The idea to thin forests to help the Great Salt Lake came from Salt Lake County County Member Dea Theodore. In a letter to the Legislature and Gov. Cox, she wrote that forest management is “key” to saving the lake. 1/2
and found fewer trees in arid places like Utah have no impact on stream flows. In some cases, thinning could actually reduce the amount of water trickling down to rivers and lakes.
State-sponsored research has shown the Great Salt Lake would be 11 feet higher today if not for human water consumption. Municipal use has shrunk the lake by one foot, while agricultural consumption has lowered it by seven feet. Mineral extraction, evaporation in reservoirs and impounded wetlands make up the remaining losses.
“Not only does this appear to be a net loss of tens of thousands of acre-feet of water flowing to the Great Salt Lake,” Theodore writes, “but it also seems to be endangering the public safety of residents of Big Cottonwood Canyon and its many guests.” Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Laura Briefer says a few words during a panel discussion during the Great Salt Lake Summit at the Davis Conference Center in Layton, Wednesday, January 5, 2022.
Like the money flowing through a bank, not all the water flowing through and used naturally by the environment is available for our use, he explained. And evaporation from the Great Salt Lake, along with the water trees soak up and release into the air, have cooling benefits that help regulate Utah’s climate and snowpack.
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