‘Great Salt Lake is our future’: Utah teens organize to sound the alarm

Members say their goal is to educate and lobby, and show leaders that “the youth care about” the lake.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Demonstrators with Making Waves for Great Salt Lake Artist Collaborative gather for a vigil for the Great Salt Lake at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. Members of the Youth Coalition for Great Salt Lake joined in the vigils over this year's Utah Legislature session, one of the ways they are working to raise awareness of the lake's plight.

‘Great Salt Lake is our future’: Utah teens organize to sound the alarm

Members say their goal is to educate and lobby, and show leaders that “the youth care about” the lake.

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