Save the Great Salt Lake, without federalizing it

By: Shawn Regan, Isaiah Menning

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: August 11, 2026

Words: 664

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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Earlier this year, the Trump administration asked Congress for something unusual: $1 billion to save a lake. The president’s budget request proposes a major federal investment to restore the Great Salt Lake, which it calls “a critical economic and ecological asset” for the nation. It comes after Utah’s legislature passed a resolution calling on Washington to partner with the state in the lake’s recovery.

The timing is right. After another dry winter, the …

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