Church makes largest ever donation of water shares to benefit Great Salt Lake

Two months after an emergency warning of “unprecedented” danger to Utah’s public health, environment and economy if the Great Salt Lake does not receive a “dramatic” influx of water by 2024, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donated the equivalent of a reservoir’s worth of water to the iconic lake. The permanent donation of 5,700 water shares was announced Wednesday in a news release by the Utah Department of Natural Resources. “We’ve been working on this for a long time and I’m so excited to finally make it...