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  "path": "/news/25032026/book-traces-history-and-decline-of-salt-lakes/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-25T09:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://insideclimatenews.org",
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    "books",
    "Caroline Tracey",
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    "Great Salt Lake",
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  "textContent": "When Mormon settlers descended upon the Salt Lake Valley in 1847, the land was an oasis. From the Wasatch Front, creeks and rivers flowed into the valley. Grasses were abundant. The soil was rich. It even featured both a freshwater and a saline lake—Utah Lake and the Great Salt Lake—just like Israel with the Sea […]",
  "title": "Lessons From Salt Lakes for Making a Home in a Changing World"
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