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Recently there was an article in the newspaper about the Great
Salt Lake. The lake typically goes through a seven year wet cycle
followed by a seven year dry cycle. Since the lake is quite
shallow, how much water runs into it really has a dramatic
effect on its overall size. The current dry cycle combined with
a higher population and more water usage than ever before has
dried up the lake to the point that it has gotten the full
attention of the Utah lawmakers. In the middle of all these
discussions, the Utah National Guard brought in several
Black Hawk helicoptors and gave lawmakers an ariel tour of the
lake. Most of them came back saying that it was much worse then
they had realized, making comments like, "There no longer is an
Antelope Island, it's just all one land mass now." My photo
above shows the lake in the year 2000 when it had much more
water. You can clearly see Antelope Island in the lower right
hand of the picture. For more about the lake (click
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