Published 1 year ago

LDS Church gives water to boost imperiled Great Salt Lake

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Church officials announced earlier this week that they planned to donate roughly 20,000 acre-feet of water rights to the Great Salt Lake. The lake has shrunk to its lowest levels ever due to a supply-demand imbalance caused by decadeslong regional drought. If the lake continues to shrink, it could risk being an ecological, economic and public health disaster.

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Mormon Church gives water to boost imperiled Great Salt Lake

A high-ranking church official spoke to scientists and politicians at the University of Utah on Friday about becoming environmental stewards, while also sharing church’s commitment to relandscaping its temples and

1 year ago·United States

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Mormon Church gives water to boost imperiled Great Salt Lake

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Amid rising panic about the future of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is donating roughly the size of a small reservoir of water to help maintain the lake’s elevation. A high-ranking church official spoke to scientists and politicians at the University of Utah on Friday about becoming environmental stewards, while also sharing church’s commitment to reland…

1 year ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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KIFI

Mormon Church gives water to boost imperiled Great Salt Lake

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Donating a small reservoir’s worth of water rights to Utah’s Great Salt Lake. Replacing grass with rocks and water-wise landscaping around neatly manicured churches. Reducing water use by more than one-third outside the headquarters in Salt Lake City’s Temple Square. These are among the actions that the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is taking to address the realities of …

1 year ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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Winnipeg Free Press

Mormon Church gives water to boost imperiled Great Salt Lake

1 year ago·Winnipeg, Canada

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National Post

Mormon Church gives water to boost imperiled Great Salt Lake

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Donating a small reservoir's worth of water rights to Utah's Great Salt Lake. Replacing grass with rocks and water-wise landscaping around neatly manicured meetinghouses. Reducing water use by more than one-third outside the headquarters in Salt Lake City's Temple Square. These are among the actions that the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is taking to address the realities of a rapidly approaching, …

1 year ago·Canada

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MY Northwest

Mormon Church gives water to boost imperiled Great Salt Lake

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Donating a small reservoir’s worth of water rights to Utah’s Great Salt Lake. Replacing grass with rocks and water-wise landscaping around neatly manicured meetinghouses. Reducing water use by more than one-third outside the headquarters in Salt Lake City’s Temple Square. These are among the actions that the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is taking to address the realities of a rapidly approaching, d…

1 year ago·Tacoma, United States

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