The Great Salt Lake

After leading the Mormon trek across the country Brigham Young caught sight of the Great Salt Lake stretched out in the valley in front of him.  He told his flock, ”This is the place.”

Now the Great Salt Lake is drying up.  It is approximately half of its normal size.  The first time I saw it at some spots it was on both sides of I-80.  Now it is in the far distance.  The ecosystems are changing.  Birds are dying by the thousands.  Great clouds of toxic dust blown by the wind sweep across the valley.  And it is getting worse.  

In the meantimes there are still people, some in Congress, who deny that climate change is even happening.  I don’t understand it.