A bipartisan bill meant to address declining saline lakes in the West, including the Great Salt Lake, passed the U.S. Senate with unanimous approval Wednesday.
Shriveling salty lakes across the Great Basin, including the Great Salt Lake, will receive millions to aid scientific assessment.
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, introduced and co-sponsored the Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Program Act with Democratic Sens. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Jacky Rosen of Nevada, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Roy Wyden of Oregon and Diane Feinstein of California.each year over five years for the U.S. Geological Survey to study saline lakes throughout the Great Basin.
“The Great Salt Lake and other saline lakes in the West are critical to our environment and industries,” Moore said in the news release. “It is imperative that we take steps to preserve these precious resources, and I am grateful the Senate chose to support these efforts.”
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