A new poll shows that while more than 8 in 10 Utah residents remain concerned over the drought impacting the state, the series of storms this winter leaving a bountiful mountain snowpack have more than half of them less concerned than last year.
SALT LAKE CITY — When it came to views people have regarding Utah's drought in general, 85% of survey participants said they were concerned, 14% said they were not concerned, while another 1% said they did not know.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox declared a state of emergency, at one point asked residents to pray for relief and the state Legislature ponied up more than a half-billion dollars last session tackling water conservation and efforts to help the shrinking Great Salt Lake. Jordan Clayton, Utah Snow Survey supervisor for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, blamed the confusion of the poll results on the complexity involved in the different kinds of drought: meteorological, agricultural and hydrological.
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