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Mark Shenefelt
Standard-Examiner Investigative Reporter
Investigative reporter, Standard-Examiner. News industry veteran with broad experience in online management, editing and reporting, budgeting and division planning and administration. Started with United Press International at Boise, Idaho; seven years as a reporter and editor. Moved to Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah. Positions have included political reporter, city editor, assistant managing editor, editorial board member, online general manager, managing editor, news editor, digital producer/editor and investigative reporter.
A reservoir at the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District headquarters in east Layton is pictured Tuesday, July 7, 2020. (MARK SHENEFELT, Standard-Examiner)

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The Weber Basin Water Conservancy District is trying to gauge whether secondary water meters installed at homes are having a significant impact on consumption. The Layton-based district, which gathers...
Rick Bowmer, Associated Press Pelicans gather on an island on Farmington Bay near the Great Salt Lake on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, in Farmington. The Great Salt Lake in Utah has been shrinking for years, and a drought gripping the American West could make this year the worst yet. The receding water is already affecting nesting pelicans that are among millions of birds dependent on the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi River.
Rick Bowmer, Associated Press Pelicans gather on an island on Farmington Bay near the Great Salt Lake on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, in Farmington. The Great Salt Lake in Utah has been shrinking for years, and a drought gripping the American West could make this year the worst yet. The receding water is already affecting nesting pelicans that are among millions of birds dependent on the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi River.

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The Great Salt Lake, already vulnerable to climate fluctuations over the ages, has been “set up to fail” by human impacts, but some of those who are making such assessments nevertheless see hopeful si...
 

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