Utah lawmakers are working on a bill that would set up principles for future development in an effort to protect Bear Lake, essentially mirroring a law Idaho lawmakers approved earlier this year.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah lawmakers are working on a bill that would set up principles for future development in an effort to protect Bear Lake, essentially mirroring a bill Idaho lawmakersSen. Chris Wilson, R-Logan, shared a draft of the bill with members of the Utah Legislative Water Development Commission on Tuesday.
Bear Lake is listed at 914,520 acre-feet, making it nearly ⅔ full, according to the Utah Division of Water Resources. It had been in peril before that, dropping to about 28% capacity last year before record snowpack helped it regain water levels. The proposed legislation in the draft shared Tuesday acknowledges the importance of the lake as a "highly valued resource" for irrigation, flood control, incidental power generation, native fisheries and recreation.
"To achieve the goals of this section, the state encourages collaboration among agencies and stakeholders to help preserve and enhance such interests," it concludes. "Nothing in this section is intended to impair or constrain the operation of Bear Lake, to interfere with or change any water rights or to appropriate any water."
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