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How a Tiny Inland Shorebird Could Help Save the Great Salt Lake

Inside Climate News · By Wyatt Myskow · last updated
With half its surface area gone, the country’s largest saline lake is verging on collapse due to the region’s overuse of water and climate change, threatening the ecosystem, Salt Lake City and Wilson’s phalarope.

By Wyatt Myskow

SALT LAKE CITY—To complete a nonstop 4,000-mile flight, Wilson’s phalarope needs fuel.

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