KCPW: Great Salt Lake Advisory Council begins work – The newly formed Great Salt Lake Advisory Council held its first meeting this morning, bringing together for the first time a permanent advisory body to represent the many disparate groups who have a stake in the lake’s future.
Deseret News: Gov. Gary Herbert wants ‘more holistic’ approach in determining Great Salt Lake’s future – On a typical day, the Great Salt Lake is a smooth mirror, a shimmering, flat calm. The real turbulence is above the surface as people from several walks of life fight for their divergent interests focused on and along the massive pool.
Ogden Standard Examiner: Great Salt Lake council seeks balance – The Great Salt Lake is getting a little more attention these days with its very own advisory council. Gov. Gary Herbert kicked off the first meeting of the Great Salt Lake Advisory Council on Wednesday at Antelope Island.
Here are the newly appointed members of the GSL council:
Acting chairman: Leland Myers of the Central Davis Sewer District, representing publicly owned treatment works
Jay Hardy, Box Elder County commissioner
Louenda Downs, Davis County commissioner
Jan Zogmaister, Weber County commissioner
Julie Peck-Dabling, Salt Lake County open space manager, representing Salt Lake County
Dan Tuttle, lobbyist, representing Tooele County
Carlton Christensen, Salt Lake City councilman, representing municipal government
Dave Livermore, Utah director of the Nature Conservancy, representing conservation interests
Jeff Richards, president of the Utah Waterfowl Association, representing migratory bird protection areas
Nicol Gagstetter, manager of sustainable development for Kennecott Utah Copper, representing the extractive industry
Don Leonard, representing the brine shrimp industry/aquaculture
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