Does Utah need to mandate the Great Salt Lake’s ideal elevation so everyone can work toward that goal?
The sun sets over some of Mono Lake’s iconic tufa structures on the south shore of the lake in Mono County, California, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. The tufa are a symbol of how much Mono Lake has shrunk — they were submerged before the city of Los Angeles began diverting away the lake's water.This Great Salt Lake Collaborative story is part of day four of our series, “At water’s edge: Searching for solutions at the Great Salt Lake’s sister lakes across the Great Basin.
It was a similar circumstance that the Great Salt Lake faces today. But just as Utahns have begun rallying to save their shrinking lake from disastrous consequences, Californians put on the pressure in the 1980s to save Mono Lake from shriveling away. “What is the lake level we need for a healthy ecosystem? How much water needs to be delivered … to L.A.?” said Robbie Di Paolo, Mono Lake Committee’s current restoration field technician. “It was an extensive modeling effort.”
“The question is, we’ve waited. We’ve given L.A. the opportunity to adapt to decreased water,” Di Paolo said. “What do we need to do to now benefit Mono Lake, which has not seen the improvement it was mandated to have?” Scientists and environmental groups have worked hard to educate the public and policymakers about the need to send more water to the Great Salt Lake. Otherwise, the millions of people living nearby face a future with more toxic dust pollution, dead birds, and, potentially, endangered species listings.
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