Ben Winslow is a reporter with FOX 13 covering a variety of topics including government, the Great Salt Lake, vice and polygamy.
SALT LAKE CITY — A coalition of environmental groups is asking a judge to keep a lawsuit over the Great Salt Lake alive.
Lawyers for the state of Utah have asked Judge Laura Scott to dismiss the lawsuit, pointing to efforts already under way to save the lake. Lawmakers have spent more than $1 billion and passed a series of bills on water conservation designed to prop up the lake. "Even so, Defendants ask the Court to stand idly by because the Utah Legislature has taken some steps to purportedly benefit the Lake. Yet the efforts Defendants cite—commendable as many of them may be—are inadequate to ensure protection of the public trust in the Great Salt Lake, as noted by the State’s own experts.
The Great Salt Lake dropped to a historic low in 2022 because of water diversion, drought and impacts from climate change. Its decline sparked public alarm with an exposed lake bed whipping up toxic dust , reduced snowpack and other impacts to public health, wildlife and the economy. Utah's Capitol Hill reacted with bills and budget maneuvers designed to help the lake and conserve water overall.
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