What Utah can learn from California’s Salton Sea

Another shrinking lake may hold clues for the future of Great Salt Lake.

(Leia Larsen | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Salton Sea on June 14, 2026.

(Leia Larsen | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Salton Sea on June 14, 2026.

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