Recently some in the news have called into question plans for restoring Utah Lake. We welcome the opportunity to provide some additional insights about the value of the Utah Lake Restoration Project to the state, its citizens and its environment.
One of the largest natural lakes in the Western United States, Utah Lake is ecologically important to the natural resource systems, wildlife and water supply of our great state. However, after decades of degradation, today nearly every important element of the lake ecosystem is broken. Instead of a clean, clear-water lake, Utah Lake is now a turbid, hyper-eutrophic lake with significantly degraded water quality.