Government efforts good, but more needed to save the Great Salt Lake

By Tom Haraldsen

In mid-March, before the record heat wave in Utah, the Great Salt Lake was at 36.1 percent of its desired water level. That day, it was more than 6 feet below its minimum healthy water level of 4,198 feet. Over 53 percent of the lakebed was exposed (1,150 square miles), and its salinity was 11.9 percent (12-16 percent is considered ideal for brine shrimp).

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  Saturday, April 4, 9 a.m.

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  Saturday, April 4, 9:30 a.m.

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  Saturday, April 4, 10 a.m.

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