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What happened to the Great Salt Lake this year?
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 about the plight of the Great Salt Lake. The levels of the Great Salt Lake may be in decline, but the year 2024 saw a tremendous uptick in efforts to help the world’s eighth largest saline lake, a key part of Utah’s cultural identity and an economic driver for Utah. With the industry it supports, the visitation it attracts and its ecological contributions, the lake delivers $1.9 ...