Great Salt Lake Collaborative
Katie McKellar
Volunteers help plant new vegetation as part of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation’s restoration project along the Bear River near Preston, Idaho, where an 1863 massacre almost entirely annihilated their people. (Photo Courtesy of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation)
Volunteers help plant new vegetation as part of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation’s restoration project along the Bear River near Preston, Idaho, where an 1863 massacre almost entirely annihilated their people. (Photo Courtesy of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation)

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The Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation is reclaiming the Bear River Massacre site by restoring the land’s natural ecosystem. They hope the Great Salt Lake could benefit, too It was the deadliest...
The shore of Great Salt Lake (left) is pictured alongside its historic shoreline (right). The Spiral Jetty lies between them on the dry and dusty lakebed. (Photo courtesy of Bryn Watkins)
The shore of Great Salt Lake (left) is pictured alongside its historic shoreline (right). The Spiral Jetty lies between them on the dry and dusty lakebed. (Photo courtesy of Bryn Watkins)

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In search of solutions, USU researchers highlight insights from farmers, who use most of the water that would otherwise flow to the Great Salt Lake. Farmers argue they share the same existential threa...
 

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