Will the Great Salt Lake hit a new record low this year?
What an unusually hot spring means for Utah’s shrinking inland sea, and whether residents should expect more dust storms.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The north shore of the Great Salt Lake at Hansel Valley on Friday, May 1, 2026.
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.