Ican see the future, and here it is.

Our Utah legislators, in their short-sighted focus on growth and profits, will let the Great Salt Lake dry up. This will cause the death of millions of migrating birds. It will destroy the brine shrimp industry. It will expose hundreds of square miles of toxin-laden beach sands that will be kicked into dust by strong winds. Public health will suffer. Asthma and related respiratory diseases will skyrocket. Lifespans will be shortened.

Utah will lose its attraction as an outdoors destination. Tourism will plummet. Global warming is already making our local weather hotter and drier, and the briny puddle of the once mighty Great Salt Lake will no longer fuel the snowfall that makes us a world-famous ski destination. Reduced spring runoff from the Wasatch

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