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Hay is sucking the Great Salt Lake dry

New study finds cattle-feed irrigation is primary culprits in water body's shrinkage

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Jonathan P. Thompson
Jan 07, 2025
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🥵 Aridification Watch 🐫

Detail from an 1852 map of the Great Salt Lake by J.W. Gunnison and Charles Preuss.

As we traveled, the valley spread into an uncanny immensity unlike the other landscapes we had seen. The roads on the map became a net of dashes, while in the far distance the Salt Lake existed as an interrupted silver band. Hills took on the app…

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