Janice H. Gardner: 'Now’s the time we share our collective alarm to help our lake. The future of Great Salt Lake literally hinges on outcomes of the current Utah legislative session.'
Janice Gardner at Great Salt LakeOn October 22, 2022, it was another mundane, quarterly gathering of technical experts and brine shrimp harvesters reporting data on Great Salt Lake. Yet, in the middle of the meeting, I found myself — a biologist who has worked with the lake for 15 years — escaping from the conference room to cry in the bathroom.
One of Great Salt Lake’s foremost and trusted experts rose her hand, solemnly asked for the statements to be repeated, and clicked notes into a laptop. Silence. A brine shrimp harvester, in a tone empty of humor, whispered to his neighbor a quip about his expedited retirement. It turns out our brains evolved in such a way that it’s nearly impossible for us to take meaningful action on slow-moving threats like climate change or a drying saline lake. We humans also tend to be optimistic about our future. Despite all the information of the environmental crisis looming over our heads, we still hope.
I feel the grief over our hurting Great Salt Lake. We’re breathing in that dusty, polluted air, and wildlife are meeting their demise in our backyard. It’s bad, and it can get worse.
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