(Spenser Heaps | Deseret News) The moon rises behind one of Mono Lake’s iconic tufa formations on the south shore of the lake in Mono County, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Amid climate change and growing water demands that are withering terminal lakes away, Mono Lake carries a rare hopeful message.
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.