Eight months after the initial reveal, the developers behind the proposed Stratos Data Center are back with a new water permit application. The permit provides the most detailed view of the project to ...

Grow the Flow is an organizational affiliate of 501(c)(3) Conserve Utah Valley. We are uniting science, storytelling, and civic action to do what no community ever has before: restore its saline lake.

As Great Salt Lake hovers near historic lows, a new report from Utah’s Great Salt Lake Strike Team says that every water user — agricultural, municipal, and industrial — has a role to play in its ...

Enacted in 1991, the Bear River Development Act gives the Division of Water Resources (DWRe) the power to develop water on the Bear River and its tributaries to meet the demand of northern Utah’s ...

“We don’t own Planet Earth, we belong to it. And we must share it with our wildlife” –Steve Erwin Every year, the Great Salt Lake becomes a hub of activity as ten million birds descend upon its shores ...

This legislative session saw a focus on energy development, land use, and government transparency—while water conservation and Great Salt Lake took a backseat. That said, there were still some small ...

SALT LAKE CITY — May 7, 2026 — A preliminary analysis of the proposed Box Elder data center found that the combined thermal output of the facility and its associated natural gas power plant could ...

US Magnesium’s bankruptcy has stalled the state’s move to cut off the company’s Great Salt Lake mineral and water leases—even though long-running contamination and cleanup failures at the federal ...

On April 28, Bar H Ranch—a private landowner in Hansel Valley—filed a water right change application to convert 1,900 acre-feet from agricultural to industrial use for the Stratos Project. What ...

The air smells of salt as we watch clouds of Wilson’s phalaropes skim the silver surface of the lake. Upstream demands for water reduce flows to the lake and dramatically change the elevation of the ...

A dust event swept across northern Utah on Monday, July 21, 2025, driven by 25-35 mph winds blowing northward across the exposed lakebed at Farmington Bay. Throughout the day, dust was visibly carried ...

When the topic of Great Salt Lake comes up, it’s common to hear a familiar refrain: “My water use won’t make a difference.” On the surface, that might seem true. One household, one yard, how could ...