Utah’s phenomenal, record-breaking winter has already given the Great Salt Lake a boost, but it will take a few more decent winters before it reaches a safe and sustainable elevation. 1/3
A boat with the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem Program surveys the Great Salt Lake on Thursday, April 6, 2023.Utah’s phenomenal, record-breaking winter has already given the Great Salt Lake a boost, but it will take a few more decent winters before it reaches a safe and sustainable elevation.
An impressive 1.4 million acre-feet have flowed, dripped or seeped into the lake so far in the form of streams, direct precipitation and groundwater since November.That’s good news for the millions of waterfowl and shorebirds the lake supports. “We’re getting a good hatch of brine shrimp right now,” Luft said. “It should be, hopefully, more normal this year.”developed by state scientists shows how much more water the lake needs to be out of the red.
Every inch of water helps, Stireman said, but ”until the lake gets well above where we’re at, we’ll probably see dust that comes from the lake.”
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