As the 2023 legislative session draws to a close, community activists gathered at the Capitol Wednesday to call for emergency action for the dying Great Salt Lake.
Unfurling a 10-foot banner dictating a “Great Salt Lake To-Do List,” approximately 20 people organized by the group Save Our Great Salt Lake stood on the steps outside the House chamber and demanded action.
“Now we’re two days away from the end of the 2023 Utah State legislative session and nothing of significance is happening,” Miranda said. “In the meantime, the Great Salt Lake is dying.” "We’ve made long-term solutions our basis," Sandall told FOX 13 News."That’s what we’re doing with ag water optimization, that’s what we’re doing with our conservation plans, these are plans that will be meaningful year after year after year and we will make a difference going forward."
As co-chair of the Great Salt Lake Caucus, Owens acknowledged:"It’s hard to know if we’re doing enough but we are doing a lot to help the lake." Utah farmer Madeleine Bavley brought agriculture into the conversation, saying that “it’s not a question of sustaining agriculture or saving the Great Salt Lake. We must do both.”
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