Your one-stop guide to ‘At water’s edge’ and how to save the Great Salt Lake

California’s Owens Lake and Mono Lake provide warnings and offer hope for Utah’s most significant and imperiled body of water.

(Rachel Rydalch | The Salt Lake Tribune) People walk to the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake near the Spiral Jetty on Friday, March 25, 2022.

(Rachel Rydalch | The Salt Lake Tribune) People walk to the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake near the Spiral Jetty on Friday, March 25, 2022.

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