LDS Church Takes Action to Save Great Salt Lake with Water Conservation Measures.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is donating 20,000 acre-feet of water rights to Utah's Great Salt Lake, which is at its lowest levels ever due to a supply-demand imbalance caused by decadeslong regional drought. The church is one of the biggest land and water rights holders in the western United States and is expanding its role in conservation. The lake operates at a 1.2 million acre-foot deficit, and the church's donation is roughly 2% of what's needed to keep the lake at its current level. Scientists project that the lake could dry up in as soon as five years, and demands have grown louder for lawmakers to commit to keeping the lake at a baseline elevation.