Commentary: Keep Utah Lake shallow and wet

If we try to bend the environment to our whims, we do so at our own peril.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Todd Parker talks about plans for islands and a city on Utah, Lake, Thursday, January 11, 2018.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Todd Parker talks about plans for islands and a city on Utah, Lake, Thursday, January 11, 2018.

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