Will Utahns need to adapt to a smaller, dustier salt lake? Or can the watershed unite to reverse its decline?
Great Salt Lake is often compared to a lake in Central Asia: The Aral Sea. Back in the ‘80s, the Aral Sea dried up so much it caused toxic dust storms – a problem that’s facing the Wasatch Front. But the Aral Sea also offers a potential solution for how to save a shrinking lake. Reporter Levi Bridges visited the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan for the Great Salt Lake Collaborative and KUER.