Art Project Highlights Great Salt Lake Decline
A PBS NewsHour CANVAS segment profiles 'Wake the Great Salt Lake,' a public art project in Utah designed to draw attention to the ongoing shrinkage of the Great Salt Lake. Artists and organizers are using installations and public programming around the lake to educate residents and visitors about ecological loss, economic risks to local industries, and potential health hazards from exposed lakebed dust.
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📌 Key Facts
- Project name: 'Wake the Great Salt Lake' — a public art initiative featured by PBS NewsHour CANVAS
- Location: Great Salt Lake, Utah — the project responds to the lake's continuing decline
- Focus: the installations aim to raise awareness of ecological, economic and health stakes tied to the drying lake