A Utah nonprofit group is proposing legal protections and water conservation measures like Nevada’s to save the rapidly drying Great Salt Lake. The United States Geological Survey considers a water level of 4,198 feet the “minimum healthy level” for the lake, but it’s mostly been lower than that since 2000. Today, the lake sits at 4,192 feet, according to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. It has lost 73% of its water and 60% of its surface area since 1850, according to a 2023 Brigham Young University report.