More information: Brian D. Richter et al, Reducing Irrigation of Livestock Feed is Essential to Saving Great Salt Lake, Environmental Challenges (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.envc.2024.101065 ...
The Great Salt Lake’s depletion, driven largely by agricultural water use, threatens biodiversity, the economy, and human health. Researchers propose cutting water consumption by 35% and compensating ...
The Great Salt Lake, which relies on mountain ... and leasing water rights from irrigators. But they emphasized that farmers and ranchers who lose income should be compensated at a cost ranging ...