75,000 Acres of Settling Ponds On Saturday July 18th, Kerry Gibson, Utah Legislature, Farmer, Rancher in his Tribune Article,Lobbying for Great Salt Lake Minerals Corp. Drivels about how all of this give-away land will not effect the Wild Life around the lake which is absolute idiocy. Also about all of the Tax money the State would receive. GSL Minerals are not only wanting the land, they want our Water. Terry was very careful not to mention the Water used to fill these Lakes. Terry, for whom do you REALLY work? 75,000 Acres of land is about 32,670,000 square feet. If they fill these with 6 inches of water, they are using 91,645,200 gallons of Water. I don't have any idea of how many times a year they fill these ponds, but water seeks it's own level and this would literally shrink the lake, and in a short time drying Brigham City's Bird Refuge. Plus, most of the wetlands around the Lake. To get an idea of just how much one million is. All of the Christmas bulbs on Tabernacle square only amounted to a little over 3/4ths of a Million. Think how many gallons of water 91 Million plus would be. Another big big problem is that of dust. The prominent Yearly Winds blow from the North West an North. I am sure you have noticed, every time we get Rain, the next day our cars are covered with splotches of mud. This is in the air we breath in our beautiful City, already loaded with particulates from, Vehicles, Kennecott, Mag Corp and their Chlorine Plus, Also the fires throughout Calif. and Nevada. Add in all of the mining Industries our governing fathers have given away for the almighty Dollar. We don't need dirtier air. 75,000 Acres of dried up dust from these will only go to the South and East, to the cities of the Wasatch. We are in a drought anyway, if our Lake that we are known World wide for, is purposely dried up for the already rich mining Corporations, We would be without the Clean Humidity the Lake gives, The Snow and drinking water , and already over populated valley would also dry up. Please Wasatch residents, speak up about these Travesties! Don Lucas, Sugarhouse