flooding, leading Governor Spencer Cox to declare a state of emergency. The affected counties, including Iron, Morgan, Sanpete, Utah, and Wasatch, will receive federal emergency…
The Great Salt Lake is facing a potential threat of a new dam on its largest tributary, the Bear River. The Bear River Development, a state-sponsored plan to store water and support growth in northern Utah, has been on the books since the 1990s. However, a recent emergency news release from Grow the Flow, an…
No one anticipates a career in the brine shrimp industry. Timothy Hawkes certainly didn’t. He found himself working as the legal counsel for the Great Salt Lake Brine Shrimp Cooperative nearly seven years ago, shortly after joining the Utah Legislature. Now, he finds himself speaking at a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization-sponsored panel on…
Jake Young, a professional landscape architect and city planner, initially did not prioritize water conservation as part of his work at Citi Design, a land use and planning firm. It wasn’t until he worked on the West General Plan for Salt Lake County that he realized the importance of incorporating water into his process. The…
