“The Church wants to be part of the solution because we all have a responsibility to care for and be good stewards of the natural resources that God has given to us. We invite others to join with us to help,' said Bishop W. Christopher Waddell.
found the church owns at least 75,000 acre-feet outright in the Great Salt Lake watershed. That does not include any shares it has in canal companies, which are harder to ascertain because the companies are private.Pioneers and farmers formed them by pooling their resources to dig canals so they could raise crops and build cities across arid Utah.
The church’s gift will also sustain critical shoreline and wetland habitat in Farmington Bay, according to DNR.
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