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The desiccation of Great Salt Lake is obvious, particularly from the air. The shoreline of the western world’s largest saline
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Rustling leaves followed by the satisfying snap of an apple popping off a branch. That is the sound of Utah
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Brian Steed ’97, M.A. ’00, the inaugural executive director of the new Janet Quinney Lawson Institute of Land, Water and
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