Utah Lake

Residents in one of Utah’s fastest-growing cities worry about getting trapped in traffic if there’s a large-scale wildfire evacuation this summer. But the fire chief said Saratoga Springs is prepared.

Orem has a new wastewater reuse facility that is projected to save 175 million gallons of drinking water a year and reduce harmful algal blooms at Utah Lake.

The Utah Lake Authority is launching a new campaign to get Utahns to visit the state’s largest freshwater lake and change perceptions about the misunderstood body of water.

Invasive phragmites used to dominate the shores of Utah Lake, now volunteers are planting native plants in their place.

Over 2.7 million acres surrounding Great Salt Lake have been designated as a sentinel landscape by the federal government for its importance to national defense and conservation.

Utah’s Mia Sim is more than a mermaid, she’s a self-described “desert mermaid” out to teach a land-locked state about water stewardship and caring for places like Utah Lake.

As part of their “Shovel Bums” club, private school students from Sandy are learning about and protecting Native American rock art along the shore of Utah Lake.

Utah lawmakers passed a recording-breaking 591 bills during the 2024 legislative session. Gov. Spencer Cox has until March 21 to either sign or veto them. If he does neither, the laws automatically go into effect.

Between the wet weather and the Provo River Delta restoration, things are looking up for Utah Lake’s threatened June suckers.

The Utah Inland Port Authority is looking at creating “satellite ports” statewide, including in Spanish Fork.

Utah Lake is a defining landmark of Provo but “people don't see it as a valuable and desirable ecosystem,” says a BYU professor.

In addition to ecosystem recovery, the Provo River diversion project adds a whole host of new recreation options to Utah Lake