The Great Salt Lake, one of the world's largest lakes, has lost two-thirds of its surface in forty years, partly due to a water-hungry agricultural sector, mining industry, and drought. In Utah, where Mormons represent half the state's population, many remain largely loyal to the Republican Party despite the presidential candidate Donald Trump's outspoken skepticism on climate change. But the looming threat of the drying lake worries many, and the Mormon Church has set an example by substantially cutting its water use.
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00:00It's scary that it's getting so small and you see like a big picture from an aerial
00:27view and that's when it really hits, how small it is.
00:46I haven't joined the religion of climate change yet, I do agree that we don't need to pollute
00:53our environment, that we need to do everything we can not do.
01:16A Donald Trump presidency would be disastrous for environment in general and generally for
01:22Great Salt Lake.
01:40Things are changing, whether it's naturally caused, whether we're having an impact on
01:45it, you know that's up for debate.
01:47The reality is we have warmed up and that does have an impact on natural systems like
01:52Great Salt Lake.