State leaders interviewed job candidates on Tuesday for a point-person to oversee efforts to save the Great Salt Lake.
Governor Spencer Cox, House Speaker Brad Wilson and Senate President J. Stuart Adams personally interviewed potential candidates for the Great Salt Lake Commissioner position created by the legislature earlier this year.
The Speaker said he was impressed with the candidates and a final decision is expected in the next few days. The Utah State Senate will then vote on confirming the appointment. "We have a dozen or so different entities that all touch the lake, work on the lake, but there had been nothing until this legislation requiring them to collaborate and work together. That’s what this commissioner will do is quarterback that, make sure everyone’s singing from the same sheet of music so ultimately we have confidence in this plan," Speaker Wilson said.
Alarmed by the lake's decline and the potential for reduced snowpack, increased toxic dust storms and impacts to public health and wildlife, the Utah State Legislature has passed many water conservation bills and spent millions of dollars on efforts to turn things around.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
2 vacant houses on Salt Lake City's west side catch fireFirefighters were called out to a pair of house fires in Salt Lake City Sunday night. Fortunately, both homes are vacant.
Read more »
After 5 people died on streets this winter, Salt Lake City stopped counting deaths, Tribune foundFive people died on Salt Lake City streets within one December week. But beyond those seven days, city officials have not tracked the deaths of unsheltered people during one of Salt Lake City’s snowiest winters on record, The Tribune found.
Read more »
Salt Lake City firefighters respond to 6 fires at vacant buildings over past 2 weeksA fire near Kilby Court on Sunday was one of six separate incidents involving at least one vacant structure over the past two weeks, Salt Lake City firefighters say.
Read more »
Are Salt Lake City taxpayers ready to support three new high schools?Calls for a new west-side Salt Lake City high school come as school board members are considering whether to rebuild West High, just west of downtown, and Highland High — the district’s easternmost high school.
Read more »