Gov. Cox signed a new executive order, calling on the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands to raise the Great Salt Lake causeway berm by 5 feet, in an effort to improve salinity conditions that are 'threatening the Great Salt Lake ecosystem.'
But brine shrimp need to have the perfect conditions to thrive.
Raising the berm near the causeway is one of the early solutions to a growing problem with the drying lake. The Great Salt Lake reached, and experts said that the southern arm has gotten saltier as the lake shrinks. Crews raised the berm in an effort to stop the northern arm's impact, and restore the normal balance of salinity between the two arms. That's what is happening again less than a year later.
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