Rally to Save Our Great Salt Lake -- Jan. 25, 2025
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Rallygoer Amy Brunvand plays the accordion mere moments before the Rally to Save Our Great Salt Lake begins on Jan. 25, 2025, at the Utah State Capitol. (Joseph Holder)

Rallygoers brave the cold and stand below the steps of the Utah State Capitol to wait for their chance to participate in the Rally to Save Our Great Salt Lake on Jan. 25, 2025. (Joseph Holder).

Olivia Juarez, who attended the Rally to Save Our Great Salt Lake on behalf of Green Latinos as their public land director, speaks to the large crowd of attendees from the steps of the Utah State Capitol on Jan. 25, 2025. (Joseph Holder)

Attendees of the Rally to Save Our Great Salt Lake were encouraged to take a sign and walk up the steps of the Utah State Capitol as the rally began on Jan. 25, 2025. (Joseph Holder)

Rally to Save Our Great Salt Lake attendees carry a supersized pelican sculpture around the steps of the Utah State Capitol on Jan. 25, 2025. The sculpture also raised awareness for the Making Waves and Celebrations of the Species rallies. Celebrations of the Species events happen every Friday at 5 p.m. at the capital. (Joseph Holder)

Malcolm Lehi, a Mountain Ute tribal councilman and sundancer, stands at the podium and gives a prayer in Ute for the Great Salt Lake and the people who live in its area during the Rally to Save Our Great Salt Lake on Jan. 25, 2025. (Joseph Holder)

Rally to Save Our Great Salt Lake participants carry various signs on the steps of the Utah State Capitol on Jan. 25, 2025. The messaging of the signs ranged from dire, to humorous, to sullen, which expressed the individual reactions people have to the lake crisis. (Joseph Holder)
Accordions, signs, speeches, and a giant pelican were some of the sights captured by Globe photographer Joseph Holder during the Rally to Save Our Great Salt Lake on Jan. 25. A coalition of advocates and community groups organized the event on the steps of the Utah State Capitol to encourage lawmakers to take greater steps to preserve the lake.