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Advisory council runs interactive workshop to shape Great Salt Lake Basin Integrated Plan
Summary
The council and partners ran a facilitated workshop using an online tool to gather priorities, strategies and metrics for a multi‑phase Great Salt Lake Basin Integrated Plan; top priorities included ecosystem health, water conservation and agricultural optimization, and participants stressed coordinated management and scenario‑based outreach.
The Great Salt Lake Advisory Council devoted the bulk of its meeting to a facilitated public‑engagement exercise designed to surface values and measurable priorities for a multi‑year Great Salt Lake Basin Integrated Plan. Laura Vernon of Water Resources described the project’s four phases — priorities, alternatives/modeling, trade‑off analysis, and recommendations/action planning — and said partners include Envision Utah, Bureau of Reclamation modelers and engineering teams.
"This plan isn't about save only saving Great Salt Lake," Vernon said as she framed the plan as a basin‑wide roadmap to balance a healthy lake and a high quality of life across…
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