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(1) Utah Lake currently faces serious challenges, including:
(a) fluctuating lake levels;
(b) uncontrolled, toxic algal blooms;
(c) loss of native vegetation;
(d) invasive fish and plant species;
(e) loss of littoral zone plants;
(f) suspended silt on the lake bottom;
(g) poor water clarity;
(h) heavy nutrient loading of lake sediments and within the water column; and
(i) high wind and wave action;
(2) initial conservation efforts are producing measurable results and demonstrate that conservation solutions can produce restoration objective on Utah Lake;
(3) additional and significant conservation investments are needed to implement the comprehensive solutions needed to fully restore Utah Lake and its water quality;
(4) there is not a reasonable public funding source to undertake the comprehensive solutions needed to restore Utah Lake; and
(5) it is in the interest of the state to undertake a comprehensive restoration of Utah Lake for the benefit of public trust uses on the lake.