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A conversation with the sixth-grade activists behind Utah’s new state crustacean.
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A conversation with the sixth-grade activists behind Utah’s new state crustacean.
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Each year, 6th grade teacher Josh Craner shows his students how Great Salt Lake is drying up. He hopes this class will inspire them to be part of the solution.
A group of Utahns are looking to get brine shrimp named as Utah’s state crustacean. The idea started with a student at Westminster College, but an aspiring sixth grade class in Salt Lake City is doing the legwork to make this a reality.
Brine shrimp are an abundant crustacean in Great Salt Lake, providing a critical source of food for migratory birds, and brine shrimp eggs are sold across the world as feed for aquaculture facilities, bringing in millions of dollars to Utah’s economy. Now, a group of Utahns are looking to instate brine shrimp as Utah’s state crustacean.