FARMINGTON BAY, Utah — The Great Salt Lake is getting a massive infusion of cash in an effort to reverse its dramatic declines.

On Wednesday, Governor Spencer Cox announced a $200 million investment from business and philanthropic groups to specifically work to save the lake. He was joined by some of Utah's most wealthy and powerful people at an event at Farmington Bay.

"Together, we really are going to make the Great Salt Lake great again," he quipped.

The governor also set a deadline to restore the lake to a healthy level — the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Games, when Utah will once again welcome the world. He urged Utahns to sign onto a charter acknowledging the problems facing the lake and vowing to make personal changes to help fix it.

"This will be one of the great environmental s

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