Talk:Great Salt Lake/to do


 * Make sure the article is thoroughly copy-edited. See: How to copy-edit
 * Expand info on recent findings about mercury and selenium (sources: ).
 * Add basic Legacy Highway info about controversy, threat to the lake, etc.
 * Mention the "lake stink" and its causes, possibly with its own section.
 * Create a Recreation subsection of the Commerce section. Should include bird hunting, sailing, hiking on Antelope Island, etc.
 * Add early superstitions about the lake (e.g. whirlpools) See:Great tales surrounding the Great Salt Lake
 * Include info on recently discovered organisms in the lake (more info )
 * Expand information on the causeways (plenty of information here).
 * Create a History section.
 * Mention proposals to dike parts of the lake for freshwater usage, including info on Willard Bay.
 * Include some of the information from this Deseret News page.
 * Include more specific information to back up vague comments like: "lake level varies greatly". Perhaps tables or historical lake levels, etc.?
 * Seems to be an inconsistency with the Dead Sea article concerning the relative salinity of the two lakes. The GSL article says the salinity of the DS is 30.4% while the DS article says the dissolved salts are 30.4% NaCl and what I suppose is the salinity including all chemical "salts" averages 31.5%.
 * The Encyclopædia Britannica references lead to a dead link. The new link is here

Completed or in-process:
 * Use footnotes to cite sources.
 * Include something about the importance for migratory birds in intro.
 * Split Geography and hydrology into separate sections.
 * Create a Salinity subsection of the Hydrology section.
 * Add Great Salt Lake Monster info.
 * Include an Origins subsection explaining how Lake Bonneville shrank to become GSL.
 * Include info on oolitic sand.
 * Include info on the lake's effect on the local climate. -Thank you Bob_rulz! :D
 * Add an illustration with labels for major tributaries, islands, bays, nearby cities, etc.