With significant snowpack in the mountains all over the state, some communities are being told to prepare for potential flooding if temperatures warm up too quickly.
"The weather is going to dictate flooding," said Glen Merrill, a senior hydrologist with the National Weather Service."There’s a known right now and that’s the robust snowpack that we have. It’s exceptional. It’s historical."
The conference is focusing on ways to conserve and innovate Utah's use of water during a time of changing climate, increased demand and with a shrinking Great Salt Lake. Panels focused on agricultural water use, lawns and urban growth, climate adaptation in watersheds, harmful algal blooms and wetlands.
Butler said that what the legislature passed was great for the long-term health of lake, not enough has been done to address the short-term ecological crisis. Instead, lawmakers relied on the snowpack to buy some more time. "I think the legislature did a lot of great things this last session," he told FOX 13 News afterward."I do think there's some missed opportunities and I think we pulled back a little bit because of all the great snowpack and everything else that we had."
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