Boat tour highlights Utah Lake's benefits, challenges

AMERICAN FORK — Rep. Mike Noel was glinting into the face of the sun as the pontoon boat chugged through the waters of Utah Lake.The Republican legislator from Kanab wanted to know a couple of things: Why spend money on this lake?Is that money going to help?The "help" Utah Lake needs is to get a handle on its nutrient pollution problem, which is a contributing factor to the onset of potentially harmful blue-green algae in the shallow, freshwater body.Members of the Wasatch Front Water Qual