Can a Hockey Team Help Save the Great Salt Lake?
Craig Gelman is a graphic designer who thinks it’s high time and low tide for Utahns to get an NHL team. So much so that he’s already laid out the branding and given them a name: the Salt Lake Sea Monkeys. Host Ali Vallarta talks with Craig about how organizing around a sports franchise could raise awareness about the crisis at the Great Salt Lake. Get ready to be #brineshrimptough.
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