Are artificial wetlands, nearing completion at California’s Salton Sea, the future of the Great Salt Lake?

This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative that partners news, education and media organizations to help inform people about the plight of the Great Salt Lake — and what can be done to make a difference before it is too late. IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. — Not everyone gets to turn their hobby into a career. Declining water levels at the Salton Sea, which has lost about a third of its water supply in the past 25 years, jeopardize the future of his business.