How Utah can control dust from the Great Salt Lake — and why it will cost lots of money
Keeping emissions at bay on the Great Salt Lake’s exposed bed will take a mosaic of solutions. And it will be very, very expensive.
(Spenser Heaps | Deseret News) Cracked mud is seen on the dry lakebed of Owens Lake in Inyo County, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. Can Utah engineer its way out of a massive Great Salt Lake dust problem?
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.