Two men paddled across the fringes of Great Salt Lake to document its decline. Here’s what they saw.
“This trip was the first time that it really sunk in to me how vulnerable that lake is,” one kayaker said.
(Image courtesy of Scott Baxter) Matt Kahabka paddles from Antelope Island to the Great Salt Lake marina on Oct. 4, as he and Scott Baxter complete a multiday journey circumnavigating the lake in handmade kayaks.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.