History lessons: Are Utahns ‘waking up’ to the Great Salt Lake’s peril?

The deepening lake emergency moved the Utah Legislature this year to create a $40 million program to look at ways to preserve and restore the lake.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The shore of the Great Salt Lake on Stansbury Island on Saturday, March 26, 2022.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The shore of the Great Salt Lake on Stansbury Island on Saturday, March 26, 2022.

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