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SLC mayoral candidate Michael Valentine answers 10 questions about Great Salt Lake
do that. A rebuilt Great Saltair would be an international jewel of both Utah and our famous lake. 4. How do you view the inland port projects and the impact it may have on the lake? The inland port has been a disaster from its inception. It should have...
September 27, 2023
SLC mayoral candidate Rocky Anderson answers 10 questions about Great Salt Lake
practices for reducing GHGs, and how best to communicate about climate issues to local residents. 4. How do you view the inland port projects and the impact it may have on the lake? The Inland port project, as well as the alarming satellite port...
September 27, 2023
SLC mayoral candidate Erin Mendenhall answers 10 questions about Great Salt Lake
looking step as some explore re-use of treated water, which would be terrible for the lake. 4. How do you view the inland port projects and the impact it may have on the lake? How the state’s inland port develops is critical to the lake’s health and...
September 27, 2023
Why do so many inland port projects include Great Salt Lake wetlands?
of the imperiled lake and the critical habitat it provides. Weber County is the latest local government to create an inland port industrial project, and it’s right next to the Great Salt Lake’s drying lakebed and critical wetlands. The Weber County...
August 18, 2023
'A terrible idea': Groups worry new inland port will harm Great Salt Lake refuge
leading a few dozen people through the hallways of the Utah Capitol, to deliver a pair of purple file folders to two Utah Inland Port Authority board directors. Each folder contains a petition against the port authority's proposal to approve the Golden...
August 17, 2023
Environmentalists say inland port site threatens Great Salt Lake
CITY — Dozens of people protested at the Utah State Capitol on Thursday, calling on state leaders to abandon plans for an inland port project near a sensitive part of the Great Salt Lake. The Utah Inland Port Authority is proposing a hub near the Bear...
August 17, 2023
Salt Lake City west-siders dealing with bad air are disconnected from their politicians
yields is limited, but she isn’t powerless. While she realized that Democrats weren’t going to prevail against the Utah Inland Port, slated to call the west side home, Romero said she and her party colleagues were able to negotiate an environmental...
August 17, 2023
SLC looks to preserve a chunk of Great Salt Lake land as development encroaches
a sizable portion of the area as a new "heritage area." It would help keep the area as a nature preserve even as the inland port and other development moves closer and closer to the Great Salt Lake. "Unfortunately, it’s only a natural area in name at...
May 23, 2023
Utah legislature eyes changing approach to saving Great Salt Lake
Save Our Great Salt Lake. Veilleux said there are good authorities and bad ones from their perspective, referencing the inland port, Utah Lake and Colorado River oversight bodies. Save Our Great Salt Lake said it was frustrated with the lack of progress...
February 15, 2023
Dear Legislature: Here’s what you can do in 2023 to save the Great Salt Lake
high quality bird habitat, said Heather Dove, president of Great Salt Lake Audubon. The area north of the proposed inland port is of particular concern. “I really think the state needs to step up and either buy that land outright and set it aside,” Dove...
January 3, 2023
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