Utah plans to buy, preserve more land on the south side of the Great Salt Lake

By: Annie Knox

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: July 16, 2026

Words: 521

Last Updated: 5 days, 18 hours ago

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State leaders say they’re moving closer toward a goal of snapping up more land on the southeast side of the Great Salt Lake to help protect it from any further encroaching development.

They announced a new $2.5 million contribution from the Utah Inland Port Authority toward the effort on Wednesday, holding a news conference on the marshland property of a duck hunting club just a few miles from warehouses in the authority’s northwest quadrant …

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