Leia Larsen
@leialarsen.bsky.social
Water and land use reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune.
Great Salt Lake's annual average elevation in context. Salty lakes typically rise & fall a bit each year, which is good & what makes them special. Per Utah Dept of Natural Resources, GSL's healthy range is 4,198' to 4,205'. So even a record-breaking snowpack last year didn't get us anywhere close.
January 10, 2024 at 4:37 AM
Great Salt Lake's annual average elevation in context. Salty lakes typically rise & fall a bit each year, which is good & what makes them special. Per Utah Dept of Natural Resources, GSL's healthy range is 4,198' to 4,205'. So even a record-breaking snowpack last year didn't get us anywhere close.
An Australian company is betting big on lithium along the Colorado River in Utah. And it plans to use a bunch of water. We'll need lithium as we transition away from our dependence on fossil fuels, but opponents say Utah has little water to spare. Thoughts? www.sltrib.com/news/environ...
December 13, 2023 at 8:03 PM
An Australian company is betting big on lithium along the Colorado River in Utah. And it plans to use a bunch of water. We'll need lithium as we transition away from our dependence on fossil fuels, but opponents say Utah has little water to spare. Thoughts? www.sltrib.com/news/environ...
My editor, @granteb.bsky.social, said I needed to share a photo of the holiday cookies I made for the @sltrib.com enviro team today. iykyk
December 12, 2023 at 8:40 PM
My editor, @granteb.bsky.social, said I needed to share a photo of the holiday cookies I made for the @sltrib.com enviro team today. iykyk