Emma Penrod and Alex Cabrero
Great Salt Lake Collaborative Freelancer and KSL-TV Reporter
David Williams listens to his duck hunting guide Breck Dickinson as they get ready to load their boats into a truck near Red Hill Park, in Imperial County, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. Dickinson has been hunting in the area for around 30 years and has watched the bird populations change along with changing water levels of the Salton Sea. He also said brown pelicans disappeared as fish in the lake died off, eliminating their food source.Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
David Williams listens to his duck hunting guide Breck Dickinson as they get ready to load their boats into a truck near Red Hill Park, in Imperial County, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. Dickinson has been hunting in the area for around 30 years and has watched the bird populations change along with changing water levels of the Salton Sea. He also said brown pelicans disappeared as fish in the lake died off, eliminating their food source.Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Wildlife managers already maintain hundreds of thousands of acres of artificial wetlands around the Great Salt Lake. But as the lake shrinks, the opportunity to build more grows IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif...