Spencer Cox: “We're also doing a significant amount of work around the…”

“… the river so that $40 million will be able to purchase water rights, release water rights from water rights holders and get that water into the lake bed. Very critical. We're also doing a significant amount of work around the stream beds to enhance and actually remove some of the invasive species. that have gone in there. These invasive species of plants and trees, Russian olives and others, suck water out of the landscape. Again, don't provide any, any real benefit to the surrounding areas.” (10:37–10:47)

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