Thread by @EnriqueLimon

#RallyForUtahLake happening now at the state Capitol #utpol #utleg

Organizers @conserveUV say the lake is “on a path to recovery.” they organized the rally in support of the “responsible restoration of this critical resource in Utah's ecology.”

Craig Christensen, ED of Conserve Utah Valley, gives the crowd a welcome and elaborates on the Don’t Pave Utah Lake monicker:

Christensen then elaborated on the potential impact proposed man-made islands could have on the state’s largest fresh water lake:

Signs spotted in the crowd, which is a few hundred strong, display messages like “No islands please” to “Our lake is not for sale” and “Keep public lands in public hands.”

The 148.4 mi² freshwater lake sits at the center of Utah County. Its only river outlet, the Jordan River, is a tributary of the #GreatSaltLake

This week, @Deseret News reported it’s time “for leaders to stand up against the radical surgery proposed by those who stand to profit most from the lake’s alteration.”
deseret.com/opinion/2022/2…

Prof. Byron Adams, curator of microfauna at @BYU, leads the crowd in a rendition of “This Land is Your Land” 🎶

* bridal photoshoot spotted *

Chief Executive of the Timpanogos Tribe Uinta Valley, Mary Murdock Meyer, speaks on the ancestral importance of #UtahLake:

An hour in, #RallyForUtahLake ended with @conserveUV’s Christensen calling the 500-plus attendees to the Capitol’s south steps for a commemorative photo

... and an encore rendition of the Guthrie standard:

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