(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Railroad tracks by the Burmester Road exit off Interstate 80 near Grantsville, on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, near the proposed Tooele Valley inland port project approved this week. Port Authority officials say projects in the county will help transition freight from trucks to train, improving air quality and traffic, but opponents worry about increased pollution and impacts to Great Salt Lake wetlands.
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.