Ben Winslow is a reporter with FOX 13 covering a variety of topics including politics, polygamy, vice and courts.
ST. GEORGE, Utah — At a meeting of the Utah Water Users Association here in sunny southern Utah, one of the biggest topics being discussed is, ironically enough, saving the Great Salt Lake.
Marcelle Shoop, the saline lakes director for the Audubon Society and the head of the Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust, said she hoped to see the lake rise more when spring runoff starts in the coming weeks. Different groups are now readying plans to try to help save the lake. The Great Salt Lake Commissioner's Office — created by the governor and Utah State Legislature specifically to save the lake — recently released its strategic action plan.
"If we’re able to secure that much conservation, get it in the lake, then we can figure out how the lake responds and figure out how much water we need," Davis told FOX 13 News. Burton said Utah political leaders have done a lot of good in advancing water conservation legislation while also protecting the interests of those who own the water rights.
Shoop said the Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust, which is run by Audubon Society and The Nature Conservancy with $40 million in funding from the legislature, is also working to secure more water for the lake. The trust recently released its own five year plan which calls for securing more water for the lake and enhancing the critical wetlands around the lake.
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