Can Utah restore the Great Salt Lake in time for the 2034 Olympics? Here’s what experts say.
The 2002 Winter Games marks the last time the lake’s elevation hovered in the safe zone.
(Ryan Galbraith | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Olympic Torch travels across the Great Salt Lake on Feb. 6, 2002.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.