LDS Church highlights efforts to cut water use, invites others to do the same
Acknowledging the West’s crippling drought, the Utah-based faith is looking at permanent changes to its landscapes like native plants and improved water management practices.
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Landscapers prepare the smart irrigation system and plants on the St. George Temple grounds.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.