Great Salt Lake is up, but it still isn’t healthy — and likely won’t be for a while

While the lake is above the highest elevation level at any point last year, it’s still below the minimum healthy level of 4,198 feet by at least a yard and some change.

(Megan Banta | The Salt Lake Tribune) Water levels are up in Bear River Bay during a flyover of the Great Salt Lake with EcoFlight on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.

Great Salt Lake is up, but it still isn’t healthy — and likely won’t be for a while

While the lake is above the highest elevation level at any point last year, it’s still below the minimum healthy level of 4,198 feet by at least a yard and some change.

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