Deseret News: Jordan River access cut off for oil clean up – City officials have shut off public access to the Jordan River from 1700 South to 500 North as a result of cleanup efforts due to Saturday’s oil spill.
Salt Lake Tribune: Oil spotted in Great Salt Lake Wetlands – Crude oil from the Red Butte Creek pipeline spill appears to have turned up in the Great Salt Lake wetlands.
Salt Lake Tribune – Editorial: Foiled by oil – Oil-soaked birds, a sheen on the water, stream banks painted with petroleum.
KCPW: Environmentalists consider lawsuit against Great Salt Lake Minerals – Several conservation groups are taking preliminary steps toward a lawsuit against the state for issuing a permit to a mineral extraction company that’s operated on Great Salt Lake for the past four decades.
I received this video from a friend of bank-side Red Butte Creek after the recent oil spill. The contrast of the crude and beautiful 30” rainbow trout struggling and dying makes me incredibly sad. I know it’s not the Gulf, but it’s our backyard. I hope Chevron’s clean up is vigorous and is a long-term commitment to restoring the creek, the Jordan River and the Great Salt Lake wetlands affected by the spill.
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