Family won’t donate land after Utah Lake island plan would have put road through property
Walkara Way remains in limbo as property owner tries to get to the bottom of his city’s involvement in the proposal to create artificial islands.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jake Holdaway has no invasive phragmites in his field, compared to his neighbors' land on the other side of the fence, in Vineyard, near Utah Lake, on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.