Mormon Church donates water shares to aid the Great Salt Lake

Posted on AllSides March 16th, 2023
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will donate 20,000 acre-feet of water to the Great Salt Lake in an attempt to save the shrinking body of water, the Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced on Wednesday. Driving the news: The church, one of the largest private landowners in the U.S., gifted 5,700 of its water shares in the North Point Consolidated Irrigation Company to the state. • Utah distributes water rights to water companies, which supply shares to other entities at a cost. DNR is managing the...

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