Utah’s Great Salt Lake is drying up amid an ongoing drought. Historians agree the past may not provide a perfect roadmap to solve the state’s water challenges, but it can help provide examples and context.
The first summit dedicated to all things Great Salt Lake underscored the importance of the lake’s critical role in Utah’s economy, environment and tourism, painting a dismal picture if it should continue to decline. While it addressed the doom and gloom, the summit also looked at solutions.
The Great Salt Lake is in trouble, which is why hundreds of people representing myriad agencies, advocacy organizations, industry and sportsmen convened for a half-day summit