Why the Great Salt Lake’s causeway may have staved off collapse more than once
An engineered embankment has transformed the nation’s largest saline system in profound ways.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A railroad causeway divides two halves of the Great Salt Lake, pictured Friday, Dec. 29, 2023.
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.