@ce_tracey

escritora aridoamericana | SALT LAKES: An Unnatural History now available from @wwnorton

 Tucson / México
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Joined January 2021
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Making a rare appearance on X to share 🧂🌊 SALT LAKES TOUR DATES! 🪰🙌 Would love to see as many as you as possible this spring. Details for most of the events are on the venues' websites; let me know if you can't find anything of have any questions.
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James@exhaustdataAug 29
Very pleased that @ce_tracey will be the first writer we’re hosting in the James Turrell skyspace here in Fort Worth, Texas. Caroline’s book SALT LAKES is an insightful and impassioned gesture of hope. Hands down one of my favorite books of the year.
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Caroline Tracey (@ce_tracey) on the long history of proposals to suck up profits from the Great Salt Lake go.nybooks.com/4uFUmnU

Putting the Lake to Work | Caroline Tracey

In November 2022, the Great Salt Lake dropped to a record-low water level. That winter, dust blew off newly exposed patches of the lakebed, clouding the

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“In 1930 two civil engineers from the University of Utah wrote a proposal, ‘Putting Great Salt Lake to Work,’” writes @ce_tracey. “They never followed through due to a lack of financing, among other concerns, but the idea didn’t go away.” go.nybooks.com/3QPF3ey

Putting the Lake to Work | Caroline Tracey

In November 2022, the Great Salt Lake dropped to a record-low water level. That winter, dust blew off newly exposed patches of the lakebed, clouding the

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“To reach the goal of bringing 800,000 acre-feet per year to the [Great Salt Lake] and to stave off disaster, it’s the changes to water law and the redistribution programs that need to be expanded, rapidly and heartily.” —@ce_tracey go.nybooks.com/4uMOxFw

Putting the Lake to Work | Caroline Tracey

In November 2022, the Great Salt Lake dropped to a record-low water level. That winter, dust blew off newly exposed patches of the lakebed, clouding the

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Caroline Tracey@ce_traceyJun 14
In 2024 I spent a month doing archival research in Utah. What I found surprised me: again and again, from the 1930s to the 1980s, state leaders made plans to drain much of Great Salt Lake. Happy to tell the tale in a new article in @nybooks: nybooks.com/online/2026/06/1…

Putting the Lake to Work | Caroline Tracey

In November 2022, the Great Salt Lake dropped to a record-low water level. That winter, dust blew off newly exposed patches of the lakebed, clouding the

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In 2024 I spent a month doing archival research in Utah. What I found surprised me: again and again, from the 1930s to the 1980s, state leaders made plans to drain much of Great Salt Lake. Happy to tell the tale in a new article in @nybooks: nybooks.com/online/2026/06/1…

Putting the Lake to Work | Caroline Tracey

In November 2022, the Great Salt Lake dropped to a record-low water level. That winter, dust blew off newly exposed patches of the lakebed, clouding the

nybooks.com
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Jack El-Hai@Jack_ElHaiMay 5
"A strange ecosystem and a moving odyssey." Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @ce_tracey & @wwnorton! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.…
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Salt Lakes in the latest issue of @nybooks! nybooks.com/articles/2026/05…

This Bitter Earth | Rosa Lyster

The world’s salt lakes are the canary in the coal mine for the climate crisis, and they are shrinking at a drastic rate.

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Hoy sale en @nexosmexico mi traducción al español del artículo de @GSchivone y yo sobre la desaparición de la base de datos del Colibri Center for Human Rights originalmente publicado en @highcountrynews y Border Chronicle. Compártanlo, por favor. redaccion.nexos.com.mx/una-b…

Una base de datos menos para los desaparecidos de la frontera norte

Durante una década, la organización Colibrí Center for Human Rights ofreció un vínculo vital entre familias de migrantes desaparecidos y sus seres queridos extraviados. Ahora, ¿dónde está?

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Crucial reporting by @ce_tracey and Gabb Schivone on the loss of a DNA registry of migrants who have disappeared in southern US theborderchronicle.com/the-d…

The DNA Archive Built to Identify the Border’s Missing Has Vanished – The Border Chronicle

The Colibrí Center for Human Rights was a vital link between families and their missing loved ones. But now it's gone dark.

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Federico Perelmuter@cementerioccMar 31
Landmark work from @ce_tracey
Caroline Tracey@ce_traceyMar 31
theborderchronicle.com/the-d… A colleague and I have been working on this newly published investigation for months. The DNA database crucial for identifying deceased migrants in the US-Mexico borderlands has itself gone missing. Co-published with @highcountrynews and Border Chronicle.

The DNA Archive Built to Identify the Border’s Missing Has Vanished – The Border Chronicle

The Colibrí Center for Human Rights was a vital link between families and their missing loved ones. But now it's gone dark.

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La base de datos más importante de ADN de migrantes desaparecidos (son muchos) se esfumó. Era uno de los pilares de identificación de restos en las zonas fronterizas.
Caroline Tracey@ce_traceyMar 31
theborderchronicle.com/the-d… A colleague and I have been working on this newly published investigation for months. The DNA database crucial for identifying deceased migrants in the US-Mexico borderlands has itself gone missing. Co-published with @highcountrynews and Border Chronicle.

The DNA Archive Built to Identify the Border’s Missing Has Vanished – The Border Chronicle

The Colibrí Center for Human Rights was a vital link between families and their missing loved ones. But now it's gone dark.

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theborderchronicle.com/the-d… A colleague and I have been working on this newly published investigation for months. The DNA database crucial for identifying deceased migrants in the US-Mexico borderlands has itself gone missing. Co-published with @highcountrynews and Border Chronicle.

The DNA Archive Built to Identify the Border’s Missing Has Vanished – The Border Chronicle

The Colibrí Center for Human Rights was a vital link between families and their missing loved ones. But now it's gone dark.

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Federico Perelmuter@cementerioccMar 18
Read this and then go buy @ce_tracey’s amazing book!
The Baffler@thebafflermagMar 18
The ecology of salt lakes across the world—from Utah to Argentina—have been upended by a combination of overdevelopment and climate change. Can we build a politics of restoration? thebaffler.com/latest/troubl…

Troubled Salt Waters | Kyle Paoletta

Caroline Tracey’s “Salt Lakes” is less the jeremiad of an outraged conservationist than a tender bildungsroman.

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“Mono is always the reference.” Caroline Tracey (@ce_tracey) on the battles over California's Mono Lake that shaped environmental law. zps.la/4bpq4OK

The Lonely Lake That Revolutionized American Environmental Law | Essay

In the 1970s and 1980s, Battles to Preserve Mono Lake Set New Protection Precedents

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“Mono is always the reference.” Caroline Tracey (@ce_tracey) on the battles over California's Mono Lake that shaped environmental law. zps.la/4bpq4OK

The Lonely Lake That Revolutionized American Environmental Law | Essay

In the 1970s and 1980s, Battles to Preserve Mono Lake Set New Protection Precedents

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How did California's Mono Lake revolutionize environmental law? Caroline Tracey (@ce_tracey) on the legal fights over water use and air quality regulations and tribal resource rights. zps.la/4bpq4OK

The Lonely Lake That Revolutionized American Environmental Law | Essay

In the 1970s and 1980s, Battles to Preserve Mono Lake Set New Protection Precedents

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Noah Hurowitz
@NoahHurowitzMar 17
I wrote about some books I’m excited to read this spring, including new work by @ce_tracey, @praddenkeefe, and more! As always, subscribe to Separator, the arts’n’books newsletter from Max Pearl, edited by me open.substack.com/pub/maxxpe…
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Eduardo Martinez@PharrFromHeavenMar 17
Happy pub day to @ce_tracey 📚! Excited to read this, and I love this book cover.
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Federico Perelmuter@cementerioccMar 12
new yorkers should flock to p&t knitwear on 3/18 for @ce_tracey book talk!
Caroline Tracey@ce_traceyMar 6
Making a rare appearance on X to share 🧂🌊 SALT LAKES TOUR DATES! 🪰🙌 Would love to see as many as you as possible this spring. Details for most of the events are on the venues' websites; let me know if you can't find anything of have any questions.
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