Democracy Dies in Darkness

Opinion A moment of hope emerges for the endangered Great Salt Lake. Seize it.

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April 10, 2023 at 6:30 a.m. EDT
State of Utah Department of Natural Resources Park Ranger Angelic Lemmon walks across reef-like structures called microbialites, exposed by receding waters at the Great Salt Lake, on Sept. 28. (Rick Bowmer/AP, File)
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Addison Graham is a student at Brigham Young University and is a student scholar at the Wheatley Institute.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints directs its members to be “stewards, caretakers, and guardians” of God’s creations, and it was in that spirit that it announced in March a permanent donation of 6.5 billion gallons of water a year to replenish the dramatically dwindling Great Salt Lake. But the gesture, while sincere and significant, only highlights how much more needs to be done.