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Great Salt Lake measure passes unanimously in US Senate, headed to House
WASHINGTON — Support for the Great Salt Lake is a bipartisan thing. The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a measure championed by U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney and U.S. Rep. Blake Moore that calls for an assessment of the Great Salt Lake and other saline lake ecosystems in the Western United States. The Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Program Act, meant to foster creation of plans to combat declining water levels in the Great Salt Lake and other water bodies, now goes to the House for consideration. “With the Great Salt Lake currently at the lowest levels ever recorded, we ...
