For the second time in less than a year, the iconic lake has already dropped to a new record low. The Great Salt Lake Recovery Act would ask for federal dollars to study historic droughts and identify solutions to revive the capital city’s namesake.
Great Salt Lake has caught the attention of Washington. Sen. Mitt Romney announced Thursday that he and fellow Republican Reps. Chris Stewart and Burgess Owens introduced a bill to preserve the Great Salt Lake.. The Great Salt Lake Recovery Act would ask for federal dollars to study historic droughts and identify solutions to revive the capital city’s namesake.
The legislation requests $10 million to develop a program that focuses on the conditions and water levels of saline lakes in the Great Basin. The goal is to keep other stakeholders up to date on the various ecosystems that call saline lakes home. “Watersheds don’t respect state or even country boundaries. Watersheds are about landscape,” Baxter said. “And in the case of Great Salt Lake, all the water in the watershed funnels towards that terminal lake. So, it’s like the bottom of the bathtub.”
Brasil Últimas Notícias, Brasil Manchetes
Similar News:Você também pode ler notícias semelhantes a esta que coletamos de outras fontes de notícias.
BBC Unveils Netflix Scripted Commissioner Lindsay Salt As Drama Director, Replacing Piers WengerThe BBC has unveiled Lindsay Salt, Netflix UK scripted commissioner, as its next Director of Drama. Salt replaces Piers Wenger, who departed to A24 earlier this year to run its international divisi…
Consulte Mais informação »
UTA approved free transit passes for all Salt Lake City public school students. Here’s what you need to know.“Riding public transit is one of the best ways to improve our air quality, and these passes will make it much easier for thousands of Salt Lakers to do so,” Erin Mendenhall said.
Consulte Mais informação »
'Sigh of relief': Salt Lake housing sales hit 10-year low. Does this mean prices will lower?Dave Anderton, spokesman for the Salt Lake Board of Realtors, has said if the market sees at least 18 consistent months of falling sales, that could lead to actual home price declines. So far, the Salt Lake market is on a trajectory to meet that benchmark.
Consulte Mais informação »
'Built for the future': Legacy of Granite High School lives on with new South Salt Lake libraryFive years after the century-old Granite High School building was torn down, a new library emerges to keep the school's educational spirit alive.
Consulte Mais informação »