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Kirk Siegler

Green groups sue, say farmers are drying up Great Salt Lake

The Great Salt Lake this winter, before spring runoff increased its elevation (Kirk Siegler/NPR)

The state of Utah is not doing enough to save its imperiled Great Salt Lake and stop an impending ecological collapse, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by national and western environmental groups.

The suit filed in Utah state court seeks an injunction that would force state leaders to come up with a comprehensive plan to prevent the lake from drying.

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