released Wednesday by Colorado College went out in the field Jan. 5-22, surveying at least 400 registered voters each in the states of Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming. It has a plus or minus error rate of 2.4 percentage points.In Utah:86% view it as an attraction for tourism and recreation.Those concerns, according to the poll, remain even as the region has seen an uptick this winter with precipitation that will ease some dryness in the arid region.
"High gas prices, increasing costs of living, and water shortage concerns are not enough to move Utahns to reconsider their consistent support for conservation policies or seek out short-sighted solutions that put land and water at risk," said Katrina Miller-Stevens, director of the State of the Rockies Project and an associate professor at Colorado College. In fact, people in Utah want to continue our progress to protect more outdoor spaces.
The Colorado poll shows that nearly two-thirds of Western voters say crowding at outdoor recreation sites is a problemespecially in Colorado, Idaho, Montana and Utah. In fact, the level of concern is tied for the highest in Colorado and Utah, where 77% of those states' residents said it is an issue.
Utah's Air is Toxic! & the Great Salt Lake is on the verge of human-causd ecological disaster! The UtahGOP led by JStuartAdams BradWilsonGOP will do nothing! Weak-willed GovCox just cowrs in the corner UTpol UTLeg TakeNote NBAAllStar
Utah needs to end it’s “use it or lose it” water policy with agriculture right now, today. If farmers feel like they are going to lose rights to their water if they conserve, they have little incentive. Duh.