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Great Salt Lake is an enormous terminal lake in the western United States. It is a highly productive ecosystem, which has global significance for millions of migrating birds who rely on this critical feeding station on their journey through the American west. For the human population in the adjacent metropolitan area, this body of water provides a significant economic resource as industries, such as brine shrimp harvesting and mineral extraction, generate jobs and income for the state of Utah. In addition, the lake provides the local population with ecosystem services, especially the creation of mountain snowpack that generates water supply, and the prevention of dust that may impair air qua...
A collection of articles about the Great Salt Lake divided into 9 subject areas.
One of the most informative and readable general histories of Utah and a tribute to the brilliance of its author, the late Dale Morgan (1914-71), this work explores the remnant of ancient Lake Bonneville and all of its fascinating human history.
Nov. 10 hearing was held in Salt Lake City, Utah; Nov. 12 hearing was held in Ogden, Utah.
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Some forty-seven individuals, each specialists in some aspect of the lake, or its environs, have contributed to the articles in this compilation. The resulting volume contains seven sections on the history and recreation, geology and geophysics, chemistry, lake industries, hydrology and climatology, biology, and engineering of the Great Salt Lake. It is hoped that this volume on one of the great wonders of the world, the Great Salt Lake, will be informative and of value to many people. 400 pages + 2 plates