Under a $1 million research project spearheaded by the Utah Geological Survey, scientists are gathering data to understand the effects climate change, racing, repaving the salt and operating the mine on leased federal land have on preserving the Salt Flats. Researchers are seeking to pinpoint why the salt is fading and what can be done to stop it.
But officials are funding a new study as they try to find a solution. In Utah, after three decades of studies examining the salt flats, nothing has slowed the deterioration. The glistening white salt of the world famous area is shrinking near the Utah-Nevada line.
(Rick Bowmer | Associated Press) State geologist collects water samples in the Bonneville Salt Flats Tuesday, Sept.
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