The Great Salt Lake Is Drying. Can Utah Save It?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : "I just don't think we have political support for that," Mr. Steed said, "nor do I think we would have public support for that kind of drastic action."
56% : At the same time, they created an Inland Port Authority that has offered state incentives for industrial developers to pave over wetlands in at least four crucial areas.
50% : Agriculture uses 71 percent of the water that would otherwise flow to the lake, and cities use around 17 percent, according to research compiled by the Great Salt Lake Strike Team, a group of climate scientists, policy analysts and state regulators.

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