Citizens groups propose bridge-less Utah Lake

(Daily Herald) Hunters, sailors, birders, recreation-lovers and environmentalists joined together on Wednesday to tell the state to leave Utah Lake bridge-free.

Five citizens groups paid a required $300 state fee in order to be allowed to file a four-paragraph proposal that can be summed up in four words: Leave the lake alone. The paperwork asked the groups to submit the annual income the proposal would generate to the state, and the annual cost. The answer to both: $0.

The proposal was submitted to the Utah Department of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, which had recently asked the public to propose uses for the lake after developers asked to build a bridge. Wednesday was the deadline for proposals.

The proposal to leave the lake alone was submitted by the Utah Chapter of the Sierra Club, the Utah Waterfowl Association, the Utah Valley Earth Forum, the Bonneville School of Sailing and Seamanship, and Friends of Great Salt Lake.

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