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At Antelope Island State Park near Salt Lake City in the fall of 2022, three duck hunters dragged a sled across cracked desert sand in search of the water’s edge. The birds they sought were ...
Salt Lake City, Utah—Antelope Island, the largest island in Utah’s Great Salt Lake, has not been an island for many years; indeed, its southern shore now extends into Salt Lake City.
For those of us who care about the Great Salt Lake, it’s a daunting future,” writes Brian Higgins in an op-ed. “But maybe we ...
Editor's note: This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative that partners news, education and media organizations to help inform people ...
DAVIS COUNTY, Utah — It’s supposed to be surrounded by water, but right now, Antelope Island as we know it is on life support — suffering from the shrinking Great Salt Lake. These days ...
Antelope Island is many a Utahn’s first introduction to the Great Salt Lake and all the things that make it weirdly wonderful. It’s a state park, but don’t expect a Disney-fied experience.
For more coverage, go to greatsaltlakenews.org. ANTELOPE ISLAND STATE PARK — An oasis on the Great Salt Lake drew 100 hunters from all over the region to Antelope Island State Park earlier this ...
Downtown Salt Lake City with the Salt Palace Convention Center and the Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City in the foreground. Photo ...
Boat docks sit on dry, cracked earth at the Great Salt Lake's Antelope Island Marina on August 1, 2021, near Syracuse, Utah. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Utah’s drying Great Salt Lake is on ...
saline lakes like Great Salt Lake around the world, and all of them are dying. “Nobody’s figured out how to do this,” he told me. The entrance to Antelope Island State Park welcomed my then ...
Distance from Salt Lake City: Approximately 20 miles (30-40 minutes by car) How to Get There: Accessible by car via I-80 W however there are a number of tours like this one that can get you there. ...