Optimism For The Great Salt Lake Starts With Water Leasing

Optimism For The Great Salt Lake Starts With Water Leasing

Despite two wet years, the Great Salt Lake is still in crisis. Lake levels fluctuate, but the long-term trend remains persistently low. To restore the lake, Utah needs a solution that adapts to both human use and nature — without turning water users into rivals. The challenge of refilling the lake is daunting, but in it lies an opportunity: Utah has the chance to show how collaboration and innovation can restore this iconic saline lake. The stat…

Guest Opinion: Water Wasting Lawns or Resilient Landscapes?

Since 1986, the Great Salt Lake has dropped 22 feet. Twenty-two feet is only the height of a two-story building, a streetlight or a young Saguaro cactus. It’s not that impressive. But the Great Salt Lake is a wide and shallow inland sea, fatally susceptible to evaporation. In the time the lake levels dropped,...