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 — Two powerful politicians pushed back on criticism that the Utah State Legislature isn't doing enough to save the Great Salt Lake, sparking an impromptu counter-protest at an environmental summit.
"We have to find the balance," Speaker Schultz said, referring to competing interests and policy ideas about the lake. Instead, the northern Utah lawmaker urged the crowd to donate toward the Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust seeking to secure water rights for the lake or buy from a local farmer's market to help an agriculture producer afford to switch to water-saving technologies."How do you feel about phalaropes, Casey? Lo, what do I see!" said the moderator, former state lawmaker Tim Hawkes.
"If you want to save the lake? There are concrete, tangible steps that we can make. But the theatrics around this ultimately undermine credible arguments moving forward," he said. The Great Salt Lake is benefiting from yet another great winter. During his own speech to the crowd, Great Salt Lake Commissioner Brian Steed — tasked with enacting plans to reverse the lake's declines — said it is up more than five feet now. The lake is still several feet below what is considered ecologically healthy.
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