In utah 80% of our water is spent on alfalfa for cattle. The governor is an Alfalfa farmer. The Great Salt Lake is about to be renamed the Minor Salt Lake as i

In utah 80% of our water is spent on alfalfa for cattle. The governor is an Alfalfa farmer. The Great Salt Lake is about to be renamed the Minor Salt Lake as it's bone dry. Seems to me Utah's biggest industry isn't Alfalfa or Cattle though, it's tourism. Especially skiing. Much of the slopes get their snow from lake effect snow. That's not likely to be as much this year, and might not be a thing at all if the lake dries up completely. On top of that the lake will create a deadly arsenic dust bowl that will damage the health of all creatures locally including humans for years to come. Lucky for me, I'm in southern Utah where we only have to worry about rising # of forest fires. /s I feel like if we had more water...if we didn't use it all, perhaps the lake effect snow would fill the snow cap, and then the droughts would be less. It'd be a shame if cropdusters accidently put salt in alfalfa fields, a real shame.