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Of sense and salinity: A swim in the Great Salt Lake http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.8/of-sense-and-salinity-a-swim-in-the-great-salt-lake Open-water swimmers revive historical swimming routes in Utah's dead seaNo publisherKate GreeneGreat Salt Lake Open Water swimming clubGreat Salt Lakeopen-water swimming2013-05-15T15:11:59ZNews ArticleUtah's ancient Lake Bonneville holds clues to the West's changing climate http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.18/utahs-ancient-lake-bonneville-holds-clues-to-the-wests-changing-climate In Utah, scientists are exploring the site of a long-vanished inland sea called Lake Bonneville to understand the West's past - and future - climate. No publisherDouglas FoxGreat Salt Lakeclimate scienceHot TimesgeologistsDonner PartyweatherJack OviattHeinrich Eventstufaice ageWestern weatherLake Bonnevilleclimate predictionsgreenhouse gasesGreat Basin mineral bathtub ringsCathedral CaveHadley cellglobal warmingDavid McGeeJay QuadeGuleed AliSilver Island Rangepaleogeologyclimate historians2011-11-07T15:28:17ZNews ArticleProwling the back spaces of the West http://www.hcn.org/issues/291/15282 Inside an abandoned Air Force base on the Nevada-Utah
border, the Center for Land Use Interpretation houses a remarkable
museum of the West's human landscapes.No publisherMichelle NijhuisHuman Beings and NatureWestern communitiesmuseumsland usebuilt landscapesTree of UtahBlack Rock Beach resortWendover Air Force BaseTopaz War Relocation CenterGreat BasinGreat Salt LakeMatt
CoolidgeCLUICenter for Land Use Interpretation2010-02-05T09:23:21ZNews ArticleIn Search of Solidarity http://www.hcn.org/issues/275/14755 Some activists hope that the current hard times facing
both workers and the environment will resurrect the strong
alliances that once existed between greens and labor
unionsNo publisherLaura PaskusAdvocacy GroupsEnvironmentalSocio-EconomicsLabor unionsEnvironmental movementKennecott CopperRio TintoDavid FosterTony Mazzocchilabor issuesoutsourcingglobalizationIvan WeberGreat Salt LakeUtahUnited
Steelworkers of AmericaOilChemical and Atomic Workers UnionOCAWKar2010-02-05T09:57:21ZNews ArticleThe Latest Bounce http://www.hcn.org/issues/306/15782 Forest Service accidentally cuts a designated botanical
area in southwest Oregon; California, New Mexico and Oregon sue
Bush administration over repeal of Roadless Rule; Utah won’t
let group test Great Salt Lake fish for mercury; BLM admits grazing
regs need more workNo publisherJodi PetersonForest ServiceBiscuit Firedesignated botanical areaBrewer spruceSiskiyou ProjectloggingFiddler salesalvage
loggingRoadless Area Conservation RuleMark Reyforest
protectionGreat Salt LakeGreat Salt Lakekeepermercuryfishwater po2012-03-05T22:49:23ZNews ArticleThe Great Salt Lake's dirty little secret http://www.hcn.org/issues/303/15686 Utah’s Great Salt Lake is loaded with mercury, and
scientists are trying to figure out whether Nevada’s gold
mines are part of the problemNo publisherPatrick FarrellMiningGoldPollutionGreat Salt Lakemercurymethylmercurypollutiontoxinseared grebesbrine shrimpgold miningEnvironmental
Protection AgencyDavid Joneswaste managementNevada Division
of Environmental ProtectionBarrick Goldstrike MinePlacer DomeCortez2012-04-09T19:10:38ZNews Article