MEDIA ADVISORY: Urban Water Conservation Results in New Water Flows to Great Salt Lake

Written By Shaela Adams
 
 

MEDIA ADVISORY 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Urban Water Conservation Results in New Water Flows to Great Salt Lake

WHAT: A press conference for National Audubon Society and The Nature Conservancy, as co-managers of the Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust, the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy, and State leadership to announce the release of new water shares for Great Salt Lake that are available thanks to conservation efforts of Salt Lake City and Sandy City residents and businesses. Following speakers (listed below), media will have the opportunity to ask the panel questions, interview individuals and get additional photo/video.

WHO:

  • Monica Zoltanski, Mayor, Sandy City  

  • Joel Ferry, Director, Utah Department of Natural Resources

  • Hannah Freeze, Deputy Commissioner, Office of the Great Salt Lake Commissioner

  • Marcelle Shoop, Executive Director, Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust

  • Jesse Stewart, Deputy Director, Salt Lake City Public Utilities

  • Annalee Munsey, General Manager, Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy  

  • Tim Hawkes,  Chairman of the Board & General Counsel, Great Salt Lake Cooperative, Inc.

WHEN AND WHERE:
Monday, April 6, 10:30 a.m.
Memory Grove Park - 300 N Canyon Rd, Salt Lake City, UT 84103
Parking will be available for the press inside the park gates

WHY: The Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust has secured this water annually for Great Salt Lake through an innovative partnership with the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy City to benefit the hydrology and ecological functions of Great Salt Lake for the next five to ten years.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Shaela Adams, Communications Manager, Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust
Shaela.adams@audubon.org, 801-809-5805 



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