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Okay, good morning everybody and welcome

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uh to this edition of the Great Salt

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Lake Advisory Council. I'm going to call

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this meeting to order and declare that

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we have a quorum present. Um

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before we get into the agenda, which I'm

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just pulling up here, uh I wanted to

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talk about just a couple of changes to

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membership. Uh, one is, uh, Trevor

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Nielson. Some of you may know or may not

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know, but Trevor just accepted a

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position in South Texas to become

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general manager of very large uh,

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irrigation district down there. Uh,

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Trevor has um, played an important role

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in the water community for many years

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and he's been a liazison representing

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the Bear River Watershed uh, here on the

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Great Salt Lake Advisory Council. So, we

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want to thank Trevor for his time and service and and wish him the best as

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he moves on. Um, also in terms of uh

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members on the council, Megan Hillyard,

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who we see is joining us remotely. Hi

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Megan. Um, I think Megan's been formally

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nominated and approved. I think not yet,

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but she's in the process of being

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nominated approved to represent um Salt

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Lake County, right? Is that right? The

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county or the city?

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>> The county. Um Megan's going to

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represent Salt Lake County on the Great

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Salt Lake Advisory Council. So, welcome

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Megan. It's great to have you with us.

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Thank you so much. Look forward to to

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>> Okay. Uh let's see. I got to pull up my

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agenda here.

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Sorry, I didn't have it up. And so now

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I've got five billion windows. Anybody

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else do that?

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I'm trying to pull this up

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on the calendar invite itself? Okay.

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Okay. Thanks for your patience. At ease

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everybody.

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I'm technologically challenged.

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a second?

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I know it's in there somewhere, but

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All right. Um, as is I could have

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stalled better if I'd thought through

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it. Um, as is our practice, we do

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introductions uh just uh to start and so

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we'll start over here. Maybe we can

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start with Brad. If we could start with

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you over there and we'll come around the

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table first, then we'll go over here to

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the audience.

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>> Hi, I'm Brad Perry. I'm the vice chair

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for the Northwestern Man of Shony

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Nation, also their natural resources

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officer and I'm representing the tribe.

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Hi, I'm Heidi Hovind with National

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Ottabban Society at Gilmore Sanctuary

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and Jordan River Watershed Council Vice

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Chair and Liaison.

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» Hi, I'm Emily Timer from BLM Salt Lake

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Field Office. I'm filling in for Jessica

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>> Hi, I'm Angela Gong from the um DNR

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Division of Forestry Fire and State

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>> Joe Havsy representing mineral

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extraction.

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>> Leon Meyers with the sewer folks.

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John Crofts Davis County Commission.

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>> Brian Dhy to County.

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» Lynn Defratos, Friends of Great Salt

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>> Marcel Shupe, National Ottabon Society.

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>> Ben Styman, Forestry, Fire and State

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Emma Clinton with Envision Utah.

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>> Jack Ray with Utah Waterfell

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>> Wayne Wardsba Utah State University.

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>> Jeff Denler Jacobs.

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>> Joshua Ward, Bowen Collins.

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>> Eileen Lukans, Utah State University.

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>> Bronte D Roshi, Great Salt Lake

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Watershed Enhancement Trust.

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>> Shayla Adams, National Ottabon Society

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in the Trust.

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Lily Wetland, SWCA, Environmental

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Ari Mason, SWCA.

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>> Adam Wickline, Great Salt Lake Watershed

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>> Keith Hamrech, Forestry, Fire and State

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>> Ted Balling, Forestry, Fire and State

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>> Breaking Up FSL. Marissa Weinberg, Great

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Salt Lake Sentinel Landscape.

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>> Emma Whitaker, Forestry, Fire and State

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Aiden Roberts, turn two studio.

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>> And I want to point out our AV folks,

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Paul and Jen back here, who came super

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early to test run the brand new AV

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system in here. Oo. Ah,

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» thanks Anra. Thanks to Paul and Jen,

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thanks to Carmen and Salt Lake. And

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thanks to you, Angela for all the work

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you do to get our agendas together and

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keep us moving. Um, we don't normally do

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the onlineines, but I do want to

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acknowledge we have Elizabeth Kitchens,

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also a council member, uh, joining us

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online. Uh, Tyler Smith, Warren Peterson

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are both liaison. Darren, another

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council member, and I'm sure we've got

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others there. But welcome all those that

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are joining us online. It is typical

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these days to have almost as many people

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online, if not more people online, as we

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have in person. So, thanks all for

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taking time out of your busy schedules

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to be here. Uh you uh council members

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and liaison should have received a copy

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of the agenda in advance and it was uh

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posted publicly as well. Uh can I get a

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motion to approve the agenda? John,

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>> I make a motion to approve the agenda.

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>> John moves and a second. Thank you. We

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have a second. Um all in favor, please

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say I. Raise your hand.

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>> Any opposed? Rule that motion carries

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unanimously. We also have meeting notes

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dated um May 13th. So from our last

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meeting uh and there we're not formal

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minutes in the traditional sense but we

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do approve those as well. So can I get a

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motion to approve

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>> approve those minutes.

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Okay and Joe thank you. Um all in favor

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that motion has been made and seconded.

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a rule that motion carries unanimously.

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So today we have kind of an ambitious

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agenda. It's a little bit of a look a

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look back and a look forward and it

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relates to and we'll talk about this a

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little bit more, but just to the

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$125,000 that the Great Lake Advisory

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Council has the ability to direct each

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year. And so what we wanted to do is

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kind of do a little bit of a lightning

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round uh to look back at the projects

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we've funded this last year. And so

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we're going to hit them in kind of quick

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succession, just quick reports on what's

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been done and then we'll talk about what

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forward for this next year. So that's

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kind of uh the run of show today. Then

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discussions towards the end. So, uh,

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starting out, I think we are looking

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back at those 2026,

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uh, projects, and the first one we have

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about the update to the drying lakes

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around the world study. Lily, the time

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» Oh, can everyone hear me?

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Perfect. Um, so I'm actually going to be

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presenting on two projects, so I'll

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probably go through both of them and

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then save questions for the end just to

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be a little bit more efficient. Um, kind

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of combined the PowerPoints. Um, the

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first project I'm talking about is an

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update to the 2019 report, uh,

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consequences of drying lake systems

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around the world. So we updated it this

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year. Um so seven years later from the

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past report. Um we work closely with

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many of you in this room. I recognize so

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many faces that were participating in

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this report and the review process. So

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thank you. Um and then Martin and

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Nicholson's also supported this.

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global uh global case studies on drying

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terminal lakes. Um so we looked at nine

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different terminal lakes around the

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world um and the great salt lake and

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compared their relevance to the great

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salt lake system. Um and all of these

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lakes face very similar pressures as the

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great salt lake. Um and we assessed you

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impacts associated with that decline um

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and restoration efforts to mitigate that

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decline. Um and the findings from this

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report Oh, thank you, whoever did that.

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terminal lake management and

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conservation. So, our different terminal

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lakes, which I think are on the next

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them would be pretty tiny next to some

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Sultan Sea, Walker Lake, Owens Lake, Popo, and Mono Lake. Um and as you

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decline. The lighter blue um is historic

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lake area. The darker blue is a current

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the Great Salt Lake? Um all of these

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when they're declining they affect the

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economy um the societies that live

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environmental um aspects. So we all know

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a lot of these statistics but if the

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lake continues to decline we will face

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uh economic consequences. Um there'll be

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social consequences including health

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related issues uh from dust um and

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reduced recreational opportunity and

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possibly you know living in not a so

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nice place without the lake. Um it also

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affects our birds and wildlife um and

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story. Um they all suffer from declining

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they are declined due to upstream water

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diversions, agriculture um and climate

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stress. Um a theme is that prevention is

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critical. um once lakes collapse or near

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collapse, restoration and mitigation

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becomes a lot more challenging and a lot

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more expensive. So early intervention um

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dust and health risks with the increased

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uh um lake beds that are drying and

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those expose you know toxic dust

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containing metals, pesticides um and

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pollutants that get airborne. Um and

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that as these lakes decline salinity

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increases, wetlands disappear. um and

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wildlife and ecosystem services decline.

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restoration efforts that are happening

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at all of these lakes, you know, the

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main issue is getting water to the

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lakes. So, the recovery can't really

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happen unless there's long-term water

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management and reduced diversions.

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So, I'm going to just skip through this

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unless we want to stop for questions

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really quick. Yeah,

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>> just plowing through. Thank you all.

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>> Okay. Um Okay. The next project we've

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been working on for actually the last

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three years um is we've been supporting

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G Slack with water conservation work. Um

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three years ago we developed the water

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conservation toolbox. Um after we

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developed that toolbox um Gack wanted to

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do outreach for the toolbox and be able

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to provide that information to cities

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and municipalities across the Great Salt

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Lake Basin. Um, we decided that we

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shouldn't just be sharing the tools that

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G-Slack has developed, but that all

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conservation folks in the state have

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developed. Um so we worked with Division

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of Water Resources, Utah Waterways, um

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USU, Great Salt Lake Commissioner's

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Office, um U of and the Water Districts

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and Utah League of Cities and Towns to

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develop a recorded presentation that

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could be shown to city councils and

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staff and it just shows in 20 minutes

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kind of a suite of tools available from

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all these different organizations. So,

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um, [clears throat] that's a QR code if

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you guys want to scan it and watch it.

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about 22 minutes. Um, but that's also on

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the GS Slack website.

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Um, so this presentation really, you

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know, tries to highlight all the

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different um, amazing tools and

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resources that each of these entities

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have. Um, many of these entities do, you

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know, custom support for rate structures

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and ordinances where they can actually

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sit down with the city and help them

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draft those. There's workshops. There's

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things to help with planning. Um,

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there's a lot of incentives and rebates,

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but essentially this outreach is

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supposed to just in 20 minutes kind of

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show city councils what is available to

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them and resources.

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We made quite a few cut sheets. Um, we

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have another one that's pretty useful.

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It's on the GSAC website. Um, but it

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outlines kind of what each of these

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entities role is in water conservation,

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what they are able to support, and then

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links to all of their um, resources and

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tools and that's also available on the

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website. Um but yeah, most importantly

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with this project, you know, we have all

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these great entities that are helping

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from the level up, but really we're

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trying to get to the implementation. Um

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which really happens with the water

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conservancy districts and cities and

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counties.

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pilot project. After we developed this

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presentation, we did some outreach to 21

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cities within the Great Salt Lake Basin.

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recorded presentation. The point of the

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recorded presentation is it's really

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hard to get that many entities in a room

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together. Um, so scheduling 10 people to

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go present every city council would be

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[clears throat] tough. So that's why we

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recorded it so that we have consistent

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messaging. Um, and yeah, so SWCA and G

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Slack would attend those meetings. um

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show the presentation and then be

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available to answer questions, discuss

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kind of what they're already working on

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related to conservation and help connect

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them to the right folks if they wanted

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to keep moving forward with um different

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aspects of their planning. Um some

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[clears throat] of our key lessons

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learned is it was really hard to get

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city councils to want us to come and

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present to them. Um we I think only

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presented to about five city councils.

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that we did present at. Um, I think a

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lot of the city councils we were

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reaching out to didn't have the

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bandwidth, didn't have a planning staff,

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so it was hard to kind of get our feet

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in um with them. Um, we also ran into

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the issue that maybe contractor-led

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outreach might be tricky. Um, you know,

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an email coming from me, uh, they might

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be like, who's this person trying to

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sell me something? Um, and so we're

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worked with having Tim send out some

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emails. We got some more leeway with

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that. Um, and then this project is going

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to carry on even though the fiscal year

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is done and SBCA is no longer on it. And

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Utah waterways is going to continue

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doing this outreach to city councils.

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And yeah, there's another QR code if you

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want more information on that project.

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>> Okay,

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>> I can take questions if there's time. I

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>> think time for just briefly. Um, any

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questions for Lily? Great presentations

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on either the update to the drying lake

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study or the municipal conservation

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toolbox. We'll start on the table. Any

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questions around the table? Any

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questions from the audience? Yeah.

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» Question is when will the report be

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available online?

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>> That might be an Angela or Tim question.

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I sent it to um G Slack and I think

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we're just waiting for Division of Water

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Quality to upload it to your guys' site.

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Maybe I'll go.

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>> Okay. [laughter]

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>> It'll be one of the discussion points a

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bit later.

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>> Yeah.

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>> So, thanks. Any other questions for

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Lily?

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>> Lynn, [clears throat]

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>> thank you. um in the pie chart and the

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maybe mixed success of outreach. Um the one uh piece that had city said no

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and then number two, does that mean that

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you asked them twice or what does that

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mean?

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>> Oh, that two cities just kind of

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straight up said no to us being able to

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present.

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>> Um

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>> one was honest uh Salt Lake City. They

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honestly just had a very full agenda and

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they're they're pretty like set with

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their they have like a whole

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conservation team. Um so mostly their

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reasoning was they didn't have room and

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I forget the other city off the top of

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my head but they it was a similar reason

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just kind of squeezing into those city

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council agendas was tough for those two

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cities.

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>> Right. So the benefit of the time and

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energy and the funding support that went

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into this um are we are we going to

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consider trying to keep exercising the

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opportunity and the invitation for

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cities and the community entities to

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create that engagement.

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>> I think Lily mentioned but I think the

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idea is the Utah waterways will largely

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um take that over but still that same

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idea. Um, and I think they're trying to

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go through league more through the

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league direction route to see if they

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can't get continue the effort.

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>> One one comment on that. I spoke with

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several city council folks and also at

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least one mayor and and I think there is a feeling from a governance at

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the municipal level that there is a lot

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of saturation on this issue and they've

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heard it enough. So the the real issue

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is how do you drive home action?

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I mean, that's where the that's where the the rubber meets

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the road is what a creative or

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initiative they're going to take to

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drive home additional conservation

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and and providing them with the tools

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was step one. I think that if we're

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going to put further resources into it,

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I think we have to say what would make

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additional action happen. And and that a

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real challenging question. I think that

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in my own mind I'm seeing it's going to

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have to come from probably the

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legislature to drive home the uh

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conservation at a higher level because

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people think they've made great strides

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at the municipal level and some of them

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are saying uh the mayor and bountiful

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for instance said we've done as much as

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we think we can do citizens are going to

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allow us to do and so I think that's a

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challenge that you're faced with.

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>> Thanks Susan. We need to move the

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agenda, but I think do I see somebody is

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somebody online? I can't see the full.

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» Yeah, [clears throat] Tim, this is

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Warren.

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>> Yeah, Warren, go ahead.

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>> Thank you. Toward the end of the global

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studies of drying terminal lakes, the

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recommendations, what one of the items

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said long-term long-term water

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management, and that's a very broad

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topic, and it's not it needs to be

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specific to each lake. And I building on

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what Leland just said, one one of the

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problems with the agricultural community

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is we're asked to attend various

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meetings and we we attend them and we

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find people are basically saying there's

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a problem. We know that we've heard it.

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It's I call it the groundhog groundhog

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day effect after the Bill Murray movie.

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We keep hearing the same having the same

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experience over and over and over again.

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Um, [clears throat] I I wondered if

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there's any specific strategic steps or

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if there's a strategic plan that could

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be developed for what long-term water

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management looks like at the Great Salt

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Lake so that we know what to be working

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toward when we know how to set

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benchmarks and and know whether we're

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improving or not. And [clears throat] I

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suggest that these things need to be

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rather quantitative

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so that we know at specific points maybe

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the strategy evolves into something

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different. But having that long-term

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strategy I think would be very helpful

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instead of having the Groundhog Day

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experience of hearing the same message

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repeatedly which is the lake needs help

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and we and we need to do we need to be

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part of that. Now, could we turn to what is our part of it? So, it's just a

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rather broad observation I'm putting out

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there as well, Tim, that u I'd really

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like to see these kind of action steps

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and I would expect that the Great Salt

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Lake management plan as it's as

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developed and published this year will

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help that, but if not, let's let's make

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sure that it does. Thank you.

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>> Thanks, Warren. Okay, Lily, thank you so

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much. Uh, let's

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round of applause.

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Next, we're going to pivot to uh Aiden

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Roberts and Stuart Leburn. They're with

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Turn Two Studios, and they've been

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working on the success stories for the

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Lakes. So, we'll turn it over to them. I

542
00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:01,360
don't know if you guys want to come up

543
00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:02,799
or we're just going to roll it or how

544
00:23:02,799 --> 00:23:08,310
are we going to do it? It's up to you.

545
00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:19,190
» Well, we may not have let you know.

546
00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:32,390
So, first

547
00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,120
» turn your mic on, please.

548
00:23:35,120 --> 00:23:38,240
>> Uh, sorry. There we go. Let's try that

549
00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,320
again. Um, so first of all, we just want

550
00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:41,520
to kind of thank council for the

551
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:42,880
opportunity for the videos. I think

552
00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:44,880
we're going to show two of the six we

553
00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:47,120
ended up producing. Um, one about

554
00:23:47,120 --> 00:23:49,039
legislative changes and one about water

555
00:23:49,039 --> 00:23:52,400
leasing. Um, you know, and and I think

556
00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,159
the story here is there's a lot of doom

557
00:23:54,159 --> 00:23:56,400
and gloom as you all know in the stories

558
00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:57,520
that are out there and these are meant

559
00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,520
to be positive stories, right? Stories

560
00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:00,880
that tell a little bit more about the

561
00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:02,720
work that has been done and highlighting

562
00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,600
those um kind of issues.

563
00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:06,640
>> Anything you want to say or

564
00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:08,640
>> No. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, we just appreciate

565
00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:10,559
uh one everything that everyone is doing

566
00:24:10,559 --> 00:24:13,120
to help the lake get better and then for

567
00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:14,720
allowing us to play our little tiny part

568
00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:15,600
in it.

569
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,720
>> Absolutely. So, thank you.

570
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:20,080
>> Right now, there's not a more important

571
00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,559
issue to the people of Utah,

572
00:24:22,559 --> 00:24:24,320
to the well-being of the people of Utah

573
00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,400
than making sure that we have a healthy,

574
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,880
stable, recovered Great Salt Lake. So,

575
00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:30,159
we're doing this because we care about

576
00:24:30,159 --> 00:24:31,919
our future. We're not thinking of just

577
00:24:31,919 --> 00:24:34,159
today. We're thinking of this in the

578
00:24:34,159 --> 00:24:42,470
long term. Listen,

579
00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,880
we're a growing state where water is

580
00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:48,880
scarce and so saving grades like putting

581
00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:50,559
the amount of water necessary to save

582
00:24:50,559 --> 00:24:52,559
that lake to stabilize it and then to

583
00:24:52,559 --> 00:24:54,240
start to bring it back. I mean, it is a

584
00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:56,320
massive amount of water. This is an

585
00:24:56,320 --> 00:25:00,640
enormous challenge, but it's one that we

586
00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:03,760
absolutely have to do.

587
00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:06,320
People

588
00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:07,679
are much more aware of the importance of

589
00:25:07,679 --> 00:25:09,200
Grace out Lake locally than they have

590
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,679
ever have been. They're aware that there

591
00:25:11,679 --> 00:25:13,919
is direct linkages between lake health

592
00:25:13,919 --> 00:25:16,480
and snowpack. They're aware that there's

593
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,840
direct linkages to to lake health and

594
00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,559
air quality. And all of those things I

595
00:25:22,559 --> 00:25:24,640
think are quite important. Uh, and I

596
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:26,880
think that as the lake remains in in

597
00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,440
crisis, people become all the more aware

598
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:30,240
still.

599
00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,000
>> What has brought it to the forefront of

600
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:36,480
public perception is now we're in dire

601
00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:38,880
straits to some degree. At the same

602
00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:42,480
time, while it is in a bad way, what I

603
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,360
most am grateful for is that we have the

604
00:25:45,360 --> 00:25:47,440
tools in place because legislatively

605
00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:48,880
we've been working on this for the

606
00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,600
better part of almost 10 years. We have

607
00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:57,669
the tools in place to fix this problem.

608
00:25:57,679 --> 00:26:00,080
Historically, the way we administer

609
00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:01,760
water rights in the western United

610
00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:03,760
States is this idea of use it or lose

611
00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:05,919
it. And if you don't lose it, you can

612
00:26:05,919 --> 00:26:08,159
forfeoot it. And and the other thing in

613
00:26:08,159 --> 00:26:09,760
that is that it's first in time, first

614
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:11,200
and right. So the first person to

615
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,440
physically divert water out of a natural

616
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:14,960
system and put it to what we call a

617
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,840
beneficial use, they have the priority

618
00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:19,760
right. We've really had a series of

619
00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:21,679
bills, but um there was a significant

620
00:26:21,679 --> 00:26:23,760
one that was run by Representative Joel

621
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:25,760
Ferry, and it built on work that I done

622
00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:27,279
on what's called instream flow, but

623
00:26:27,279 --> 00:26:29,520
really recognizing environmental flows

624
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:33,039
as beneficial use. Uh House Bill 33,

625
00:26:33,039 --> 00:26:35,440
which was the instream flow bill, I

626
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:36,799
actually as a sponsor of that

627
00:26:36,799 --> 00:26:39,600
legislation, I ran that legislation, and

628
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:43,200
that is what ultimately gave and allowed

629
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,600
individuals to dedicate water to

630
00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,159
sovereign lands to Great Salt Lake.

631
00:26:48,159 --> 00:26:50,480
Recently, we we've we as a state, the

632
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:51,679
Department of Natural Resources,

633
00:26:51,679 --> 00:26:53,919
acquired water rights, and it's what has

634
00:26:53,919 --> 00:26:56,080
enabled us to take those water rights,

635
00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,320
shepherd them downstream, deliver to the

636
00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:02,320
Great Salt Lake, monitor,

637
00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:06,480
um, dedicate, deliver that water in a

638
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:08,000
way that wouldn't have been possible

639
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:11,190
otherwise.

640
00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:14,559
the legislature a couple years ago um

641
00:27:14,559 --> 00:27:17,279
dedicated [music] some money so that we

642
00:27:17,279 --> 00:27:19,279
could actually do what's called a gap

643
00:27:19,279 --> 00:27:22,000
analysis study on the Great Salt Lake

644
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,640
Basin and determine where measurement

645
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:25,760
was missing.

646
00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:28,480
>> Acquiring significant amount of funding

647
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:29,840
to help pay for some of these

648
00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,960
investments. So $265 million to

649
00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,640
metering, $276 million to the a water

650
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,360
optimization program. With those

651
00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:41,120
dollars, now we're [music] actually

652
00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:43,679
installing that physical measurement to

653
00:27:43,679 --> 00:27:45,200
make sure that we can measure those

654
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,200
releases that are coming down through

655
00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:53,830
the system to get them to the lake.

656
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:55,520
» We passed a bill that and it was right

657
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:57,200
as I was leading that established the

658
00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:58,240
office of the Great Salt Lake

659
00:27:58,240 --> 00:27:59,039
Commissioner.

660
00:27:59,039 --> 00:28:01,520
>> The intent behind uh the legislation

661
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:03,600
that created it is to really create a

662
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:06,480
quarterback for uh the various efforts

663
00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:07,840
the state has on Great Salt Lake.

664
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:09,520
There's at least 12 state agencies that

665
00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,320
have jurisdiction on Grace Lake, an

666
00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,399
additional four or five federal agencies

667
00:28:14,399 --> 00:28:16,399
that have jurisdiction. And so we really

668
00:28:16,399 --> 00:28:18,159
did need to have someone that's able to

669
00:28:18,159 --> 00:28:19,679
coordinate those efforts and make sure

670
00:28:19,679 --> 00:28:21,679
that we're all, you know, pulling in the

671
00:28:21,679 --> 00:28:24,240
same direction. One of the the the

672
00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:25,360
groups that have been mo most

673
00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:27,520
forthcoming have been those mineral

674
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:28,880
operators around the lake. And if you

675
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:30,240
see a satellite image of the lake, you

676
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:31,840
see big evaporative ponds around the

677
00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,559
lake where they're taking lake water.

678
00:28:34,559 --> 00:28:36,320
They're concentrating that lake water

679
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:37,840
through evaporation. Then they're taking

680
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:39,120
the minerals out and they're really

681
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:40,559
important minerals. Sulfated pod ash

682
00:28:40,559 --> 00:28:43,039
goes to to uh as a really important

683
00:28:43,039 --> 00:28:44,720
fertilizer to fruits and nuts in

684
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,120
California. Mag chloride is what we use

685
00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:49,200
for dust suppression everywhere, right?

686
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:54,799
We use salt. We get a lot of salt for road maintenance in the wintertime.

687
00:28:54,799 --> 00:28:56,399
the discussions that we've had with the

688
00:28:56,399 --> 00:28:58,720
mineral companies on on this system,

689
00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:01,039
they've they have not been easy because

690
00:29:01,039 --> 00:29:03,039
we we really have fundamentally asked

691
00:29:03,039 --> 00:29:05,360
them to do something different. some of

692
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:08,960
the most tur conversations that I've had

693
00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:11,200
in my legislative career around this

694
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,520
issue because we were moving from what

695
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:17,840
was to what needed to be and yet even

696
00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:20,159
from coming from where that place was

697
00:29:20,159 --> 00:29:23,200
which to industry felt very

698
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,520
difficult just a few years ago you now

699
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:28,480
have that same industry embracing water

700
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:30,480
savings which we're very appreciative of

701
00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:32,320
here at the state of Utah but also

702
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,960
announcing new cutting ed technology ies

703
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:36,720
that are going to allow them to do

704
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:38,640
lithium extraction, which this country

705
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:40,240
needs, while at the same time

706
00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,080
maintaining this Great Salt Lake, which

707
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:45,039
is critical.

708
00:29:45,039 --> 00:29:47,760
>> The legislature really did see that the

709
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:49,039
part of how we're going to save Great

710
00:29:49,039 --> 00:29:50,640
Salt Lake is we're going to have to

711
00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,080
start engaging with business

712
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:53,600
transactions with those with water

713
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:55,600
rights. And so, the legislature put

714
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,159
together uh in collaboration with a

715
00:29:58,159 --> 00:29:59,440
couple of environmental groups, the

716
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,720
Great Salt Lake Wershed Enhancing Trust.

717
00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:05,760
The idea there was to take um some

718
00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:08,640
significant state funds and to partner

719
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,120
with a private group that could manage

720
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:14,399
the money uh and and actually has had

721
00:30:14,399 --> 00:30:16,399
the expertise to really figure out how

722
00:30:16,399 --> 00:30:19,279
to secure water for the lake.

723
00:30:19,279 --> 00:30:20,880
>> It's been cool to watch because then

724
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,760
this puts farmers and ranchers in a

725
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:25,440
position to where they don't perceive

726
00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,080
the lake as adversarial, but they see

727
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:30,000
the the lake as potentially a business

728
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,240
opportunity, right? And I don't want to

729
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:33,840
put farmers and ranchers out of

730
00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:35,039
business. I think they're still a vital

731
00:30:35,039 --> 00:30:36,640
part of our community. And so if we're

732
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:38,320
able to have them treat their water as

733
00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:40,720
another commodity and say, "Hey, maybe

734
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:43,039
this year I will lease my water on

735
00:30:43,039 --> 00:30:45,440
expectation the next year I'll plant a a

736
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:47,120
bunch of crops." I think that's that's a

737
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:49,039
good transaction for the state and it

738
00:30:49,039 --> 00:30:50,559
preserves both agriculture as well as

739
00:30:50,559 --> 00:30:54,630
gets water to the lake.

740
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:57,120
I think the Great Salt Lake is one of

741
00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:59,600
those unique problems that can bring

742
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:01,919
everybody together regardless of class

743
00:31:01,919 --> 00:31:05,039
or station or interest. What's critical

744
00:31:05,039 --> 00:31:07,919
to maintaining this forward progress is

745
00:31:07,919 --> 00:31:10,399
what has gotten us to this point from

746
00:31:10,399 --> 00:31:12,000
before.

747
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,000
Collaboration,

748
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,000
uh, lack of painting anyone as the

749
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,080
villain or the problem. It's it's

750
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,399
working together and that's really a

751
00:31:20,399 --> 00:31:22,080
fundamental tenant of who we are as a

752
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:26,310
people here in this state.

753
00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:27,520
» Those of us that have been working on

754
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:29,200
the lake have really tried to maintain

755
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:31,840
it as a nonpartisan issue. If we do come

756
00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:34,880
together, I am 100% convinced that we

757
00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:37,600
can solve this problem. And I'm just

758
00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:41,919
very aruck and grateful for the capacity

759
00:31:41,919 --> 00:31:43,519
of Utons to [music] work together to

760
00:31:43,519 --> 00:31:45,039
solve tough problems. This is the

761
00:31:45,039 --> 00:31:46,880
biggest, baddest, toughest problem out

762
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,760
there. And yet, I'm optimistic that we

763
00:31:49,760 --> 00:32:04,230
can get it done.

764
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,000
So, we're just going to watch the one.

765
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:07,279
You're going to have to wait with baited

766
00:32:07,279 --> 00:32:08,960
breath to watch the rest of them. But,

767
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:10,720
um, really appreciate Aiden and Stuart,

768
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:12,240
your great work on that. And I'm sorry

769
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:14,960
for the balding white guy that wrapped

770
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:18,159
that that one up. But um any any

771
00:32:18,159 --> 00:32:22,799
comments or questions for the producers

772
00:32:22,799 --> 00:32:24,799
just looking around. Yeah, Brad, go

773
00:32:24,799 --> 00:32:26,720
ahead. Make sure to talk in your mic if

774
00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:28,000
you will, just so the online people can

775
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,039
hear us.

776
00:32:29,039 --> 00:32:32,159
>> I'm a little louder. Um yeah, so I just,

777
00:32:32,159 --> 00:32:34,559
you know, that is amazing and I know

778
00:32:34,559 --> 00:32:36,480
that I was on the committee that helped

779
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:38,240
do this.

780
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:40,159
what what the tribe is going through

781
00:32:40,159 --> 00:32:44,240
with um the data center people saying

782
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,000
that they're sticking up for us and

783
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:47,279
they're not you know anyone that's not a

784
00:32:47,279 --> 00:32:49,600
member of our tribe you know um I'll

785
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:51,919
just say that Kurt Mcconi has created a

786
00:32:51,919 --> 00:32:55,279
cease and desist template um for this

787
00:32:55,279 --> 00:32:59,120
specific thing and so

788
00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:01,919
if anyone sees this and calls in you

789
00:33:01,919 --> 00:33:05,279
just tell them to call me because we we

790
00:33:05,279 --> 00:33:07,760
agreed that hey we work together with

791
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:09,760
you. And so if we produce something, we

792
00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:11,840
want you in it, you know, and this is I

793
00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:13,760
this is Utah's video. So I just want

794
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:15,519
people to be cognizant of that because

795
00:33:15,519 --> 00:33:17,360
of what we're going through with the

796
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,919
data center and people, you know, saying

797
00:33:19,919 --> 00:33:21,279
you need to come out and do this and you

798
00:33:21,279 --> 00:33:22,720
come out and they're calling the state

799
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,360
agencies and they're sending emails to

800
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,679
250 people and, you know, making stuff

801
00:33:27,679 --> 00:33:31,360
up and so, you know, just just in case

802
00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:32,720
I've seen it happen like, hey, you

803
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:33,919
didn't include the shony. Well, they

804
00:33:33,919 --> 00:33:36,240
asked to not be in it

805
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,159
and they include us and they include us

806
00:33:38,159 --> 00:33:39,600
in ours and then just send them me and

807
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:41,519
then I'll deal with it. Sorry, I didn't

808
00:33:41,519 --> 00:33:42,480
mean to take that time, but

809
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:44,000
>> No, no, that's fine. Thanks, Brad. I

810
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,399
appreciate that. Um, any other sort of

811
00:33:46,399 --> 00:33:49,200
comments or reactions to the movie? So,

812
00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:50,159
we're going to I don't know what the

813
00:33:50,159 --> 00:33:52,399
time frame is um in terms of rolling

814
00:33:52,399 --> 00:33:54,320
those out, but I think we're just

815
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:55,360
finishing them up.

816
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:58,080
>> So, the the the working committee has

817
00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:00,080
seen I think three of them. So, there

818
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,000
are three more. So, I'll I'll send these

819
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,159
out for any final feedback and I we're

820
00:34:04,159 --> 00:34:07,919
hoping to finish them up by next week.

821
00:34:07,919 --> 00:34:10,079
>> Okay. So, we're excited to see uh the

822
00:34:10,079 --> 00:34:11,599
rest of those and again really

823
00:34:11,599 --> 00:34:13,040
appreciate the great work. This is the

824
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:14,800
opportunity to tell tell some really um

825
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:16,159
unique stories about the lake and some

826
00:34:16,159 --> 00:34:17,359
positive stories about the lake. One of

827
00:34:17,359 --> 00:34:18,320
the things we'll talk about in a little

828
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,000
bit is whether we want to continue to

829
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,399
try to tell these kind of stories. So,

830
00:34:22,399 --> 00:34:24,240
um with that, we'll move to the next

831
00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:26,720
agenda item. We got Lynn Defrightus to

832
00:34:26,720 --> 00:34:28,960
talk about the issues forum and that was

833
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,040
one of the things that the the council

834
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:33,359
chose to uh fund this year or to help

835
00:34:33,359 --> 00:34:34,800
fund this year was to help sponsor the

836
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:36,720
issues forum. It's important meeting

837
00:34:36,720 --> 00:34:38,800
that's been held uh kind of every other

838
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:40,639
year but it's kind of a who's who of

839
00:34:40,639 --> 00:34:42,159
everybody working on the lake. So Lynn,

840
00:34:42,159 --> 00:34:43,200
we'll turn it over to you to talk

841
00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:44,720
briefly about the issues forum.

842
00:34:44,720 --> 00:34:47,040
>> Yeah, good morning and thank you. I um I

843
00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:49,839
brought art just to be a part of the

844
00:34:49,839 --> 00:34:54,320
conversation. Um the quote from um Brian

845
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:56,879
Steed is something that I dine out on

846
00:34:56,879 --> 00:34:59,839
often. Um and it's also kind of a deja

847
00:34:59,839 --> 00:35:03,200
vu. Next slide. Because when Friends was

848
00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:06,880
founded in 1994 with the example of

849
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:08,720
understanding what was going on with

850
00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:11,760
other saline systems, um we realized

851
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,800
that here was an opportunity and a

852
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:18,240
responsibility uh for us to get together

853
00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:20,960
and create a conversation with the

854
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:23,040
watershed community on behalf of the

855
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:26,079
lake. And so one of the ways in which we

856
00:35:26,079 --> 00:35:28,320
thought we would do that is two years

857
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:31,440
after we were founded to create a Great

858
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,400
Salt Lake issues forum and we hosted our

859
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:38,599
first one in 1996. Next

860
00:35:38,599 --> 00:35:41,119
[snorts] and now we're up to our 15th

861
00:35:41,119 --> 00:35:43,599
bianual Great Salt Lake issues forum. We

862
00:35:43,599 --> 00:35:46,880
had a hiccup with COVID. Um otherwise it

863
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,920
would be 16. But that being said, a

864
00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:53,920
three-day jam-packed conversation,

865
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:57,200
opportunity to network, opportunity to

866
00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,560
learn and recognize the fact that, you

867
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:02,880
know, the policies that are initiated

868
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:05,440
and that we implement, the science and

869
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:07,599
the research um that we reap the

870
00:36:07,599 --> 00:36:11,119
benefits of need to work in tandem um so

871
00:36:11,119 --> 00:36:13,280
that the outcomes can be effective in

872
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:15,440
addressing what the lakes's needs are

873
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:19,280
and where we are. Next, please. So,

874
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:21,280
thank you very much for your sponsorship

875
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:23,920
support and thank you to many others who

876
00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:27,280
realize that um you know the opportunity

877
00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:30,400
uh to share uh the funding gift um to

878
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:33,119
promote such a gather is really deeply

879
00:36:33,119 --> 00:36:35,200
appreciated and so briefly I want to

880
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,440
show you kind of the return on your

881
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:39,680
investments. Um but many of you were

882
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:42,400
there so you've experienced that. But

883
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:46,960
next please. So, because 2034

884
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:48,720
is something that we're using as a

885
00:36:48,720 --> 00:36:51,839
touchstone, as a goal, um I wanted to

886
00:36:51,839 --> 00:36:54,880
bring Brad Wilson in to provide the

887
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:56,720
opening ceremonies for the Great Salt

888
00:36:56,720 --> 00:36:59,760
Lake Issues Forum since he's the CEO of

889
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:03,280
the Utah Winter Olympics 2034. And he

890
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:05,520
did a fine job in kind of helping us

891
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:08,400
understand that endurance is really a

892
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:11,599
part of the commitment to make a

893
00:37:11,599 --> 00:37:14,160
difference. Next.

894
00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:17,280
And we also had a video uh from Igor

895
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,599
Zadariv who's the president of the

896
00:37:19,599 --> 00:37:21,440
International Society for Salt Lake

897
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:25,040
Research. Uh he's in um Siberia. And

898
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:27,200
again, the emphasis of the message that

899
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:30,560
he provided was the fact that policy and

900
00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:33,280
science have to work together in order

901
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:36,079
to translate into the conservation value

902
00:37:36,079 --> 00:37:40,880
that we all want to um achieve. Next.

903
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:43,440
So, with 2034

904
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:47,200
and Governor Cox's 2034 Great Salt Lake

905
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:50,960
charter, um, Great Salt Lake Rising,

906
00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:53,200
next please.

907
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:56,806
And those guys, next please.

908
00:37:56,806 --> 00:37:57,839
[snorts]

909
00:37:57,839 --> 00:38:00,320
and Ducks Unlimited and an extended

910
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:03,200
reach of interests and businesses in a

911
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,640
cohort have committed uh to raising

912
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:09,520
significant amounts of funding to

913
00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:13,040
support achieving a goal of 2034 and

914
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:17,440
bringing the level up to a world notable

915
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:20,079
achievement for the the Winter Olympics.

916
00:38:20,079 --> 00:38:22,160
Next.

917
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,119
And [snorts] because way back what 10

918
00:38:25,119 --> 00:38:27,839
years ago when Steve Clyde shared his

919
00:38:27,839 --> 00:38:30,160
white paper on Great Salt Lake, water

920
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:31,839
rights for Great Salt Lake, is it the

921
00:38:31,839 --> 00:38:33,839
impossible dream? I wanted to bring

922
00:38:33,839 --> 00:38:36,720
Steve back into the conversation to see

923
00:38:36,720 --> 00:38:40,000
so what do you think? Next, please.

924
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,480
And with that, we put together, you

925
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:44,480
know, I call everyone part of the class

926
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:48,079
of 2026, but we put together this great

927
00:38:48,079 --> 00:38:51,440
cohort of good thinkers and uh to talk

928
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:54,480
about looking ahead and is it the

929
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:57,520
impossible dream? Next.

930
00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:01,280
Um and again, we have policy examples

931
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:03,599
and science coming together and creating

932
00:39:03,599 --> 00:39:06,480
a conversation that really go hand in

933
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:08,480
hand. And we have to really continue to

934
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,560
practice that with commitment and

935
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:13,119
integrity. Next,

936
00:39:13,119 --> 00:39:16,240
and then Ben, I love you, Ben. So, Ben

937
00:39:16,240 --> 00:39:18,400
in his responsibility on behalf of

938
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:20,960
sovereign lands and Great Salt Lake um

939
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:23,760
and mentioning the opportunity for the

940
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:26,160
public to engage in the development of

941
00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:28,480
the next iteration of the Great Salt

942
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:31,920
Lake comprehensive management plan. Next

943
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:35,200
and also um Ben is a part of and

944
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:38,079
overseeing the salinity advisory uh

945
00:39:38,079 --> 00:39:40,880
committee to work on behalf of

946
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:43,839
understanding how we can responsibly and

947
00:39:43,839 --> 00:39:46,000
effectively work with the adaptive

948
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:47,680
management tool of the burm and the

949
00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:49,920
brereech in the railroad causeway to

950
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,240
control flows from north to south but

951
00:39:52,240 --> 00:39:55,280
also with the relevance of nutrients and

952
00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:58,480
you know circulation salinity um so it's

953
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:01,359
a big responsibility And it's ongoing,

954
00:40:01,359 --> 00:40:04,079
but it's very impressive. And um you

955
00:40:04,079 --> 00:40:07,119
know, we go next.

956
00:40:07,119 --> 00:40:09,440
And then, you know, some people have an

957
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:11,359
elephant in the room. We have the

958
00:40:11,359 --> 00:40:14,000
invisible sweaty giant in the room. And

959
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,160
so we had a conversation about that

960
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:18,960
knowing that evaporation is a huge part

961
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:22,480
of how can we bring water to the lake

962
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:24,960
and make a difference with achieving an

963
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:27,599
elevation. Next.

964
00:40:27,599 --> 00:40:29,839
Um and then we heard from mineral

965
00:40:29,839 --> 00:40:32,480
resources of the lake and just you know

966
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:35,119
the work that's ongoing and to to Casey

967
00:40:35,119 --> 00:40:37,359
Snider's remark about you know it was

968
00:40:37,359 --> 00:40:42,000
really um a heavy lift for many but um

969
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:45,359
the result is really significant. Uh,

970
00:40:45,359 --> 00:40:48,720
next and by example, the state's

971
00:40:48,720 --> 00:40:52,800
purchase of US magnesium. Big deal, big

972
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:55,599
responsibility, but um I do believe that

973
00:40:55,599 --> 00:40:58,160
Jamie got a round of applause when she

974
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:01,119
finished her her talk. So, thank you.

975
00:41:01,119 --> 00:41:04,079
Uh, sovereign lance next.

976
00:41:04,079 --> 00:41:06,079
Um, and of course, we have to talk about

977
00:41:06,079 --> 00:41:10,079
the birds. You know, over 12 million 338

978
00:41:10,079 --> 00:41:12,880
different species. um you know the

979
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:14,640
responsibility of understanding

980
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:17,839
salinity, elevation, uh all of those

981
00:41:17,839 --> 00:41:20,560
parts of the hole do come into play as

982
00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:22,720
far as our continuing responsibility.

983
00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:24,640
Next,

984
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:29,119
and part of that is a selenium numeric

985
00:41:29,119 --> 00:41:31,040
standard in bird egg tissue with that

986
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:33,760
was established 15 years ago and a

987
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:36,560
conversation that is now ongoing about

988
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:40,400
an observation of some some um elevation

989
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:42,960
of that selenium concentration level in

990
00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:45,680
bird egg tissue. So, how are we going to

991
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:49,040
effectively implement policy and

992
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:52,880
research for a beneficial outcome for um

993
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:56,240
aven species? Next,

994
00:41:56,240 --> 00:41:58,400
don't you just love it? It's like, yeah.

995
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:01,359
Um anyway, and you know, the dream team,

996
00:42:01,359 --> 00:42:03,599
US Geological Survey, talking about

997
00:42:03,599 --> 00:42:05,440
hydrarology and ecology of terminal

998
00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:09,440
lakes in the Great Basin. Next.

999
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:13,119
And we also every year we give our Doyle

1000
00:42:13,119 --> 00:42:15,599
Stevens scholarship to a graduate and

1001
00:42:15,599 --> 00:42:17,680
undergraduate uh to recognize their

1002
00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:19,599
commitment to research as it relates to

1003
00:42:19,599 --> 00:42:22,319
the watershed in Great Salt Lake. And we

1004
00:42:22,319 --> 00:42:24,960
um we awarded two this year as we

1005
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:28,240
typically do next.

1006
00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:31,200
And also a part of the whole get

1007
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:33,760
together of the issues forum is

1008
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:37,599
networking and how networking at work is

1009
00:42:37,599 --> 00:42:40,400
handinand with creating conversations

1010
00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:44,079
and effective communication. Next

1011
00:42:44,079 --> 00:42:46,960
and then of course you know who's water

1012
00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:49,040
whose responsibility

1013
00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:52,160
a lot of pause lot of opportunity to you

1014
00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:55,680
know ruminate on that. Next.

1015
00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:59,599
Yo. Yeah. And you know the continuing

1016
00:42:59,599 --> 00:43:03,599
challenge of tribal lands and the

1017
00:43:03,599 --> 00:43:06,480
incorporation of science in order to you

1018
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:08,720
know address the restoration and

1019
00:43:08,720 --> 00:43:11,200
conservation needs of that property.

1020
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:13,119
Next

1021
00:43:13,119 --> 00:43:15,920
um again you know water is everything

1022
00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:19,280
and timing and location is all about

1023
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:20,960
what we need to be effective in

1024
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:23,760
addressing. next

1025
00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:27,359
and talking about agriculture, culture,

1026
00:43:27,359 --> 00:43:29,440
agriculture, conservation and water for

1027
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:31,520
Great Salt Lake. Bringing together the

1028
00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:33,359
parts of the whole to create an open

1029
00:43:33,359 --> 00:43:36,000
conversation and translate that into

1030
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:38,880
results. Next,

1031
00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:41,760
um yes, and then the two-year-old I call

1032
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:45,280
it I was telling Tyler it's like it's

1033
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:47,119
like Chuck Jagger breaking the sound

1034
00:43:47,119 --> 00:43:49,359
barrier. you know, the Great Salt Lake

1035
00:43:49,359 --> 00:43:51,280
Sentinel Landscape Program has only been

1036
00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:54,400
in existence for two years and um an

1037
00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:57,520
implementation plan is coming to a place

1038
00:43:57,520 --> 00:44:00,720
near you sometime this fall. So, it's

1039
00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:03,839
remarkable and it's integrated. Did I

1040
00:44:03,839 --> 00:44:04,880
get that right?

1041
00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:06,160
>> In the next couple weeks.

1042
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:07,599
>> Oh, next couple of weeks. Okay. All

1043
00:44:07,599 --> 00:44:11,359
right. We go. Okay. Next.

1044
00:44:11,359 --> 00:44:14,960
Um and then again what is the the social

1045
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:17,760
network where you know the example of

1046
00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:20,880
trying to go to city councils and create

1047
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:23,520
conversations in education and how do

1048
00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:25,839
you translate that into you know

1049
00:44:25,839 --> 00:44:28,960
meaningful personal results that are

1050
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:30,960
going to translate into commitments and

1051
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:34,079
behavior changes. text

1052
00:44:34,079 --> 00:44:37,119
and we had um a poster session with over

1053
00:44:37,119 --> 00:44:41,920
25 sharing uh research um work that's

1054
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:44,640
ongoing next

1055
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:47,599
and then you know we brought in our

1056
00:44:47,599 --> 00:44:50,000
hemispheric neighbors and our global

1057
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:52,800
neighbors uh just to remind all of us

1058
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:57,359
that things are ongoing and the the lift

1059
00:44:57,359 --> 00:45:00,640
is heavy um and we have an opportunity

1060
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:05,520
um to you translate that uh challenge

1061
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:09,680
into positive results. Next,

1062
00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:14,160
and we had visitors from Argentina next.

1063
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:16,480
And Wayne, you know, provided that

1064
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:20,880
closing thought about Lake Oria dead,

1065
00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:22,319
Great Salt Lake, there were sister

1066
00:45:22,319 --> 00:45:24,720
systems, very similar. What are we going

1067
00:45:24,720 --> 00:45:27,359
to do to prevent Great Salt Lake from

1068
00:45:27,359 --> 00:45:30,240
turning into a lake or Mia? Policy and

1069
00:45:30,240 --> 00:45:32,960
science. Next.

1070
00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:35,920
Okay. We had a banquet at the Alta Club.

1071
00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:37,920
Next,

1072
00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:42,800
at which time we awarded our uh 2026

1073
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:44,960
Friend of the Lake Award to Bill Johnson

1074
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:49,040
for his service as an educator, as a

1075
00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:52,880
researcher, um as a technical advisor on

1076
00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:56,240
the Super Fund site of US Mag, and um

1077
00:45:56,240 --> 00:45:58,800
just as a great guy. So, I think that's

1078
00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:01,359
it. One more.

1079
00:46:01,359 --> 00:46:09,030
Yeah. Thank you very much.

1080
00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:10,720
» Thank you so much uh Lynn for your

1081
00:46:10,720 --> 00:46:12,560
leadership and vision over the years. We

1082
00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:13,920
really appreciate your dedication. So,

1083
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:15,119
everybody else that's an emotional

1084
00:46:15,119 --> 00:46:17,520
support brine shrimp uh that my niece

1085
00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:20,560
knitted. So, who doesn't who doesn't

1086
00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:23,359
need an emotional support brain shrimp?

1087
00:46:23,359 --> 00:46:25,839
Thanks so much, Lynn. Um, next up we

1088
00:46:25,839 --> 00:46:27,839
have Marcel Shupe with National Ottabon

1089
00:46:27,839 --> 00:46:29,599
here to talk about a water transaction.

1090
00:46:29,599 --> 00:46:32,400
One of the things that the the council

1091
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:36,079
voted to support was a to help the trust

1092
00:46:36,079 --> 00:46:38,000
in some fashion. And so Marcel's here to

1093
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:38,880
report on that.

1094
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:41,599
>> Thank you. And before I jump into uh my

1095
00:46:41,599 --> 00:46:43,040
presentation, I just want to say how

1096
00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:45,280
much I love the Issues Forum. And when I

1097
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:47,760
first started working full-time on Great

1098
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:49,680
Salt Lake issues, one of the things I

1099
00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:51,760
took advantage of was their great

1100
00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:54,480
library of videos from the prior

1101
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:57,359
sessions and it is just amazing and so

1102
00:46:57,359 --> 00:46:59,520
much to learn and so for new folks

1103
00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:02,400
coming in it's always um a great place

1104
00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:06,160
to start. So thanks. Um I also uh on

1105
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:08,240
behalf of the trust which is managed by

1106
00:47:08,240 --> 00:47:10,160
National Autobon Society and the Nature

1107
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:13,200
Conservancy want to thank the council

1108
00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:16,960
for um agreeing to help us leverage the

1109
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:19,599
trust funding to support a water

1110
00:47:19,599 --> 00:47:22,400
transaction for Great Salt Lake. Um this

1111
00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:26,240
year the funding of $17,000 is going to

1112
00:47:26,240 --> 00:47:28,480
help support a lease, a 5-year lease

1113
00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:30,400
that we have with Jordan Valley Water

1114
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:33,599
Conservancy District. Um this involves

1115
00:47:33,599 --> 00:47:36,000
some canal shares from Utah and Salt

1116
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:39,040
Lake Canal and this year um we

1117
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:41,839
anticipate the delivery of about 2200

1118
00:47:41,839 --> 00:47:45,440
acre feet under this particular lease.

1119
00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:48,480
Um it is going to be combined with other

1120
00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:50,720
releases coming off of Utah Lake and

1121
00:47:50,720 --> 00:47:55,040
Jordan River. Um we're hoping um July,

1122
00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:57,839
August, September in that time frame to

1123
00:47:57,839 --> 00:47:59,520
combine other leases that we have with

1124
00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:02,960
Jordan Valley and other entities to

1125
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:06,079
approximately uh 15,000 acre feet coming

1126
00:48:06,079 --> 00:48:08,800
in in that late um late summer, early

1127
00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:12,720
fall to help support um a low river

1128
00:48:12,720 --> 00:48:15,440
flows as well as important um bird

1129
00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:17,760
migration in the wetlands and Great Salt

1130
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:21,040
Lake. Um this year um even though it's a

1131
00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:24,240
really tough year water-wise uh this

1132
00:48:24,240 --> 00:48:26,480
15,000 acre feet combined with other

1133
00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:29,599
flows um my quick math back of the

1134
00:48:29,599 --> 00:48:32,160
envelope this morning uh was showed

1135
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:34,400
about 69,000 acre feet just in the

1136
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:37,359
Jordan River system for Great Salt Lake.

1137
00:48:37,359 --> 00:48:39,040
Um and some of that has been being

1138
00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:40,640
delivered throughout the course of the

1139
00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:43,200
summer. So uh we're pretty excited about

1140
00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:45,200
it. Jordan Valley has been a wonderful

1141
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:48,800
partner. Um we have about 20,000 acre

1142
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:51,520
feet of water uh that we're working with

1143
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:53,839
Jordan Valley on to deliver. Part of

1144
00:48:53,839 --> 00:48:56,319
that water is really dependent on how

1145
00:48:56,319 --> 00:48:58,960
well their constituents do in conserving

1146
00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:02,079
water. Um some of our contracts uh

1147
00:49:02,079 --> 00:49:05,680
depend year-toear on that water savings.

1148
00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:08,640
And so um like all of you in this room,

1149
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:10,640
we're hoping that we see a lot more of

1150
00:49:10,640 --> 00:49:13,599
that uh this year and going forward. And

1151
00:49:13,599 --> 00:49:15,040
so I know this is a really quick

1152
00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:17,119
presentation. Um happy to get into

1153
00:49:17,119 --> 00:49:18,640
details, but if you want to understand

1154
00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:21,760
more about our uh the trust's impact and

1155
00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:24,079
its partnerships, um you can go to

1156
00:49:24,079 --> 00:49:25,680
gslwater

1157
00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:28,079
uh watertrust.org.

1158
00:49:28,079 --> 00:49:30,000
And I just want to make a point. Go

1159
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:31,920
ahead. None of the work that the trust

1160
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:36,160
does is uh done alone. Everything is

1161
00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:37,920
done in partnership. And for this

1162
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:39,920
particular transaction,

1163
00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:42,319
um, in addition to the council being a

1164
00:49:42,319 --> 00:49:44,400
partner in this, we've had, uh, and the

1165
00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:46,960
Jordan Valley Division of, uh, forestry,

1166
00:49:46,960 --> 00:49:48,319
fire, and state lands and division of

1167
00:49:48,319 --> 00:49:50,240
wildlife resources are very, very

1168
00:49:50,240 --> 00:49:52,640
important partners, as well as the

1169
00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:54,559
members of our trust council who work

1170
00:49:54,559 --> 00:49:57,119
really hard to make sure that um,

1171
00:49:57,119 --> 00:49:59,520
they're supporting and advising the

1172
00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:02,079
trust in ways that will help um, the

1173
00:50:02,079 --> 00:50:04,559
work for Great Salt Lake be successful.

1174
00:50:04,559 --> 00:50:06,800
So with that, thank you.

1175
00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:12,069
>> Thanks, Marcel.

1176
00:50:12,079 --> 00:50:13,599
Really great work and I love how it

1177
00:50:13,599 --> 00:50:15,040
illustrates the power of partnerships

1178
00:50:15,040 --> 00:50:16,400
and what's possible when we work

1179
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:19,200
together. So thanks again. Okay, our um

1180
00:50:19,200 --> 00:50:20,880
last presentation in terms of things

1181
00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:25,119
that we've funded this year is um a

1182
00:50:25,119 --> 00:50:27,280
study from Utah State University on

1183
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:29,520
inflows to the lake and we have Eene

1184
00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:31,920
Lukans and Melissa Stamp here to talk

1185
00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:33,599
about that. So, we'll turn the time over

1186
00:50:33,599 --> 00:50:35,920
to you Eileen and Melissa. Thanks.

1187
00:50:35,920 --> 00:50:38,400
>> Thanks. Can you guys hear? Okay. Okay.

1188
00:50:38,400 --> 00:50:40,400
I'm Melissa Stamp. This is Eileen

1189
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:42,160
Lukans. We're going to tag team a little

1190
00:50:42,160 --> 00:50:44,880
bit, but it's a very brief presentation.

1191
00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:46,960
Um, wanted to start off by just

1192
00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:49,680
acknowledging and thanking GSA for

1193
00:50:49,680 --> 00:50:52,240
providing funding towards this effort.

1194
00:50:52,240 --> 00:50:55,839
Um it is part of a multi-funded

1195
00:50:55,839 --> 00:50:58,400
multicontracted effort all tied to

1196
00:50:58,400 --> 00:51:00,800
trying to characterize uh Great Salt

1197
00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:02,800
Lake ecosystem inflows. We've been

1198
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:04,960
keeping Angela busy on the contracting

1199
00:51:04,960 --> 00:51:07,200
side. We really appreciate funding also

1200
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:08,480
from the commissioner's office and

1201
00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:11,440
forestry fire state lands. Um we'll be

1202
00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:13,680
presenting kind of collectively on all

1203
00:51:13,680 --> 00:51:15,599
the work tied to those different

1204
00:51:15,599 --> 00:51:18,079
contracts.

1205
00:51:18,079 --> 00:51:20,400
So quick project overview. We'll

1206
00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:22,480
describe progress. Eileen will hit on

1207
00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:25,359
that. Um, and also touch on next steps

1208
00:51:25,359 --> 00:51:28,000
and some early takeaways. And by early,

1209
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:31,920
I mean early, caveed, preliminary, etc.

1210
00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:34,160
We're about barely one year into a

1211
00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:36,400
two-year effort. So, we're just barely

1212
00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:38,559
getting some of our environmental tracer

1213
00:51:38,559 --> 00:51:41,040
results in the first set of those and

1214
00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:44,559
still working on getting a more complete

1215
00:51:44,559 --> 00:51:46,319
annual picture of some of what these

1216
00:51:46,319 --> 00:51:48,319
inflows look like. So, everything's very

1217
00:51:48,319 --> 00:51:50,640
preliminary at this time.

1218
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:54,720
So, as you are very well aware, um

1219
00:51:54,720 --> 00:51:58,000
thanks to ongoing and significant recent

1220
00:51:58,000 --> 00:51:59,119
investments, [clears throat] as

1221
00:51:59,119 --> 00:52:01,040
mentioned in that nice video that was

1222
00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:04,640
shared, uh a lot of new improvements and

1223
00:52:04,640 --> 00:52:07,119
efforts towards stream gauging have been

1224
00:52:07,119 --> 00:52:09,520
established primarily on the major

1225
00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:12,400
inflows to the lake. Um we know a lot

1226
00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:15,280
less about the smaller, more minor or

1227
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:18,720
less highlighted inflows to the lake.

1228
00:52:18,720 --> 00:52:22,000
kind of our uh informal

1229
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:23,680
way of describing this project to

1230
00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:25,920
people, our oneliner is we're trying to

1231
00:52:25,920 --> 00:52:27,839
protect the flows that people don't even

1232
00:52:27,839 --> 00:52:29,599
know are getting to the lake. So, we're

1233
00:52:29,599 --> 00:52:31,680
kind of through some of the gap analysis

1234
00:52:31,680 --> 00:52:33,520
work that was also alluded to in that

1235
00:52:33,520 --> 00:52:36,800
video, have a good sense of Eileen did a

1236
00:52:36,800 --> 00:52:40,640
ton of this work, 135 spots where water

1237
00:52:40,640 --> 00:52:42,319
is getting to the lake. They're the tiny

1238
00:52:42,319 --> 00:52:44,880
dots on this map, the tiny white dots.

1239
00:52:44,880 --> 00:52:46,960
Um, and part of the tasks for this

1240
00:52:46,960 --> 00:52:49,440
project initially was trying to narrow

1241
00:52:49,440 --> 00:52:52,160
down to a more reasonable number of

1242
00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:54,960
inflow points that we could look at and

1243
00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:56,880
begin to characterize. So, we've gone

1244
00:52:56,880 --> 00:53:00,400
from that up to as many as 135 down to

1245
00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:02,480
18 sites that we're primarily focusing

1246
00:53:02,480 --> 00:53:05,359
on. Um and that was done largely with

1247
00:53:05,359 --> 00:53:08,000
input of what are the priority inflows

1248
00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:11,280
to the wetland managers at some of the

1249
00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:15,359
important um publicly accessible uh

1250
00:53:15,359 --> 00:53:17,920
wetlands around the lake shoreline. So

1251
00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:22,319
our WAS, the TNC's shorelands preserve,

1252
00:53:22,319 --> 00:53:24,640
etc. Um, and so we've narrowed down to

1253
00:53:24,640 --> 00:53:26,880
18 sites and at each of those we've been

1254
00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:29,599
working to temporarily gauge to quantify

1255
00:53:29,599 --> 00:53:31,760
how much water is actually getting uh

1256
00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:34,559
into these important wetland habitats.

1257
00:53:34,559 --> 00:53:37,440
Um, and then also more recently begun

1258
00:53:37,440 --> 00:53:39,520
some efforts to chemically characterize

1259
00:53:39,520 --> 00:53:41,920
the sources of those inflows. So some

1260
00:53:41,920 --> 00:53:44,480
tracer sampling to try to figure out how

1261
00:53:44,480 --> 00:53:46,480
much is from storm water, groundwater,

1262
00:53:46,480 --> 00:53:50,950
etc.

1263
00:53:50,960 --> 00:53:53,440
So we'll hand off to Eileen to talk

1264
00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:55,520
about some progress.

1265
00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:58,400
So um at a subset of our 18 sites, we

1266
00:53:58,400 --> 00:54:00,480
have installed game cameras and stage

1267
00:54:00,480 --> 00:54:01,839
plates. And the purpose of this was

1268
00:54:01,839 --> 00:54:03,680
really to watch the variability of these

1269
00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:06,400
flows over time and understand what

1270
00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:08,319
gauging methods going forward are going

1271
00:54:08,319 --> 00:54:10,079
to be the best investment at each of

1272
00:54:10,079 --> 00:54:12,079
these sites, especially considering that

1273
00:54:12,079 --> 00:54:15,119
long-term funding um is limited and so

1274
00:54:15,119 --> 00:54:16,640
we want to make the best investments

1275
00:54:16,640 --> 00:54:19,040
where we can. Along with that, we have

1276
00:54:19,040 --> 00:54:20,480
also been taking monthly flow

1277
00:54:20,480 --> 00:54:22,160
measurements at all of these different

1278
00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:25,119
sites uh starting in October of 2025,

1279
00:54:25,119 --> 00:54:27,200
but also through June of 2026 and

1280
00:54:27,200 --> 00:54:28,880
onwards. And we will continue those flow

1281
00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:30,559
measurements through the end of the

1282
00:54:30,559 --> 00:54:32,960
water year and beyond. The graph you see

1283
00:54:32,960 --> 00:54:35,280
is kind of a preliminary summary of all

1284
00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:36,880
of those different flows that we've seen

1285
00:54:36,880 --> 00:54:38,480
around the lake over the past couple

1286
00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:40,800
months. Consistently we've seen the

1287
00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:43,200
largest flows at the south drain um

1288
00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:46,480
which is the kind of tail drain of

1289
00:54:46,480 --> 00:54:49,680
Willard Bay near Herald Crane WMA um and

1290
00:54:49,680 --> 00:54:52,160
then also at Salt Creek WMA. At Salt

1291
00:54:52,160 --> 00:54:54,319
Creek we've seen about um anywhere

1292
00:54:54,319 --> 00:54:57,200
between you know 15 and 30 CFS pretty

1293
00:54:57,200 --> 00:54:59,839
consistently coming from there. So it's

1294
00:54:59,839 --> 00:55:01,760
been really good to get kind of an

1295
00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:03,760
understanding of the variability of

1296
00:55:03,760 --> 00:55:05,680
these flows as well as the quantity of

1297
00:55:05,680 --> 00:55:08,240
these flows. With the GSAC funding, we

1298
00:55:08,240 --> 00:55:10,240
have been able to purchase conductivity,

1299
00:55:10,240 --> 00:55:11,680
temperature, and depth sensors, which

1300
00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:14,000
will allow us to continuously monitor

1301
00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:15,920
these inflows as well as help with our

1302
00:55:15,920 --> 00:55:18,079
environmental tracer sampling work, um,

1303
00:55:18,079 --> 00:55:20,000
which I'm going to talk about next here.

1304
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:22,319
The purpose of our environmental tracer

1305
00:55:22,319 --> 00:55:24,079
sampling work is really to understand

1306
00:55:24,079 --> 00:55:26,079
the sourcing of these flows. So, how

1307
00:55:26,079 --> 00:55:27,920
much of these inflows are comprised of

1308
00:55:27,920 --> 00:55:30,400
groundwater, irrigation return water,

1309
00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:32,400
rainwater, storm water, things like

1310
00:55:32,400 --> 00:55:34,800
that? We did some baseline sampling in

1311
00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:36,800
March. Um but in partnership with the

1312
00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:39,839
University of Utah as well as um in

1313
00:55:39,839 --> 00:55:41,040
partnership with the Great Salt Lake

1314
00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:42,880
Commissioner's Office and G Slack, we've

1315
00:55:42,880 --> 00:55:44,880
been able to do some more comprehensive

1316
00:55:44,880 --> 00:55:46,640
environmental sampling in June and we

1317
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:48,400
will continue to do that about every two

1318
00:55:48,400 --> 00:55:50,480
months going forward. Um we're looking

1319
00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:52,160
at different water quality parameters

1320
00:55:52,160 --> 00:55:53,839
and environmental tracers. So these

1321
00:55:53,839 --> 00:55:56,079
include stable isotopes, tridium,

1322
00:55:56,079 --> 00:55:58,880
alkalinity, major ions. All of these

1323
00:55:58,880 --> 00:56:00,480
things help us understand the

1324
00:56:00,480 --> 00:56:02,559
proportional groundwater contributions

1325
00:56:02,559 --> 00:56:04,880
to each of these inflows as well as the

1326
00:56:04,880 --> 00:56:07,280
age of that groundwater. Um, and then

1327
00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:09,280
also understand the chemical composition

1328
00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:11,200
of other sources contributing like

1329
00:56:11,200 --> 00:56:14,960
irrigation water and uh storm water. And

1330
00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:16,880
so all of this is really important

1331
00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:19,200
because we can't protect or enhance

1332
00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:20,640
these inflows without understanding

1333
00:56:20,640 --> 00:56:22,079
where they're coming from in the first

1334
00:56:22,079 --> 00:56:23,760
place. So with that, I'm going to hand

1335
00:56:23,760 --> 00:56:26,400
it back.

1336
00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:28,559
>> Okay. This is where we get into the

1337
00:56:28,559 --> 00:56:31,200
provisional early takeaways here. But

1338
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:33,200
one of the important things to note and

1339
00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:36,079
you can see on this chart um the colored

1340
00:56:36,079 --> 00:56:39,920
stacked uh column on this plot on the

1341
00:56:39,920 --> 00:56:43,760
far left uh is what how much water how

1342
00:56:43,760 --> 00:56:47,680
many CFS our um in this case 13 sites

1343
00:56:47,680 --> 00:56:50,640
that we sampled in early June. How much

1344
00:56:50,640 --> 00:56:53,440
water that stacks up to and it it's

1345
00:56:53,440 --> 00:56:56,000
significant. um on that date it was more

1346
00:56:56,000 --> 00:56:59,040
than 100 cfs. And we kind of like the

1347
00:56:59,040 --> 00:57:01,200
comparison here. If you look at the

1348
00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:03,760
third column over, that's the flow on

1349
00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:06,079
the Weber River during those same time

1350
00:57:06,079 --> 00:57:08,160
frame. Flows were very suppressed on the

1351
00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:11,440
Weber during our crazy dry year this

1352
00:57:11,440 --> 00:57:14,079
year. And so there's more water getting

1353
00:57:14,079 --> 00:57:15,839
to our wetlands during an important

1354
00:57:15,839 --> 00:57:19,920
migratory bird um habitat period uh from

1355
00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:22,400
these minor inflows. And this is only 13

1356
00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:25,040
out of that. potentially 135, the 18

1357
00:57:25,040 --> 00:57:26,720
priority ones that we're we're trying to

1358
00:57:26,720 --> 00:57:29,359
focus on. So,

1359
00:57:29,359 --> 00:57:31,040
you know, this is not the hundreds of

1360
00:57:31,040 --> 00:57:32,640
thousands of acre feet that are going to

1361
00:57:32,640 --> 00:57:36,400
get the lake back up to 44.98, but these

1362
00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:38,400
are the flows that are critical as we

1363
00:57:38,400 --> 00:57:40,799
work towards that bigger goal. This is

1364
00:57:40,799 --> 00:57:42,319
the water that's supplying these

1365
00:57:42,319 --> 00:57:44,559
important wetland habitats and the lake

1366
00:57:44,559 --> 00:57:46,480
in the interim. So I feel like it's a

1367
00:57:46,480 --> 00:57:49,040
very important interim resilience uh to

1368
00:57:49,040 --> 00:57:51,359
know what these flows are and to make

1369
00:57:51,359 --> 00:57:53,200
sure we're not losing them as we develop

1370
00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:56,480
our land etc. Um I failed to mention

1371
00:57:56,480 --> 00:57:58,880
we've been in partnership with GSL wet

1372
00:57:58,880 --> 00:58:01,760
and autobon uh in doing all this work

1373
00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:05,280
and part of their interest is are there

1374
00:58:05,280 --> 00:58:08,319
important agricultural returns or tile

1375
00:58:08,319 --> 00:58:10,720
drains feeding some of these areas that

1376
00:58:10,720 --> 00:58:12,720
we need to pay attention to because they

1377
00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:14,640
might be slated for development. those

1378
00:58:14,640 --> 00:58:17,280
inflow points might be altered, that

1379
00:58:17,280 --> 00:58:19,280
sort of thing. So, it's very important

1380
00:58:19,280 --> 00:58:21,920
um I think and it's also relevant to

1381
00:58:21,920 --> 00:58:23,680
recognize how much water this can stack

1382
00:58:23,680 --> 00:58:26,240
up to. Um you know, even if these are

1383
00:58:26,240 --> 00:58:28,960
only 50 cfs and usually these inflows,

1384
00:58:28,960 --> 00:58:30,960
many of them are smaller in the winter

1385
00:58:30,960 --> 00:58:33,280
because they're not receiving irrigation

1386
00:58:33,280 --> 00:58:35,680
deliveries and returns. Um but even

1387
00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:38,240
that's like 36,000 acre feet a year. So,

1388
00:58:38,240 --> 00:58:39,680
that's not peanuts when we're talking

1389
00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:41,599
about how many acre feet we're able to

1390
00:58:41,599 --> 00:58:44,880
get through leasing, etc. So significant

1391
00:58:44,880 --> 00:58:47,760
amounts of water. Um and that bump that

1392
00:58:47,760 --> 00:58:49,359
we've seen in June on some of these

1393
00:58:49,359 --> 00:58:52,000
sites is sort of indicating that the

1394
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:54,319
agricultural water source and is

1395
00:58:54,319 --> 00:58:56,480
important. The fact that there's still

1396
00:58:56,480 --> 00:58:58,319
significant flow in many of these during

1397
00:58:58,319 --> 00:59:00,640
the winter period is telling us there's

1398
00:59:00,640 --> 00:59:02,799
groundwater as an important flow source

1399
00:59:02,799 --> 00:59:05,119
as well. And we'll be learning much more

1400
00:59:05,119 --> 00:59:07,280
as we tease out some of that uh tracer

1401
00:59:07,280 --> 00:59:10,720
sampling. So couple other points I want

1402
00:59:10,720 --> 00:59:12,640
to mention with this is flow data is

1403
00:59:12,640 --> 00:59:14,720
important as I mentioned to inform some

1404
00:59:14,720 --> 00:59:16,400
of these opportunities to protect or

1405
00:59:16,400 --> 00:59:19,040
enhance inflows land conservation where

1406
00:59:19,040 --> 00:59:20,880
to target some of those efforts to make

1407
00:59:20,880 --> 00:59:23,119
sure we don't lose these flows we didn't

1408
00:59:23,119 --> 00:59:25,280
even really know were important for the

1409
00:59:25,280 --> 00:59:28,400
lake. Um although the wetland managers

1410
00:59:28,400 --> 00:59:31,280
certainly know. We've also with our game

1411
00:59:31,280 --> 00:59:32,720
cameras that are taking pictures out

1412
00:59:32,720 --> 00:59:34,960
there every 30 minutes on those 12

1413
00:59:34,960 --> 00:59:38,000
initial sites we've focused on. We've

1414
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:39,760
been coordinating closely with the

1415
00:59:39,760 --> 00:59:42,400
wetland managers and they are very

1416
00:59:42,400 --> 00:59:43,839
interested in this information. I just

1417
00:59:43,839 --> 00:59:45,200
had a call from one of them last night.

1418
00:59:45,200 --> 00:59:46,480
They're like, "Oh, we've really seen a

1419
00:59:46,480 --> 00:59:48,240
bunch of water, but it's been surging up

1420
00:59:48,240 --> 00:59:50,079
and down. Could you maybe do a

1421
00:59:50,079 --> 00:59:52,640
time-lapse video to show us how that's

1422
00:59:52,640 --> 00:59:54,880
uh been fluctuating on the stage plate?"

1423
00:59:54,880 --> 00:59:57,119
And once we are able to use the G-Slack

1424
00:59:57,119 --> 01:00:00,079
money to purchase those conductivity,

1425
01:00:00,079 --> 01:00:02,400
temperature, depth sensors, we'll have

1426
01:00:02,400 --> 01:00:05,119
that information more quantitatively um

1427
01:00:05,119 --> 01:00:07,520
as well. So, it's valuable for real-time

1428
01:00:07,520 --> 01:00:09,920
management. Um, and it also is value

1429
01:00:09,920 --> 01:00:11,680
added to other research efforts that

1430
01:00:11,680 --> 01:00:13,599
we're collaborating with and sharing

1431
01:00:13,599 --> 01:00:17,040
data with as well. So, those were our

1432
01:00:17,040 --> 01:00:18,559
main

1433
01:00:18,559 --> 01:00:22,400
uh takeaways. Just Eileen Iuded alluded

1434
01:00:22,400 --> 01:00:24,400
to this. Um, we're going to continue our

1435
01:00:24,400 --> 01:00:26,640
periodic monthly or bimonthly flow

1436
01:00:26,640 --> 01:00:28,880
measurements. We're getting those CTDs

1437
01:00:28,880 --> 01:00:30,960
installed hopefully within the next

1438
01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:33,680
couple months. Um we'll continue this

1439
01:00:33,680 --> 01:00:35,359
tracer sampling events every couple

1440
01:00:35,359 --> 01:00:38,960
months through next spring. Um and also

1441
01:00:38,960 --> 01:00:41,760
trying to uh identify a single inflow

1442
01:00:41,760 --> 01:00:45,040
pathway where we'll do a compressed all

1443
01:00:45,040 --> 01:00:47,760
in one day kind of snapshot in time to

1444
01:00:47,760 --> 01:00:49,920
help identify some of those specific

1445
01:00:49,920 --> 01:00:52,400
source points as well. Um and looking to

1446
01:00:52,400 --> 01:00:55,040
wrap this up by next September. And I

1447
01:00:55,040 --> 01:00:57,440
think that's all we have unless there's

1448
01:00:57,440 --> 01:00:58,559
time for any question.

1449
01:00:58,559 --> 01:01:00,240
>> I think in the interest of time we'll

1450
01:01:00,240 --> 01:01:01,839
say thank you. Round of applause for

1451
01:01:01,839 --> 01:01:06,079
Eileen and Melissa. U and if you do have

1452
01:01:06,079 --> 01:01:07,680
questions, I think you're stu you guys

1453
01:01:07,680 --> 01:01:09,119
are going to stick around. So they'll be

1454
01:01:09,119 --> 01:01:11,680
around. I think um you can grab them and

1455
01:01:11,680 --> 01:01:12,880
ask your questions if you have

1456
01:01:12,880 --> 01:01:14,079
follow-ups. Thanks so much for the great

1457
01:01:14,079 --> 01:01:16,480
work in the report. Um so the next item

1458
01:01:16,480 --> 01:01:18,000
on the agenda is really a look forward.

1459
01:01:18,000 --> 01:01:20,720
We we're into the next fiscal year. We

1460
01:01:20,720 --> 01:01:23,119
have a new 125,000 to figure out how to

1461
01:01:23,119 --> 01:01:26,960
spend. Uh and so we have a very short

1462
01:01:26,960 --> 01:01:29,520
slide presentation. I think Angela we

1463
01:01:29,520 --> 01:01:31,839
have that teed up

1464
01:01:31,839 --> 01:01:36,960
um to to just overview that very um

1465
01:01:36,960 --> 01:01:39,839
briefly.

1466
01:01:39,839 --> 01:01:41,839
Okay. So, let's go forward. Let's go

1467
01:01:41,839 --> 01:01:44,720
back a couple on those.

1468
01:01:44,720 --> 01:01:47,440
Okay. So, um essentially just a reminder

1469
01:01:47,440 --> 01:01:49,680
to everybody, we have $125,000 per year.

1470
01:01:49,680 --> 01:01:51,040
It's basically use it or lose it. You

1471
01:01:51,040 --> 01:01:52,720
spend it or it goes back. It comes out

1472
01:01:52,720 --> 01:01:54,079
of the sovereign lands management

1473
01:01:54,079 --> 01:01:55,760
account and the original sources from

1474
01:01:55,760 --> 01:01:59,040
the brine shrimp royalty. uh and that

1475
01:01:59,040 --> 01:02:01,359
came about in a bill in 2017 that

1476
01:02:01,359 --> 01:02:03,520
basically said that GSLAC could direct a

1477
01:02:03,520 --> 01:02:06,240
portion of those funds that 125,000 per

1478
01:02:06,240 --> 01:02:08,559
year. Um the fiscal year aligns with the

1479
01:02:08,559 --> 01:02:10,400
state's fiscal year and the basic

1480
01:02:10,400 --> 01:02:12,799
purpose is just hey we were supposed to

1481
01:02:12,799 --> 01:02:14,319
advise on great sal here's an

1482
01:02:14,319 --> 01:02:16,319
opportunity to inform narratives for

1483
01:02:16,319 --> 01:02:19,280
policy makers and the public tell them

1484
01:02:19,280 --> 01:02:21,280
what's going on and so over time this

1485
01:02:21,280 --> 01:02:23,280
has funded a lot of important reports

1486
01:02:23,280 --> 01:02:25,440
the drying lakes report things like that

1487
01:02:25,440 --> 01:02:27,520
but you can see from the reports that we

1488
01:02:27,520 --> 01:02:30,160
just had how broad the scope of work

1489
01:02:30,160 --> 01:02:32,000
that we've effectively funded and

1490
01:02:32,000 --> 01:02:34,400
partnered with others to support when it

1491
01:02:34,400 --> 01:02:36,400
comes to advocating and informing the

1492
01:02:36,400 --> 01:02:38,160
public on Great Salt Lake. So, next

1493
01:02:38,160 --> 01:02:39,920
slide.

1494
01:02:39,920 --> 01:02:42,799
Uh, so with that in mind, oh, somebody

1495
01:02:42,799 --> 01:02:44,400
had the where's Did it Did we lose that

1496
01:02:44,400 --> 01:02:45,760
one that just had the timing one,

1497
01:02:45,760 --> 01:02:48,240
Angela?

1498
01:02:48,240 --> 01:02:49,599
There's a little timing slide that

1499
01:02:49,599 --> 01:02:52,319
dropped out. I just wanted to say, so

1500
01:02:52,319 --> 01:02:54,000
one of the things we've tried to do uh

1501
01:02:54,000 --> 01:02:55,440
in the past few years is really

1502
01:02:55,440 --> 01:02:58,319
accelerate the funding for timing by h

1503
01:02:58,319 --> 01:02:59,920
considering things earlier in the cycle.

1504
01:02:59,920 --> 01:03:01,119
We don't want to be scrambling at the

1505
01:03:01,119 --> 01:03:02,480
end and not being able to spend the

1506
01:03:02,480 --> 01:03:05,760
money. And so we've kind of settled on

1507
01:03:05,760 --> 01:03:07,839
starting Kapal projects in January and

1508
01:03:07,839 --> 01:03:09,599
then refining them over time and then

1509
01:03:09,599 --> 01:03:13,200
finalized scope of work in May and then really start to implement those

1510
01:03:13,200 --> 01:03:14,880
projects in July. You can see we're

1511
01:03:14,880 --> 01:03:17,119
behind schedule, but I just say we're

1512
01:03:17,119 --> 01:03:20,000
well ahead of where we normally were

1513
01:03:20,000 --> 01:03:22,400
when we weren't using this kind of um

1514
01:03:22,400 --> 01:03:25,119
this kind of pattern. So next slide,

1515
01:03:25,119 --> 01:03:27,760
please. Thanks. So here's some options.

1516
01:03:27,760 --> 01:03:29,200
And I do want to I want to go through

1517
01:03:29,200 --> 01:03:30,720
this quite quickly, but then I do want

1518
01:03:30,720 --> 01:03:32,960
to open it up for some discussion from

1519
01:03:32,960 --> 01:03:34,960
liaison and council members in terms of

1520
01:03:34,960 --> 01:03:37,760
what are you most interested in funding

1521
01:03:37,760 --> 01:03:40,720
this next cycle. So one is our website

1522
01:03:40,720 --> 01:03:43,599
is currently hosted um it's within the

1523
01:03:43,599 --> 01:03:45,119
department of environmental quality and

1524
01:03:45,119 --> 01:03:46,319
it's kind of buried there and it's a

1525
01:03:46,319 --> 01:03:48,160
little bit hard to find. Um do we want

1526
01:03:48,160 --> 01:03:50,000
to do something different there? Um

1527
01:03:50,000 --> 01:03:51,359
actually construct kind of a

1528
01:03:51,359 --> 01:03:53,039
freestanding website. It would probably

1529
01:03:53,039 --> 01:03:54,960
be housed within DNR. We can talk about

1530
01:03:54,960 --> 01:03:57,119
what that is. the cost is probably quite

1531
01:03:57,119 --> 01:03:59,520
modest to do that. Um the second thing

1532
01:03:59,520 --> 01:04:00,799
is some followup. We had a big

1533
01:04:00,799 --> 01:04:03,200
presentation on a optimization. Um the

1534
01:04:03,200 --> 01:04:05,039
work that's being done at Utah State,

1535
01:04:05,039 --> 01:04:07,760
Matt Yos's work last time. Um there's

1536
01:04:07,760 --> 01:04:09,599
additional work that can be done I think

1537
01:04:09,599 --> 01:04:11,440
with particularly with surge irrigation

1538
01:04:11,440 --> 01:04:13,920
and also irrigation conveyance

1539
01:04:13,920 --> 01:04:15,920
efficiency. So this is not in the field

1540
01:04:15,920 --> 01:04:18,000
but getting water to the field. Um

1541
01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:20,000
there's something some phased work that

1542
01:04:20,000 --> 01:04:23,280
we could support potentially there. Um,

1543
01:04:23,280 --> 01:04:24,880
one of the things is that that it is

1544
01:04:24,880 --> 01:04:26,720
poorly understood or only dimly

1545
01:04:26,720 --> 01:04:28,799
understood. What does it really mean

1546
01:04:28,799 --> 01:04:32,319
when we stop growing alalfa or hay or

1547
01:04:32,319 --> 01:04:34,160
corn or whatever and we start growing

1548
01:04:34,160 --> 01:04:36,319
houses there's a lot of conventional

1549
01:04:36,319 --> 01:04:38,079
wisdom about that what that means but I

1550
01:04:38,079 --> 01:04:39,440
think it's poorly understood what it

1551
01:04:39,440 --> 01:04:41,359
means in practice. Back when the lake

1552
01:04:41,359 --> 01:04:43,119
was surrounded by a lands and many most

1553
01:04:43,119 --> 01:04:44,799
of the time it was doing great. Now it's

1554
01:04:44,799 --> 01:04:46,160
surrounded by a lot more houses. It's

1555
01:04:46,160 --> 01:04:47,839
not doing so great. So what what is

1556
01:04:47,839 --> 01:04:49,359
that? Because conventional wisdom says

1557
01:04:49,359 --> 01:04:51,039
you should get a net water savings from

1558
01:04:51,039 --> 01:04:54,240
that. we just don't see it. Um so we

1559
01:04:54,240 --> 01:04:56,480
could refine that. Um nonfunctional

1560
01:04:56,480 --> 01:04:58,079
turf, there's a lot of things going on

1561
01:04:58,079 --> 01:05:00,720
with non um nonfunctional turf. One of

1562
01:05:00,720 --> 01:05:02,319
the interesting ideas would be to

1563
01:05:02,319 --> 01:05:04,640
quantify do case studies about the water

1564
01:05:04,640 --> 01:05:06,559
use associated with the public

1565
01:05:06,559 --> 01:05:08,000
institutions. And I'm thinking

1566
01:05:08,000 --> 01:05:09,920
particularly the universities in the

1567
01:05:09,920 --> 01:05:11,599
state of Utah. I think it'd be very

1568
01:05:11,599 --> 01:05:12,960
interesting to do some baseline

1569
01:05:12,960 --> 01:05:15,359
estimates about how much how much water

1570
01:05:15,359 --> 01:05:17,680
they're using on turf outside on their

1571
01:05:17,680 --> 01:05:20,240
landscapes outside. Um, and then maybe

1572
01:05:20,240 --> 01:05:22,319
in the spirit of friendly competition,

1573
01:05:22,319 --> 01:05:24,240
let's see who can save the most water

1574
01:05:24,240 --> 01:05:25,359
because I can tell you right now all

1575
01:05:25,359 --> 01:05:27,760
those universities are using copious

1576
01:05:27,760 --> 01:05:30,720
amounts of water on their landscapes

1577
01:05:30,720 --> 01:05:32,400
despite all the the work that they've

1578
01:05:32,400 --> 01:05:34,160
done. You just got to go to any one of

1579
01:05:34,160 --> 01:05:36,000
them any day of the week and you'll see

1580
01:05:36,000 --> 01:05:40,559
exactly what I mean. Um, so uh also just

1581
01:05:40,559 --> 01:05:42,079
understanding kind of where we're at

1582
01:05:42,079 --> 01:05:43,359
there when it comes, you know, there's

1583
01:05:43,359 --> 01:05:45,680
just some general stuff in that in that

1584
01:05:45,680 --> 01:05:48,480
um space. I I think public education and

1585
01:05:48,480 --> 01:05:49,920
outreach is a key bit of that. And

1586
01:05:49,920 --> 01:05:51,280
there's a couple of things that you hear

1587
01:05:51,280 --> 01:05:54,240
all the time. People will say um my me

1588
01:05:54,240 --> 01:05:56,319
overwatering my lawn is recharging the

1589
01:05:56,319 --> 01:05:58,559
aquafer is sort of a common thing, but

1590
01:05:58,559 --> 01:06:00,880
we we we have anecdotally information on

1591
01:06:00,880 --> 01:06:02,559
that. We don't have a good study to so

1592
01:06:02,559 --> 01:06:04,640
show that really in most cases that is

1593
01:06:04,640 --> 01:06:06,559
certainly not the case. Um the other one

1594
01:06:06,559 --> 01:06:08,400
is everybody says it helps with urban

1595
01:06:08,400 --> 01:06:10,960
heat island effect and just having a

1596
01:06:10,960 --> 01:06:12,640
study that shows that trees are more

1597
01:06:12,640 --> 01:06:14,079
efficient that there's much better ways

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01:06:14,079 --> 01:06:16,240
to get that cooling. Um so we could

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01:06:16,240 --> 01:06:18,079
really uh answer some important

1600
01:06:18,079 --> 01:06:20,400
questions for the public in that space.

1601
01:06:20,400 --> 01:06:22,160
Um [clears throat]

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01:06:22,160 --> 01:06:24,400
c uh polling about lake and and the way

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01:06:24,400 --> 01:06:25,920
people feel about the lake of course is

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01:06:25,920 --> 01:06:28,160
important for advocacy. Uh awards

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01:06:28,160 --> 01:06:30,160
recognizing water conservation and we

1606
01:06:30,160 --> 01:06:32,799
could we could do that. Uh just to sort

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01:06:32,799 --> 01:06:34,640
of recognize businesses that are doing a

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01:06:34,640 --> 01:06:36,559
lot or individuals that are doing a lot

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01:06:36,559 --> 01:06:38,319
or water conservation districts or

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01:06:38,319 --> 01:06:39,760
whatever you name it. There is a lot of

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01:06:39,760 --> 01:06:41,839
interest I will say about other players

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01:06:41,839 --> 01:06:43,440
that are talking about this kind of

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01:06:43,440 --> 01:06:47,599
thing. Um, one is a uh an M a study that

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01:06:47,599 --> 01:06:50,480
shows how M&I water savings can actually

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01:06:50,480 --> 01:06:52,400
get to the lakes. Have somebody analyze

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01:06:52,400 --> 01:06:55,119
that because it's a really tricky one.

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01:06:55,119 --> 01:06:56,880
Outside of the project that Marcel was

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01:06:56,880 --> 01:06:58,480
talking about, it's been very difficult

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01:06:58,480 --> 01:07:00,559
to connect individual water conservation

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01:07:00,559 --> 01:07:02,720
in the M&I space with measured water to

1621
01:07:02,720 --> 01:07:05,280
the lake. Can we skin that cat? Are

1622
01:07:05,280 --> 01:07:06,319
there ways we can do that more

1623
01:07:06,319 --> 01:07:08,079
effectively? That would be a pretty high

1624
01:07:08,079 --> 01:07:10,640
value um study or report or analysis

1625
01:07:10,640 --> 01:07:12,480
that could be done. And lastly, we just

1626
01:07:12,480 --> 01:07:15,920
saw a bunch of lake stories um told uh

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01:07:15,920 --> 01:07:17,520
and and there's an opportunity to maybe

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01:07:17,520 --> 01:07:19,760
do that again. One thing we didn't get

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01:07:19,760 --> 01:07:22,240
to was um you know, specific businesses

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01:07:22,240 --> 01:07:24,160
that have done some innovative things.

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01:07:24,160 --> 01:07:26,799
We could do individuals about flip your

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01:07:26,799 --> 01:07:28,640
strip like how do you go about flipping

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01:07:28,640 --> 01:07:30,720
your strip or if I want to be more water

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01:07:30,720 --> 01:07:32,319
conservation in my yard, how do I go

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01:07:32,319 --> 01:07:34,880
about doing it? Um, and also I think the

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01:07:34,880 --> 01:07:36,480
state engineers office is interested in

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01:07:36,480 --> 01:07:39,359
telling a story about um how water is

1638
01:07:39,359 --> 01:07:42,079
physically measured as it moves um

1639
01:07:42,079 --> 01:07:43,599
because that's so poorly understood and

1640
01:07:43,599 --> 01:07:45,359
people say you can't document it. Well,

1641
01:07:45,359 --> 01:07:47,280
actually we can and could we tell that

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01:07:47,280 --> 01:07:49,599
story or partner with waterways? So

1643
01:07:49,599 --> 01:07:50,960
there's potential to partner with some

1644
01:07:50,960 --> 01:07:52,880
other people to advance that. So that's

1645
01:07:52,880 --> 01:07:54,880
a lot of ideas. Those are ideas that

1646
01:07:54,880 --> 01:07:57,119
have come from the the group or been

1647
01:07:57,119 --> 01:07:59,440
suggested. Um, but I want to open it up

1648
01:07:59,440 --> 01:08:02,400
to discussion from uh folks around the

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01:08:02,400 --> 01:08:04,240
table or online uh members of the

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01:08:04,240 --> 01:08:06,319
committee, liaison, what are you most

1651
01:08:06,319 --> 01:08:08,799
interested in uh potentially funding

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01:08:08,799 --> 01:08:12,079
this next uh cycle, Joe?

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01:08:12,079 --> 01:08:14,559
>> Yeah. um

1654
01:08:14,559 --> 01:08:16,560
listening to uh Lily's uh presentation

1655
01:08:16,560 --> 01:08:18,480
on the toolbox and dissemination of

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01:08:18,480 --> 01:08:21,359
information to municipal municipalities

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01:08:21,359 --> 01:08:24,560
um and then Warren's comment that um

1658
01:08:24,560 --> 01:08:25,920
everyone knows there's a problem but

1659
01:08:25,920 --> 01:08:27,440
there's we're not really getting the

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01:08:27,440 --> 01:08:29,040
solutions out. I think the

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01:08:29,040 --> 01:08:31,600
non-functional turf studies gives you

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01:08:31,600 --> 01:08:34,159
know some valuable um material

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01:08:34,159 --> 01:08:37,359
information to um municipalities um for

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01:08:37,359 --> 01:08:39,520
consideration something they can do.

1665
01:08:39,520 --> 01:08:42,000
>> Yeah, thanks Joe. Um, other comments,

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01:08:42,000 --> 01:08:43,279
Brad, go ahead.

1667
01:08:43,279 --> 01:08:44,719
>> Uh, yeah, I just want to echo what Joe

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01:08:44,719 --> 01:08:46,560
said. I think that, you know, that would

1669
01:08:46,560 --> 01:08:48,080
be very important. I know where I live,

1670
01:08:48,080 --> 01:08:50,000
there are people that have converted

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01:08:50,000 --> 01:08:51,759
over and have done things and, you know,

1672
01:08:51,759 --> 01:08:53,359
without any sort of study, but then

1673
01:08:53,359 --> 01:08:54,799
there are people who are like, "Hey, I

1674
01:08:54,799 --> 01:08:58,880
want the greenest lawn in there." I on

1675
01:08:58,880 --> 01:09:00,400
suggestion by my landlord, I actually

1676
01:09:00,400 --> 01:09:02,480
turned on my sprinkler water yesterday

1677
01:09:02,480 --> 01:09:04,799
for the first time, ran the sprinkler

1678
01:09:04,799 --> 01:09:06,960
for four minutes, and then no heads were

1679
01:09:06,960 --> 01:09:08,560
broken and I was done. And people walk

1680
01:09:08,560 --> 01:09:10,159
by and say, "Wow, you don't water, do

1681
01:09:10,159 --> 01:09:12,159
you?" And I'm like, there's no water. I

1682
01:09:12,159 --> 01:09:14,640
mean, it's grass. It grows back. But I

1683
01:09:14,640 --> 01:09:16,799
think having those studies um and

1684
01:09:16,799 --> 01:09:18,799
getting into the community or awards for

1685
01:09:18,799 --> 01:09:21,359
people that like, hey, you do this like

1686
01:09:21,359 --> 01:09:23,199
my landlord doesn't know it yet, but but

1687
01:09:23,199 --> 01:09:25,600
Bermuda grass is going in the backyard.

1688
01:09:25,600 --> 01:09:28,560
And so, um, you know, Darren Hess has

1689
01:09:28,560 --> 01:09:30,560
put me in contact with those people. So,

1690
01:09:30,560 --> 01:09:33,120
I I just the education. Sorry.

1691
01:09:33,120 --> 01:09:35,040
>> Yeah. Thanks, Brad. I appreciate it.

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01:09:35,040 --> 01:09:37,839
Other comments from

1693
01:09:37,839 --> 01:09:40,480
members of the council, leaison members

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01:09:40,480 --> 01:09:42,159
Leland, go ahead.

1695
01:09:42,159 --> 01:09:45,679
>> I I second turf studies.

1696
01:09:45,679 --> 01:09:47,600
>> Okay, it sounds like there's a getting

1697
01:09:47,600 --> 01:09:50,159
some consensus there, Heidi.

1698
01:09:50,159 --> 01:09:52,239
>> I think added to that is uh the other

1699
01:09:52,239 --> 01:09:55,520
studies um optimizing phase 2 the egg

1700
01:09:55,520 --> 01:09:58,640
optimization. I think that's very

1701
01:09:58,640 --> 01:10:00,480
important to follow up on that making

1702
01:10:00,480 --> 01:10:02,719
those connections and kind of paired

1703
01:10:02,719 --> 01:10:04,239
with that the refinement on the egg land

1704
01:10:04,239 --> 01:10:06,640
conservation estimates um what are those

1705
01:10:06,640 --> 01:10:11,600
losses and uh and then the M&I uh I

1706
01:10:11,600 --> 01:10:14,000
think is really valuable studying how

1707
01:10:14,000 --> 01:10:16,320
that water savings gets to the lake a

1708
01:10:16,320 --> 01:10:18,239
case study on that

1709
01:10:18,239 --> 01:10:21,679
>> okay thank you um other comments from

1710
01:10:21,679 --> 01:10:25,600
anybody around the table anybody on

1711
01:10:25,600 --> 01:10:28,000
line. Uh, let me throw it open to the

1712
01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:29,360
public for a minute. Is there anybody

1713
01:10:29,360 --> 01:10:31,600
that has a comment either online or here

1714
01:10:31,600 --> 01:10:33,840
in the audience that just wants to weigh

1715
01:10:33,840 --> 01:10:36,640
in or opine? We welcome your feedback

1716
01:10:36,640 --> 01:10:38,159
and you can actually give it to us later

1717
01:10:38,159 --> 01:10:42,000
as well. Lynn,

1718
01:10:42,000 --> 01:10:44,719
>> it's costly to create videos, but maybe

1719
01:10:44,719 --> 01:10:46,880
in the interest of again public outreach

1720
01:10:46,880 --> 01:10:49,199
at city council meetings, there's time

1721
01:10:49,199 --> 01:10:52,159
for a five minute video rather than

1722
01:10:52,159 --> 01:10:54,159
having people come in. you know, it

1723
01:10:54,159 --> 01:10:57,440
might be more um receptive to the agenda

1724
01:10:57,440 --> 01:11:00,560
of those busy bodies

1725
01:11:00,560 --> 01:11:03,199
>> have some sort of opportunity to learn

1726
01:11:03,199 --> 01:11:04,480
from a video

1727
01:11:04,480 --> 01:11:06,640
>> and Lynn comment from Lynn. I'll just so

1728
01:11:06,640 --> 01:11:08,080
that people online can hear it, but it

1729
01:11:08,080 --> 01:11:10,320
was just seeing the value in really

1730
01:11:10,320 --> 01:11:12,400
short form videos that are highly

1731
01:11:12,400 --> 01:11:14,560
impactful that could be used in in

1732
01:11:14,560 --> 01:11:16,640
various public forum to really advocate

1733
01:11:16,640 --> 01:11:21,600
for the lake. Um, any other comments?

1734
01:11:21,600 --> 01:11:25,440
Okay, I heard a bing. So that's Warren.

1735
01:11:25,440 --> 01:11:27,040
>> Yes, thank you, Jim. [clears throat]

1736
01:11:27,040 --> 01:11:29,840
Just building on what Lynn said,

1737
01:11:29,840 --> 01:11:31,760
I I think it would be valuable to have

1738
01:11:31,760 --> 01:11:33,840
those five minute videos on on a number

1739
01:11:33,840 --> 01:11:35,600
of topics to help set people's

1740
01:11:35,600 --> 01:11:39,840
expectations and understand that um

1741
01:11:39,840 --> 01:11:42,000
one of the messages that needs to be

1742
01:11:42,000 --> 01:11:43,440
brought forward is that these things

1743
01:11:43,440 --> 01:11:45,440
don't happen overnight.

1744
01:11:45,440 --> 01:11:47,679
There's we're dealing with a natural

1745
01:11:47,679 --> 01:11:49,600
system that works on its own time and

1746
01:11:49,600 --> 01:11:51,920
human interaction with that is it's

1747
01:11:51,920 --> 01:11:53,440
taking some time to put these things

1748
01:11:53,440 --> 01:11:56,320
together. But emphasize that we are

1749
01:11:56,320 --> 01:11:58,159
making progress. But it's not like

1750
01:11:58,159 --> 01:12:00,400
turning on a it's not like turning on a

1751
01:12:00,400 --> 01:12:04,000
light with a light switch. You uh

1752
01:12:04,000 --> 01:12:06,400
figure out what to do, how to do it,

1753
01:12:06,400 --> 01:12:09,520
implement it, wait to see if it works,

1754
01:12:09,520 --> 01:12:11,199
and then evaluate and go from there.

1755
01:12:11,199 --> 01:12:13,520
It's I think that process would be

1756
01:12:13,520 --> 01:12:16,239
something would be helpful to

1757
01:12:16,239 --> 01:12:19,280
um educate people on. Thank you.

1758
01:12:19,280 --> 01:12:20,480
>> Thanks, Warren. It's one of the reasons

1759
01:12:20,480 --> 01:12:22,239
I've always been reluctant to just show

1760
01:12:22,239 --> 01:12:24,000
an empty lake because you move heaven

1761
01:12:24,000 --> 01:12:25,280
and earth and guess what it still looks

1762
01:12:25,280 --> 01:12:28,560
like? An empty lake. Um but yeah, so it

1763
01:12:28,560 --> 01:12:29,920
requires patience. It took us a long

1764
01:12:29,920 --> 01:12:31,040
time to get here, a long time to get

1765
01:12:31,040 --> 01:12:32,960
out. I like the idea of um something

1766
01:12:32,960 --> 01:12:34,800
around the idea of what I do matters,

1767
01:12:34,800 --> 01:12:36,159
right? Really bringing home to people

1768
01:12:36,159 --> 01:12:38,000
that their individual actions do make a

1769
01:12:38,000 --> 01:12:39,520
difference and here's how and here's

1770
01:12:39,520 --> 01:12:42,239
why. Okay. Any final comments? We're a

1771
01:12:42,239 --> 01:12:45,679
little behind on the agenda, but I want to make sure people have an

1772
01:12:45,679 --> 01:12:48,080
opportunity to be heard. Um, what we

1773
01:12:48,080 --> 01:12:49,920
will probably do is uh we usually have

1774
01:12:49,920 --> 01:12:51,440
kind of an ad hoc committee that gets

1775
01:12:51,440 --> 01:12:53,120
together and they'll make some

1776
01:12:53,120 --> 01:12:54,800
recommendations potentially to bring

1777
01:12:54,800 --> 01:12:57,520
back to this body how to actually start

1778
01:12:57,520 --> 01:12:59,920
allocating that funding. Um, Angela

1779
01:12:59,920 --> 01:13:02,080
already has some sense of how much this

1780
01:13:02,080 --> 01:13:04,159
costs and how much this cost. So, we can

1781
01:13:04,159 --> 01:13:05,679
start to flesh out a little bit of a

1782
01:13:05,679 --> 01:13:07,120
proposal that we can put out to people

1783
01:13:07,120 --> 01:13:08,880
and sort of say, does this look right?

1784
01:13:08,880 --> 01:13:10,400
and maybe we'll hold a little bit back

1785
01:13:10,400 --> 01:13:11,760
because we don't know what's going to

1786
01:13:11,760 --> 01:13:13,520
happen. Um, you know, there might be

1787
01:13:13,520 --> 01:13:14,800
some emerging things that we want to

1788
01:13:14,800 --> 01:13:18,480
fund, but you know, maybe that maybe we we allocate the whole thing or we

1789
01:13:18,480 --> 01:13:20,000
don't, but but you'll you'll get it to

1790
01:13:20,000 --> 01:13:22,480
see it again before we uh take formal

1791
01:13:22,480 --> 01:13:25,520
action on it. Okay.

1792
01:13:25,520 --> 01:13:26,960
All right. Thanks. So the next item on

1793
01:13:26,960 --> 01:13:29,760
our agenda is National Ottabbon Society

1794
01:13:29,760 --> 01:13:31,840
back. Uh

1795
01:13:31,840 --> 01:13:34,000
Marcel, I don't know if Emily is

1796
01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:36,000
somebody anyone else going to join you

1797
01:13:36,000 --> 01:13:38,719
um to talk about Great Salt Lake bird

1798
01:13:38,719 --> 01:13:40,880
and habitat assessment.

1799
01:13:40,880 --> 01:13:43,040
>> Thanks. Uh yes, I'm wearing my National

1800
01:13:43,040 --> 01:13:46,000
Ottabon hat right now. Um really

1801
01:13:46,000 --> 01:13:48,480
appreciate this opportunity to present a

1802
01:13:48,480 --> 01:13:50,239
project that Ottabon is really excited

1803
01:13:50,239 --> 01:13:51,920
about, the Great Salt Lake Birds and

1804
01:13:51,920 --> 01:13:54,880
Habitat Assessment. Um, and in some

1805
01:13:54,880 --> 01:13:56,880
ways, um, I think it will just confirm

1806
01:13:56,880 --> 01:13:59,280
what many of you already know, how

1807
01:13:59,280 --> 01:14:01,760
important some of these habitats are to

1808
01:14:01,760 --> 01:14:03,840
millions and m of migratory bird

1809
01:14:03,840 --> 01:14:06,239
species, particularly water birds. And

1810
01:14:06,239 --> 01:14:10,000
so, um, scientists within n national

1811
01:14:10,000 --> 01:14:11,920
science team and our sailing lakes

1812
01:14:11,920 --> 01:14:14,480
ecologist, Emily Hamill, have done this

1813
01:14:14,480 --> 01:14:17,120
assessment and she'll explain it to you.

1814
01:14:17,120 --> 01:14:19,040
And I think maybe in the course of that

1815
01:14:19,040 --> 01:14:21,040
you'll also see a connection with the

1816
01:14:21,040 --> 01:14:22,880
presentation you just heard from Melissa

1817
01:14:22,880 --> 01:14:25,600
Stamp and Eileen Lukans as well. So, uh,

1818
01:14:25,600 --> 01:14:26,880
in the interest in time, I'm going to

1819
01:14:26,880 --> 01:14:28,400
turn it over to Emily.

1820
01:14:28,400 --> 01:14:31,760
>> Great. Thanks so much. Um,

1821
01:14:31,760 --> 01:14:34,239
so, hi everyone. My name is Emily

1822
01:14:34,239 --> 01:14:36,480
Hamill. I am the ecologist with um,

1823
01:14:36,480 --> 01:14:38,880
Ottabon Saline Lakes Program and I'll be

1824
01:14:38,880 --> 01:14:41,520
providing um, an overview of Aottabon's

1825
01:14:41,520 --> 01:14:43,840
birds and habitat assessment um, which

1826
01:14:43,840 --> 01:14:46,000
is our program's latest science project.

1827
01:14:46,000 --> 01:14:47,679
So if you could move to the next slide,

1828
01:14:47,679 --> 01:14:50,480
please. So the Great Salt Lake birds and

1829
01:14:50,480 --> 01:14:52,239
habitat assessment is the result of

1830
01:14:52,239 --> 01:14:54,719
about 18 months of work developed by

1831
01:14:54,719 --> 01:14:57,199
Audabon's team of scientists with input

1832
01:14:57,199 --> 01:15:00,159
from habitat and water experts. And

1833
01:15:00,159 --> 01:15:02,719
there were three goals um of this work.

1834
01:15:02,719 --> 01:15:05,440
The first was to develop a spatial

1835
01:15:05,440 --> 01:15:08,320
habitat assessment model for a set of

1836
01:15:08,320 --> 01:15:11,040
aven indicator species that integrates

1837
01:15:11,040 --> 01:15:13,520
multiple seasons and life history stages

1838
01:15:13,520 --> 01:15:16,000
into a unified conservation framework

1839
01:15:16,000 --> 01:15:18,960
that identifies um priority conservation

1840
01:15:18,960 --> 01:15:22,560
areas for birds. The second was to model

1841
01:15:22,560 --> 01:15:24,640
um potential hydraologic contributions

1842
01:15:24,640 --> 01:15:27,280
to Great Salt Lake from um upstream

1843
01:15:27,280 --> 01:15:28,880
wetlands and flood irrigated

1844
01:15:28,880 --> 01:15:31,920
agricultural lands to identify um

1845
01:15:31,920 --> 01:15:33,679
opportunities for enhancing water

1846
01:15:33,679 --> 01:15:35,840
delivery to the lake and its wetlands.

1847
01:15:35,840 --> 01:15:38,480
Um and the third was to provide spatial

1848
01:15:38,480 --> 01:15:40,560
data that can inform um open space

1849
01:15:40,560 --> 01:15:43,120
preservation and land use planning,

1850
01:15:43,120 --> 01:15:44,800
restoration prioritization, water

1851
01:15:44,800 --> 01:15:47,840
transactions and policy decisions.

1852
01:15:47,840 --> 01:15:50,400
All right. Um so to achieve these

1853
01:15:50,400 --> 01:15:52,320
objectives um Ottabon scientists

1854
01:15:52,320 --> 01:15:54,880
conducted two analyses. Um the first is

1855
01:15:54,880 --> 01:15:57,120
a wetland bird habitat prioritization

1856
01:15:57,120 --> 01:15:59,679
model that identifies locations in the

1857
01:15:59,679 --> 01:16:01,679
watershed with the highest suitability

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for indicator birds. Um and the second

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is a hydraologic priorities model which

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is a separate spatial analysis with the

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goal of understanding um potential flow

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01:16:12,000 --> 01:16:14,000
pathways into Great Salt Lake. And

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together, these two models answer two

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different um but related questions,

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which is where is bird habitat most

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critical and where does water need to

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flow to sustain it.

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So, I'll take a few minutes to outline

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each analysis. Um starting with our aven

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prioritization model.

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Um the aven analysis focused on the

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eastern Great Salt Lake Basin. We

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01:16:38,000 --> 01:16:40,400
excluded um the wetted north arm of the

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lake body as well as subbasins west of

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the meander line. We recognize um that

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01:16:45,520 --> 01:16:47,120
there's valuable water bird habitat

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01:16:47,120 --> 01:16:49,040
within the west desert wershed but chose

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to exclude this region to produce

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01:16:51,280 --> 01:16:53,600
results targeted to a more focused area

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which is highlighted um on the map in

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green. and indicator species were

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01:16:58,800 --> 01:17:01,440
selected based on their um sensitivity

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to specific habitat conditions and their

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01:17:03,760 --> 01:17:05,920
ability to represent larger guilds or

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01:17:05,920 --> 01:17:08,880
species groups.

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Um the analyses were conducted for both

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present and mid-century time steps based

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on indicator species suitability and

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relative abundance. Um, so the features

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that were optimized are listed on the

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left side of each box and include

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climate models for breeding and

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non-breeding seasons as well as relative

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abundance models for migratory seasons.

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And the right side of each box indicates

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the landscape degradation attributes

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that the model aims to avoid. Um, so

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locations with the highest suitability

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01:17:40,400 --> 01:17:43,199
for any species within each season are

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ranked high if degradation is low and

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locations with high levels of human

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modification in the present are ranked

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lower regardless of suitability. Um, but

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in the future model, suitability

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rankings are only lowered by imperous

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surfaces and urbanization to recognize

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the habitat potential of open and

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working lands. Next slide, please.

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Um so this slide shows the results of

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the habitat suitability ranking with

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present conditions um on the left and

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future 2050 conditions on the right with

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lighter colors and yellows indicating

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areas of the highest suitability for our

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indicator species. And you can see how

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um a changing climate and landscape

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01:18:23,360 --> 01:18:25,840
shifts some of those areas over the 25-y

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01:18:25,840 --> 01:18:27,280
year period.

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>> That looks very dire.

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It's the color scheme is a little

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aggressive. Um but you can see those

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01:18:34,400 --> 01:18:37,679
light colors are um pretty pretty stable

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01:18:37,679 --> 01:18:39,679
for the most part over that 25-y year

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period. Next slide, please. Um so we

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merged those habitat suitability

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rankings into this management

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01:18:46,719 --> 01:18:49,040
classification framework and we limited

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the results to those within five

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01:18:50,640 --> 01:18:52,880
kilometers of wetlands and synthesized

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the rankings into three categories. um

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ongoing priority areas in green which

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rank high in the present and high in the

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01:18:59,520 --> 01:19:02,640
future. And these areas are stable or

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the stable core of um the conservation

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01:19:05,520 --> 01:19:07,120
landscape and warrant protection,

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01:19:07,120 --> 01:19:09,679
continued management and enhancement. Um

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01:19:09,679 --> 01:19:11,920
opportunity areas in yellow which rank

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01:19:11,920 --> 01:19:13,520
low in the present and high in the

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01:19:13,520 --> 01:19:15,760
future. And these areas provide the most

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01:19:15,760 --> 01:19:17,360
significant opportunities for

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01:19:17,360 --> 01:19:21,120
enhancement as they're predicted um to

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01:19:21,120 --> 01:19:23,920
maintain or gain climate suitability and

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01:19:23,920 --> 01:19:26,719
monitor and monitor and adapt areas um

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01:19:26,719 --> 01:19:28,800
which are in blue which rank high in the

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01:19:28,800 --> 01:19:30,880
present but low in the future. And these

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01:19:30,880 --> 01:19:32,960
areas are currently stable habitat for

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01:19:32,960 --> 01:19:34,880
some species but projected climate

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01:19:34,880 --> 01:19:37,040
conditions um may make habitat

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01:19:37,040 --> 01:19:39,760
unsuitable. So u management strategies

1950
01:19:39,760 --> 01:19:41,760
should focus on enhancing climate

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01:19:41,760 --> 01:19:44,159
resilience in those areas. So the

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01:19:44,159 --> 01:19:45,920
identification of these priority

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01:19:45,920 --> 01:19:48,320
habitats is particularly valuable in

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01:19:48,320 --> 01:19:50,560
guiding conservation investment in areas

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that will provide long-term value for

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01:19:52,159 --> 01:19:55,679
water birds. Next slide, please. So we

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also ran the prioritization model for

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multiple habitat groupings of our

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indicator species. And by running

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01:20:01,199 --> 01:20:02,960
multiple versions of the analysis, we

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ensure um that the distinct conservation

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01:20:06,159 --> 01:20:08,719
needs of shallow, nearshore wetland,

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01:20:08,719 --> 01:20:10,719
deep water wetland, and open water bird

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01:20:10,719 --> 01:20:13,040
communities um are each captured

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01:20:13,040 --> 01:20:14,719
precisely and that the results are

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01:20:14,719 --> 01:20:16,719
applicable to management decisions most

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01:20:16,719 --> 01:20:18,640
relevant to each habitat and species

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group. Next slide.

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Um now I will touch on the second half

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01:20:23,600 --> 01:20:25,120
of the assessment which is the

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01:20:25,120 --> 01:20:28,480
hydraologic inflows analysis.

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Um so the hydraologic inflows analysis

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01:20:30,880 --> 01:20:33,600
is um a geos geospatial analysis with

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01:20:33,600 --> 01:20:35,679
the goal of understanding um potential

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01:20:35,679 --> 01:20:37,840
flow pathways to great salt lake. We

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01:20:37,840 --> 01:20:40,400
looked at potential return flows from

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01:20:40,400 --> 01:20:42,719
both flood irrigated agricultural fields

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01:20:42,719 --> 01:20:44,560
as well as wetlands within the study

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area which is highlighted in blue and um

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01:20:47,760 --> 01:20:50,480
mirrors that of the Avenis.

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01:20:50,480 --> 01:20:53,280
Agricultural and wetland data were um

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01:20:53,280 --> 01:20:56,640
sourced from the Utah water related land

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01:20:56,640 --> 01:20:58,480
use data set and the inter mountain west

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01:20:58,480 --> 01:21:00,400
joint venture wetland footprint

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01:21:00,400 --> 01:21:02,800
respectively.

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Um the hydraologic inflows analysis

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01:21:05,120 --> 01:21:07,280
shows the spatial distribution of stream

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01:21:07,280 --> 01:21:09,040
reaches with connected wetlands and

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01:21:09,040 --> 01:21:11,520
flooded fields and quantifies the total

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01:21:11,520 --> 01:21:14,000
acreage accessible to each reach. So

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ident to identify priority stream

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reaches, we intersected streams with

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01:21:17,840 --> 01:21:19,520
wetlands and flooded fields and then

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01:21:19,520 --> 01:21:21,840
summed the acreage of those parcels um

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for every associated and intersecting

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01:21:24,080 --> 01:21:26,320
stream. And then from there we ran a

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01:21:26,320 --> 01:21:28,400
downstream trace analysis to map the

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01:21:28,400 --> 01:21:30,560
entire possible flow pathway from highly

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01:21:30,560 --> 01:21:33,520
collected streams to Great Salt Lake. um

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01:21:33,520 --> 01:21:35,600
the results of which are shown in the

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01:21:35,600 --> 01:21:37,840
map on the right highlighting potential

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01:21:37,840 --> 01:21:40,239
contributions from flood irrigated a in

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01:21:40,239 --> 01:21:42,400
green wetlands in blue and a combination

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01:21:42,400 --> 01:21:45,679
of the two um in purple. Next slide

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01:21:45,679 --> 01:21:48,960
please. Um so when the com when the Aven

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01:21:48,960 --> 01:21:50,800
prioritization and the hydraologic

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01:21:50,800 --> 01:21:52,639
connectivity analyses are considered

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01:21:52,639 --> 01:21:55,600
together, we get visual datadriven

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01:21:55,600 --> 01:21:58,159
guidance um for the conservation of bird

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01:21:58,159 --> 01:22:00,400
habitat on the landscape. For example,

2011
01:22:00,400 --> 01:22:02,560
it can be used to identify key sites to

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01:22:02,560 --> 01:22:04,080
strengthen management and the

2013
01:22:04,080 --> 01:22:06,000
preservation of open space. Um to

2014
01:22:06,000 --> 01:22:08,960
visualize barriers to hydraologic and

2015
01:22:08,960 --> 01:22:10,960
ecologic connectivity to build upon our

2016
01:22:10,960 --> 01:22:12,480
knowledge base when it comes to water

2017
01:22:12,480 --> 01:22:14,480
conveyance and delivery to important

2018
01:22:14,480 --> 01:22:16,960
sites. Um just to highlight a few of

2019
01:22:16,960 --> 01:22:19,199
those of the potential conservation

2020
01:22:19,199 --> 01:22:21,760
implications of this work. Next slide

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01:22:21,760 --> 01:22:23,840
please. Um so this slide brings together

2022
01:22:23,840 --> 01:22:26,239
the two models into that um single

2023
01:22:26,239 --> 01:22:28,880
integrated view and the map here is an

2024
01:22:28,880 --> 01:22:30,800
example of what is available in the

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01:22:30,800 --> 01:22:32,960
ARGIS web tool that we built with these

2026
01:22:32,960 --> 01:22:35,520
results which will allow users to both

2027
01:22:35,520 --> 01:22:37,199
to explore both models meaning that

2028
01:22:37,199 --> 01:22:39,600
you'll be able to see in one place which

2029
01:22:39,600 --> 01:22:41,600
wetlands are the highest priority for

2030
01:22:41,600 --> 01:22:44,320
birds and which upstream um sources and

2031
01:22:44,320 --> 01:22:46,639
pathways might feed those habitats. Um

2032
01:22:46,639 --> 01:22:48,320
the three insets we pulled highlight

2033
01:22:48,320 --> 01:22:50,159
some of the specific examples of

2034
01:22:50,159 --> 01:22:52,320
important areas in the watershed. The

2035
01:22:52,320 --> 01:22:54,639
area um south of Cutler Dam and north of

2036
01:22:54,639 --> 01:22:56,800
the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge,

2037
01:22:56,800 --> 01:22:58,400
the eastern shore of the lake in the

2038
01:22:58,400 --> 01:23:01,040
West Weber area and Farmington Bay all

2039
01:23:01,040 --> 01:23:03,360
appear as a mixture of ongoing priority

2040
01:23:03,360 --> 01:23:05,199
and opportunity areas, meaning that

2041
01:23:05,199 --> 01:23:09,280
they're currently andor um will become

2042
01:23:09,280 --> 01:23:11,520
important areas for water birds. um

2043
01:23:11,520 --> 01:23:12,880
which it really communicates the

2044
01:23:12,880 --> 01:23:14,719
importance of continued management of

2045
01:23:14,719 --> 01:23:16,800
our wetland complexes and ensuring open

2046
01:23:16,800 --> 01:23:19,920
lands um remain a priority. Next slide

2047
01:23:19,920 --> 01:23:23,040
please. Um so there were a number of

2048
01:23:23,040 --> 01:23:24,400
conclusions that we drew from this

2049
01:23:24,400 --> 01:23:26,560
analysis but the key points here are

2050
01:23:26,560 --> 01:23:31,440
simply three three things. Yeah. Um the

2051
01:23:31,440 --> 01:23:33,199
first is that Great Salt Lake is a

2052
01:23:33,199 --> 01:23:35,679
system divine by defined by an

2053
01:23:35,679 --> 01:23:37,679
interconnected variety of habitats and

2054
01:23:37,679 --> 01:23:39,760
the maintenance and preservation of that

2055
01:23:39,760 --> 01:23:42,320
variety and connection um is important

2056
01:23:42,320 --> 01:23:44,639
for sustaining the population of water

2057
01:23:44,639 --> 01:23:46,320
birds that depend on it throughout their

2058
01:23:46,320 --> 01:23:49,120
full annual cycle. Um the second is that

2059
01:23:49,120 --> 01:23:51,520
open space and working lands really play

2060
01:23:51,520 --> 01:23:53,840
a part in that system and variety and

2061
01:23:53,840 --> 01:23:56,000
the their role should be considered um

2062
01:23:56,000 --> 01:23:58,800
in conversations around aven habitat.

2063
01:23:58,800 --> 01:24:01,199
Um, and then the third is that

2064
01:24:01,199 --> 01:24:03,280
maintaining and improving hydraologic

2065
01:24:03,280 --> 01:24:05,600
connectivity is an essential and central

2066
01:24:05,600 --> 01:24:07,600
piece of bird conservation at Great Salt

2067
01:24:07,600 --> 01:24:10,800
Lake. And also, this assessment is

2068
01:24:10,800 --> 01:24:13,600
designed to be actionable, not just um

2069
01:24:13,600 --> 01:24:16,080
another piece of analysis. And we

2070
01:24:16,080 --> 01:24:17,520
recognize that there's room for this

2071
01:24:17,520 --> 01:24:20,159
analysis to grow and be built upon as

2072
01:24:20,159 --> 01:24:22,320
additional data and opportunities for

2073
01:24:22,320 --> 01:24:25,360
partnership become available.

2074
01:24:25,360 --> 01:24:27,679
Um so we just released the assessment

2075
01:24:27,679 --> 01:24:30,239
early last week um in the form of a

2076
01:24:30,239 --> 01:24:32,400
technical white paper, a summary report

2077
01:24:32,400 --> 01:24:34,480
and an interactive web tool that I

2078
01:24:34,480 --> 01:24:36,400
mentioned. Um we'll be making the web

2079
01:24:36,400 --> 01:24:38,960
tool available to partners and um the

2080
01:24:38,960 --> 01:24:40,719
reports are live and accessible on the

2081
01:24:40,719 --> 01:24:43,280
Ottabon website. So I just want to close

2082
01:24:43,280 --> 01:24:45,120
out the presentation by saying that this

2083
01:24:45,120 --> 01:24:46,880
you know is a shared framework. Its

2084
01:24:46,880 --> 01:24:49,120
value grows with use, with feedback,

2085
01:24:49,120 --> 01:24:51,840
with partnership. Um the QR code on the

2086
01:24:51,840 --> 01:24:53,520
screen will take you to Ottabbon's

2087
01:24:53,520 --> 01:24:54,960
landing page where you'll be able to

2088
01:24:54,960 --> 01:24:56,800
access the summary report and the full

2089
01:24:56,800 --> 01:24:58,800
length white paper. Um if you have

2090
01:24:58,800 --> 01:25:00,320
questions about this work or if you're

2091
01:25:00,320 --> 01:25:02,159
interested in access accessing the web

2092
01:25:02,159 --> 01:25:04,000
tool, um you can reach out to our

2093
01:25:04,000 --> 01:25:05,840
program's email or myself which is on

2094
01:25:05,840 --> 01:25:07,360
the screen there or you can connect with

2095
01:25:07,360 --> 01:25:08,960
the Ottabon folks that are in the room

2096
01:25:08,960 --> 01:25:11,199
with you today. Um I know it's been a

2097
01:25:11,199 --> 01:25:14,719
super informationheavy um meeting today.

2098
01:25:14,719 --> 01:25:16,560
So, thank you so much um for your time

2099
01:25:16,560 --> 01:25:18,320
and attention. And if there's time for

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01:25:18,320 --> 01:25:19,760
questions, I'm happy to take them, but

2101
01:25:19,760 --> 01:25:23,120
if not, you can uh reach out as well.

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01:25:23,120 --> 01:25:25,199
>> Okay. Thanks so much uh Emily. Maybe

2103
01:25:25,199 --> 01:25:27,440
time for just maybe one or two very

2104
01:25:27,440 --> 01:25:30,000
brief questions or if there are any, but

2105
01:25:30,000 --> 01:25:32,159
we appreciate all the work that's

2106
01:25:32,159 --> 01:25:38,229
clearly gone into the assessment.

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01:25:38,239 --> 01:25:40,239
» Awesome. Okay, thanks so much for that.

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01:25:40,239 --> 01:25:41,600
I also got to give a shout out to

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01:25:41,600 --> 01:25:43,760
Aottabon. I always have unbelievably

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01:25:43,760 --> 01:25:47,280
beautiful photographs. So well done

2111
01:25:47,280 --> 01:25:50,320
there. Beautiful. Okay. Any others?

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01:25:50,320 --> 01:25:52,480
Couple questions, comments. All right.

2113
01:25:52,480 --> 01:26:00,229
Thank you so much. Really appreciate it.

2114
01:26:00,239 --> 01:26:02,239
So the next item on the agenda, this is

2115
01:26:02,239 --> 01:26:03,600
going to sound really loaded and it's

2116
01:26:03,600 --> 01:26:05,440
not going to lead anywhere. Um is a

2117
01:26:05,440 --> 01:26:07,360
draft letter from Great Salt Lake

2118
01:26:07,360 --> 01:26:09,120
Advisory Council on the data center

2119
01:26:09,120 --> 01:26:11,679
process. So, [laughter]

2120
01:26:11,679 --> 01:26:15,120
um, this this committee voted last time

2121
01:26:15,120 --> 01:26:17,360
to kind of to to establish a working

2122
01:26:17,360 --> 01:26:21,199
group to start thinking through,

2123
01:26:21,199 --> 01:26:23,199
um, maybe some potential the the Great

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01:26:23,199 --> 01:26:26,639
Salt Lake Advisory Council has a statuto

2125
01:26:26,639 --> 01:26:29,920
obligation to advise the governor, um,

2126
01:26:29,920 --> 01:26:31,920
state agencies, and the commissioner on

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01:26:31,920 --> 01:26:34,400
issues affecting the Great Salt Lake.

2128
01:26:34,400 --> 01:26:36,880
And to be clear, it's not it's not in

2129
01:26:36,880 --> 01:26:39,679
the really the mandate or mission of of

2130
01:26:39,679 --> 01:26:41,360
Great Salt Lake to be out there sort of

2131
01:26:41,360 --> 01:26:42,880
saying, you know, we oppose a given

2132
01:26:42,880 --> 01:26:46,080
project. Um, but it is uh our purview to

2133
01:26:46,080 --> 01:26:47,520
talk about things affecting the lake.

2134
01:26:47,520 --> 01:26:49,440
And so the discussion has been around

2135
01:26:49,440 --> 01:26:52,639
well are there some process lessons that

2136
01:26:52,639 --> 01:26:54,880
we can learn from the the debate that's

2137
01:26:54,880 --> 01:26:56,400
been over the straightest data data

2138
01:26:56,400 --> 01:26:58,480
center that can inform you know how do

2139
01:26:58,480 --> 01:27:00,080
we make sure that the lake gets taken

2140
01:27:00,080 --> 01:27:02,239
into consideration as important

2141
01:27:02,239 --> 01:27:04,239
decisions are made that affect that

2142
01:27:04,239 --> 01:27:06,159
affect or may affect the lake in its

2143
01:27:06,159 --> 01:27:08,560
future and our collective future. And

2144
01:27:08,560 --> 01:27:11,120
so, um, to that end, I mean, we I think

2145
01:27:11,120 --> 01:27:13,920
we were hopeful to have a draft to look

2146
01:27:13,920 --> 01:27:15,600
at today, but we just don't have a

2147
01:27:15,600 --> 01:27:17,760
draft. And a lot of that's on me. Just

2148
01:27:17,760 --> 01:27:19,280
haven't had a draft to look at. So,

2149
01:27:19,280 --> 01:27:20,880
we're going to continue that. Hopefully

2150
01:27:20,880 --> 01:27:22,239
have a draft that we can circulate

2151
01:27:22,239 --> 01:27:23,600
fairly soon. Again, it's going to be

2152
01:27:23,600 --> 01:27:28,400
processoriented, not positional. Um, and really about how can we make sure

2153
01:27:28,400 --> 01:27:30,960
that the important resource values

2154
01:27:30,960 --> 01:27:32,800
around the lake are taken into

2155
01:27:32,800 --> 01:27:35,280
consideration um as decisions are being

2156
01:27:35,280 --> 01:27:37,920
made. So, any questions or comments on

2157
01:27:37,920 --> 01:27:39,520
that? I know that's high level and it's

2158
01:27:39,520 --> 01:27:40,800
non-s substantive, but that's

2159
01:27:40,800 --> 01:27:43,520
directionally that's where we're headed.

2160
01:27:43,520 --> 01:27:45,679
Okay.

2161
01:27:45,679 --> 01:27:49,679
All right. Seeing none, it is our

2162
01:27:49,679 --> 01:27:52,719
tradition to uh open it up for public

2163
01:27:52,719 --> 01:27:55,360
comment. Um it's usually briefly, but we

2164
01:27:55,360 --> 01:27:57,040
just give people a chance if they

2165
01:27:57,040 --> 01:27:58,480
something pressing on their mind or

2166
01:27:58,480 --> 01:28:00,000
there's an event coming up or what did I

2167
01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:00,800
miss, Angela?

2168
01:28:00,800 --> 01:28:04,080
>> I think we've got um Aspen Aspen Lake

2169
01:28:04,080 --> 01:28:04,800
Commissioners.

2170
01:28:04,800 --> 01:28:07,280
>> Aspen. Aspen joined us. Um, so I'm gonna

2171
01:28:07,280 --> 01:28:08,480
let's do public comment and then we'll

2172
01:28:08,480 --> 01:28:10,560
go to Aspen now that I know that Aspen's

2173
01:28:10,560 --> 01:28:12,639
here. Um, but let's open it briefly for

2174
01:28:12,639 --> 01:28:13,840
public comment and then we're going to

2175
01:28:13,840 --> 01:28:15,360
have an update from the commissioner's

2176
01:28:15,360 --> 01:28:18,000
office from Aspen Johnston. So, um, I

2177
01:28:18,000 --> 01:28:20,239
will open it for public comment. Uh,

2178
01:28:20,239 --> 01:28:22,239
either online or in person. Anybody has

2179
01:28:22,239 --> 01:28:25,120
anything burning to say, Ryan Shrimp

2180
01:28:25,120 --> 01:28:28,400
testimonials? Anything? Okay. All right.

2181
01:28:28,400 --> 01:28:29,520
Uh, seeing that, we'll go ahead and

2182
01:28:29,520 --> 01:28:31,360
close the public comment. Um, but thanks

2183
01:28:31,360 --> 01:28:33,360
for that opportunity and Aspen, thanks

2184
01:28:33,360 --> 01:28:35,120
for being here. Uh, we know you're

2185
01:28:35,120 --> 01:28:36,800
running from one thing to the next, but

2186
01:28:36,800 --> 01:28:38,480
we appreciate you taking a few minutes

2187
01:28:38,480 --> 01:28:40,239
to give us an update from the

2188
01:28:40,239 --> 01:28:43,760
commissioner's office.

2189
01:28:43,760 --> 01:28:45,360
Tell us how hot it's going to be this

2190
01:28:45,360 --> 01:28:49,430
weekend.

2191
01:28:49,440 --> 01:28:52,960
Thanks, Tim. Happy to be here. Uh, Aspen

2192
01:28:52,960 --> 01:28:55,040
Johnston, strategic coordinator for the

2193
01:28:55,040 --> 01:28:56,880
Office of Great Salt Lake Commissioner.

2194
01:28:56,880 --> 01:28:59,040
I don't have any slides or anything. Uh,

2195
01:28:59,040 --> 01:29:02,159
just a brief update for everybody today.

2196
01:29:02,159 --> 01:29:04,880
Um,

2197
01:29:04,880 --> 01:29:06,719
I'll start just by saying that I know

2198
01:29:06,719 --> 01:29:08,000
everybody's kind of wondering who the

2199
01:29:08,000 --> 01:29:09,520
new commissioner is going to be now that

2200
01:29:09,520 --> 01:29:12,560
Brian has formally moved on. We don't

2201
01:29:12,560 --> 01:29:15,040
have an update there. Uh, that that is a

2202
01:29:15,040 --> 01:29:18,159
process of course that uh kind of needs

2203
01:29:18,159 --> 01:29:21,360
to run its course. Uh, the new the new

2204
01:29:21,360 --> 01:29:23,040
commissioner will be appointed by the

2205
01:29:23,040 --> 01:29:25,520
governor and then uh there's a

2206
01:29:25,520 --> 01:29:27,360
confirmation process needs to be

2207
01:29:27,360 --> 01:29:30,080
confirmed by Senate President and uh

2208
01:29:30,080 --> 01:29:34,239
speaker of the house. So that uh is

2209
01:29:34,239 --> 01:29:36,960
still to be determined, but we hope to

2210
01:29:36,960 --> 01:29:38,639
find out ourselves here in the near

2211
01:29:38,639 --> 01:29:41,840
future and hopefully have a new

2212
01:29:41,840 --> 01:29:44,800
wonderful person take that role and keep

2213
01:29:44,800 --> 01:29:47,120
things moving for us.

2214
01:29:47,120 --> 01:29:51,040
Um we recently participated, you know,

2215
01:29:51,040 --> 01:29:53,040
co-hosted the Great Salt Lake Solutions

2216
01:29:53,040 --> 01:29:56,000
Exchange that was on June 22nd. Uh that

2217
01:29:56,000 --> 01:29:59,600
was a pretty productive event. lots of

2218
01:29:59,600 --> 01:30:04,400
uh good collaborative discussion. Um

2219
01:30:04,400 --> 01:30:06,960
and uh I think a lot of the sort of

2220
01:30:06,960 --> 01:30:09,600
conclusions from that discussion, that

2221
01:30:09,600 --> 01:30:12,080
event will be uh put together in a

2222
01:30:12,080 --> 01:30:13,920
report. We're helping to prepare and

2223
01:30:13,920 --> 01:30:15,679
we're looking forward to sh sharing that

2224
01:30:15,679 --> 01:30:19,679
with everybody uh to maybe share some of

2225
01:30:19,679 --> 01:30:23,440
the findings or conclusions from the uh

2226
01:30:23,440 --> 01:30:25,760
focus groups that were assembled. I know

2227
01:30:25,760 --> 01:30:27,760
that there were they were structured

2228
01:30:27,760 --> 01:30:29,520
really well and I I think that there was

2229
01:30:29,520 --> 01:30:32,400
a lot of um really interesting stuff to

2230
01:30:32,400 --> 01:30:34,480
think about and and try to incorporate

2231
01:30:34,480 --> 01:30:38,239
as we move forward to uh continue to

2232
01:30:38,239 --> 01:30:40,960
work on great solic issues.

2233
01:30:40,960 --> 01:30:45,199
Um I'll just mention that we are uh of

2234
01:30:45,199 --> 01:30:48,239
course in the process of standing up our

2235
01:30:48,239 --> 01:30:50,320
formal agricultural water leasing

2236
01:30:50,320 --> 01:30:53,280
program. Uh that's moving forward really

2237
01:30:53,280 --> 01:30:54,960
well. We don't really have an update on

2238
01:30:54,960 --> 01:30:57,600
that. We did have some some sort of

2239
01:30:57,600 --> 01:30:59,199
pilot scale leasing that happened

2240
01:30:59,199 --> 01:31:02,719
earlier this year, but that wasn't uh

2241
01:31:02,719 --> 01:31:05,920
necessarily done in the same vein as how

2242
01:31:05,920 --> 01:31:09,040
it will be done uh you know according to

2243
01:31:09,040 --> 01:31:11,920
the legislation passed this previous

2244
01:31:11,920 --> 01:31:16,880
session. Uh so we're working to define

2245
01:31:16,880 --> 01:31:19,199
what that process looks like and keep

2246
01:31:19,199 --> 01:31:21,440
that ball rolling and continue to scale

2247
01:31:21,440 --> 01:31:24,639
that up and uh hopefully see some really

2248
01:31:24,639 --> 01:31:27,440
good returns on that uh that

2249
01:31:27,440 --> 01:31:29,440
legislation.

2250
01:31:29,440 --> 01:31:31,440
And then uh I'll just the last thing

2251
01:31:31,440 --> 01:31:34,800
I'll mention is that uh we have been

2252
01:31:34,800 --> 01:31:36,719
working on the Great Salt Lake water

2253
01:31:36,719 --> 01:31:39,840
delivery program. That was the $50

2254
01:31:39,840 --> 01:31:42,960
million grant uh that we the competitive

2255
01:31:42,960 --> 01:31:45,840
grant opportunity that we provided in

2256
01:31:45,840 --> 01:31:47,679
partnership with the uh Bureau of

2257
01:31:47,679 --> 01:31:50,719
Reclamation. Uh the current status is

2258
01:31:50,719 --> 01:31:52,400
that we've received all the

2259
01:31:52,400 --> 01:31:54,880
applications. We have had our evaluation

2260
01:31:54,880 --> 01:31:57,920
committee come together and rank the

2261
01:31:57,920 --> 01:32:00,880
applications that we received and we got

2262
01:32:00,880 --> 01:32:03,440
a ton of requests. I think the total ask

2263
01:32:03,440 --> 01:32:06,639
was something like $173 million

2264
01:32:06,639 --> 01:32:08,800
uh for the 50 million that we had

2265
01:32:08,800 --> 01:32:11,440
available. So it was a really difficult

2266
01:32:11,440 --> 01:32:14,560
uh task to determine which projects to

2267
01:32:14,560 --> 01:32:18,800
fund and uh the I think the evaluation

2268
01:32:18,800 --> 01:32:21,520
committee did a really great job of

2269
01:32:21,520 --> 01:32:23,199
making the best possible use of those

2270
01:32:23,199 --> 01:32:26,320
funds. uh that kind of amounted to

2271
01:32:26,320 --> 01:32:28,159
looking like funding some of the

2272
01:32:28,159 --> 01:32:30,320
applications that we received in part

2273
01:32:30,320 --> 01:32:35,760
instead of in full. Um so we

2274
01:32:35,760 --> 01:32:37,600
there's still a review process that

2275
01:32:37,600 --> 01:32:39,120
needs to take place on behalf of the

2276
01:32:39,120 --> 01:32:41,760
bureau before any awards can formally be

2277
01:32:41,760 --> 01:32:44,960
announced. So, uh, the recommendations

2278
01:32:44,960 --> 01:32:46,400
that were made by the evaluation

2279
01:32:46,400 --> 01:32:49,440
committee are somewhat tentative on, uh,

2280
01:32:49,440 --> 01:32:51,679
the bureau's acceptance of those

2281
01:32:51,679 --> 01:32:54,400
recommendations and their review to make

2282
01:32:54,400 --> 01:32:56,000
sure that it's in compliance with the

2283
01:32:56,000 --> 01:32:58,400
inflation reduction act, which the funds

2284
01:32:58,400 --> 01:33:00,880
came from, uh, as well as just make sure

2285
01:33:00,880 --> 01:33:03,120
that, uh, everything kind of passes the

2286
01:33:03,120 --> 01:33:06,080
financial assessment. So

2287
01:33:06,080 --> 01:33:09,360
um in order to be able to provide them

2288
01:33:09,360 --> 01:33:11,440
with the material that they needed in

2289
01:33:11,440 --> 01:33:14,239
order to conduct their review, we had to

2290
01:33:14,239 --> 01:33:17,840
reach out to the applicants who whose

2291
01:33:17,840 --> 01:33:19,920
projects were recommended for partial

2292
01:33:19,920 --> 01:33:23,040
funding and say let's figure out how we

2293
01:33:23,040 --> 01:33:24,560
can update your budget that you

2294
01:33:24,560 --> 01:33:27,520
submitted uh so that it is equivalent to

2295
01:33:27,520 --> 01:33:29,280
the funding that actually would be

2296
01:33:29,280 --> 01:33:30,960
available for the project so that

2297
01:33:30,960 --> 01:33:32,719
everything adds up. It's kind of just

2298
01:33:32,719 --> 01:33:34,960
some administrative housekeeping. Uh,

2299
01:33:34,960 --> 01:33:36,800
and that process is has moved along

2300
01:33:36,800 --> 01:33:39,120
really well. We're uh just about ready

2301
01:33:39,120 --> 01:33:41,280
to submit those materials to the bureau

2302
01:33:41,280 --> 01:33:44,400
for their review, but uh it's more

2303
01:33:44,400 --> 01:33:46,159
complicated for some applicants than it

2304
01:33:46,159 --> 01:33:48,080
is for others to get those materials

2305
01:33:48,080 --> 01:33:50,639
together. So, we're trying to keep on

2306
01:33:50,639 --> 01:33:53,440
top of it and keep things moving. And uh

2307
01:33:53,440 --> 01:33:55,040
my hope is that we'll be able to provide

2308
01:33:55,040 --> 01:33:58,320
those materials sometime next week. um

2309
01:33:58,320 --> 01:34:00,719
at which point the the bureau's review

2310
01:34:00,719 --> 01:34:04,159
can begin in earnest and uh hopefully we

2311
01:34:04,159 --> 01:34:07,199
can make some award announcements as

2312
01:34:07,199 --> 01:34:10,000
soon as possible because I know it's

2313
01:34:10,000 --> 01:34:12,719
there's a there's been a lot of uh

2314
01:34:12,719 --> 01:34:14,560
delays in the process already with the

2315
01:34:14,560 --> 01:34:16,159
federal government shutdown late last

2316
01:34:16,159 --> 01:34:18,719
year and uh some other complications

2317
01:34:18,719 --> 01:34:20,480
along the way. So trying to keep it

2318
01:34:20,480 --> 01:34:22,560
moving as quickly as possible. If

2319
01:34:22,560 --> 01:34:24,080
anybody has any questions about that,

2320
01:34:24,080 --> 01:34:26,960
please feel free to reach out. But um

2321
01:34:26,960 --> 01:34:29,120
yeah, things are moving along at a at a

2322
01:34:29,120 --> 01:34:30,639
good clip and we're making good

2323
01:34:30,639 --> 01:34:33,440
progress. So that's all I've got. Uh

2324
01:34:33,440 --> 01:34:35,280
like I said, pretty brief update, but if

2325
01:34:35,280 --> 01:34:36,960
anybody has any questions, I'd be happy

2326
01:34:36,960 --> 01:34:38,800
to take them. Thanks.

2327
01:34:38,800 --> 01:34:41,199
>> Thanks, Aspen. Probably time for one or

2328
01:34:41,199 --> 01:34:43,199
two questions starting around the table.

2329
01:34:43,199 --> 01:34:47,199
Anybody around the table? Um commission

2330
01:34:47,199 --> 01:34:50,320
me council members or liaison?

2331
01:34:50,320 --> 01:34:52,480
Seeing none, just broadly, anybody from

2332
01:34:52,480 --> 01:34:54,400
public questions for commissioner's

2333
01:34:54,400 --> 01:34:57,120
office.

2334
01:34:57,120 --> 01:34:58,320
I think we're good. Thanks so much,

2335
01:34:58,320 --> 01:35:04,629
Ascend.

2336
01:35:04,639 --> 01:35:08,639
» Okay. Uh, any other items from council

2337
01:35:08,639 --> 01:35:11,120
members or liaison? Trevor, we we

2338
01:35:11,120 --> 01:35:14,239
announced your big move here at the

2339
01:35:14,239 --> 01:35:16,639
beginning. Is that still

2340
01:35:16,639 --> 01:35:19,600
you still on that glide path? Any last

2341
01:35:19,600 --> 01:35:20,880
words?

2342
01:35:20,880 --> 01:35:22,801
>> Yeah, I don't think I changed my mind.

2343
01:35:22,801 --> 01:35:23,920
[laughter]

2344
01:35:23,920 --> 01:35:26,639
I just wanted to thank the council. Um I

2345
01:35:26,639 --> 01:35:28,880
remember coming to my first meeting um

2346
01:35:28,880 --> 01:35:31,120
as a newly the new manager at Barber

2347
01:35:31,120 --> 01:35:35,280
Canal Company and uh I came in the door

2348
01:35:35,280 --> 01:35:37,280
and thought to myself, oh well, I'm I'm

2349
01:35:37,280 --> 01:35:39,760
entering the den of the of the enemy.

2350
01:35:39,760 --> 01:35:42,159
And it wasn't at all that way. I really

2351
01:35:42,159 --> 01:35:44,239
appreciated the association here and all

2352
01:35:44,239 --> 01:35:46,560
the things that I've learned. And um

2353
01:35:46,560 --> 01:35:48,480
also our new assistant manager at Barber

2354
01:35:48,480 --> 01:35:49,920
Canal Company's here with me today,

2355
01:35:49,920 --> 01:35:52,000
Brandon Jorgensson over here on the

2356
01:35:52,000 --> 01:35:53,600
left. If you guys want to introduce

2357
01:35:53,600 --> 01:35:56,400
yourselves and uh

2358
01:35:56,400 --> 01:35:58,560
um again, I just really appreciate the

2359
01:35:58,560 --> 01:36:00,480
association and the mentorship that you

2360
01:36:00,480 --> 01:36:01,920
guys around the table here have given

2361
01:36:01,920 --> 01:36:03,600
me. And I really look forward to this

2362
01:36:03,600 --> 01:36:06,000
next opportunity. So thank you.

2363
01:36:06,000 --> 01:36:07,440
>> Thanks much, Trevor. We really

2364
01:36:07,440 --> 01:36:09,520
appreciate your contributions in this

2365
01:36:09,520 --> 01:36:10,880
environment and more broadly to the

2366
01:36:10,880 --> 01:36:12,080
water community here in the state of

2367
01:36:12,080 --> 01:36:14,080
Utah. you'll be missed but we wish you

2368
01:36:14,080 --> 01:36:16,719
all the best.

2369
01:36:16,719 --> 01:36:20,560
Uh any any other items from uh leaison

2370
01:36:20,560 --> 01:36:22,639
or council members?

2371
01:36:22,639 --> 01:36:25,199
>> Okay, seeing none, just a reminder our

2372
01:36:25,199 --> 01:36:28,719
next scheduled meeting is September

2373
01:36:28,719 --> 01:36:29,360
9th.

2374
01:36:29,360 --> 01:36:30,320
>> 9th. Yep.

2375
01:36:30,320 --> 01:36:34,080
>> September 9th here. Same bat time, same

2376
01:36:34,080 --> 01:36:36,719
bat channel. We hope to see you here. Uh

2377
01:36:36,719 --> 01:36:38,400
very appreciative to all of you for your

2378
01:36:38,400 --> 01:36:40,560
contributions. I I hope that these

2379
01:36:40,560 --> 01:36:42,400
meetings give you a sense of just how

2380
01:36:42,400 --> 01:36:47,440
much work is going on, how much it's grounded and rooted in partnerships

2381
01:36:47,440 --> 01:36:49,679
uh and and and very appreciative for all

2382
01:36:49,679 --> 01:36:51,360
that uh everybody is doing for your

2383
01:36:51,360 --> 01:36:52,800
interest in the lake and for all that

2384
01:36:52,800 --> 01:36:54,880
you're doing uh to help protect it. So,

2385
01:36:54,880 --> 01:36:56,639
thank you very much. With that, uh I'll

2386
01:36:56,639 --> 01:37:00,480
entertain a motion to adjourn. Ryan,

2387
01:37:00,480 --> 01:37:03,119
>> Ryan's got that motion. Second from Joe.

2388
01:37:03,119 --> 01:37:06,880
All in favor, please say I. I.

2389
01:37:06,880 --> 01:37:08,639
will rule that we are adjourned.

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Thanks everybody. Stay cool out there.