Nan Seymour: The Great Salt Lake has a right to live and be restored
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Exposed and dying microbialite fields of the Great Salt Lake, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Microbialites thrive in an extensive shallow-shelf environment and are at the mercy of the ever-changing lake level. Brine flies feed on microbialtite which is important for life cycle of the brine flies that shorebirds feed on.