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Provo aiming to clean up Utah Lake with state-of-the-art wastewater treatment facility
Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com | Posted April 23 - 12:00 p.m. | Save Story
A new secondary process wastewater treatment plant is being built in Provo to hopefully help clean up Utah Lake.
Utah's snowpack has melted in a 'reasonable manner' so far; outlook looks promising, NWS says
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted April 23 - 10:03 a.m. | Save Story
An expert explains how Utah's above-average snowpack has melted "in a reasonable manner" so far and what is expected next.
Utah County search and rescue crews encouraging hikers to be prepared this spring
Brianna Chavez, KSL-TV | Posted April 22 - 10:32 p.m. | Save Story
With warmer weather in the forecast, that means more opportunities to enjoy the outdoors. But that could come at a cost if you're not prepared.
6 unforgettable things to do in Turks and Caicos
Grant Olsen for KSL.com | Posted April 22 - 8:08 p.m. | Save Story
Beautiful beaches? Check. Fascinating wildlife? Check. Large shipwrecks? Check.
Emergency fishing closure lifted at Panguitch Lake after dam scare
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted April 22 - 12:13 p.m. | Save Story
Utah wildlife officials are allowing anglers to catch fish at Panguitch Lake once again after closing the reservoir off amid concerns over its dam earlier this month.
Utah's record 2023 ski season generated over $1.9B in visitor spending, new analysis finds
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted April 21 - 7:20 a.m. | Save Story
Utah's record snowfall last year led to more than $2.6 billion in overall spending in the ski industry, according to a new analysis.
2 more endangered ferrets are gene copies of critter frozen in 1980s
Mead Gruver, Associated Press | Posted April 20 - 7:50 p.m. | Save Story
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S. These three slinky predators are genetically identical to a single animal frozen back in the 1980s.
Shorelands Preserve highlights recreation at Great Salt Lake
Amy Joi O'Donoghue, Deseret News | Posted April 20 - 12:08 p.m. | Save Story
The Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve on the eastern shore of the Great Salt Lake, spanning 4,500 sprawling acres of bogs and birds and frogs and a mostly untouched piece of nature that is an increasingly rare occurrence along the rapidly growing Wasatch Front.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox vows to sue over new BLM landscape rule
Amy Joi O'Donoghue, Deseret News | Posted April 20 - 7:53 a.m. | Save Story
A sweeping new rule by the Bureau of Land Management aimed at conserving the federal land it manages on a landscape-wide basis has evoked a threat by Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, who says he is already preparing to challenge the regulations in court.
Utah's reservoir system is close to last year's peak as snowmelt picks up
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted April 19 - 8:03 a.m. | Save Story
Utah's reservoir system is back up to almost 85% — about one percentage point off of last year's peak — with plenty of snowpack left to melt.
Here's which roads will be closed during the Salt Lake City Marathon
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted April 18 - 8:41 a.m. | Save Story
Several road closures are planned in Salt Lake County for the Salt Lake City Marathon on Saturday.
Off-road vehicle use set to change in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Stephanie DeGraw, St. George News | Posted April 17 - 10:31 p.m. | Save Story
The roar of off-road vehicles in the pristine backcountry of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area may soon be a sound of the past.
$10K reward offered in case of bald eagle shot in Utah
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted April 17 - 5:31 p.m. | Save Story
A conservation nonprofit group is offering a $10,000 reward for any information that leads to a conviction in the case of a bald eagle that died after it was illegally shot.
Large amounts of water sent to Great Salt Lake ahead of spring runoff
Mike Anderson and Michael Houck, KSL-TV | Posted April 17 - 1:32 p.m. | Save Story
While Utah did not have a record water year this year, water managers say there is so much water that some is being sent into the Great Salt Lake.
Feds update Lake Powell projections; Upper Basin to receive nearly $30M in new funds
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted April 17 - 12:00 p.m. | Save Story
Lake Powell is expected to rise about another 30 feet in the coming months, according to a new report.
2 men's 'high desert mountaineering' skills result in rare peak-scaling feat in Zion National Park
Stephanie DeGraw, St. George News | Posted April 16 - 1:05 p.m. | Save Story
Scaling a towering cliff in Zion National Park is daunting enough. Yet two local rock climbers pushed the envelope further by completing the longest peak climbing traverse, covering 28 miles in March.
UDOT nixes wildlife crossing idea in Park City to advocacy group's dismay
Lauren Steinbrecher, KSL-TV | Posted April 16 - 7:46 a.m. | Save Story
A wildlife group is trying to figure out how to move forward after the Utah Department of Transportation said it will not pursue building a wildlife crossing on the highway leading into Park City. UDOT is explaining the decision, as the advocacy group questions UDOT's choice.
2 visitors captured on video destroying ancient rock formations at Lake Mead
Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN | Posted April 15 - 6:05 p.m. | Save Story
Two visitors at Lake Mead National Recreation Area were captured on video destroying ancient rock formations and park rangers are seeking the public's help in identifying the suspects.
