SLC ramps up its push to get more trees on the west side, but it’s proving difficult
Challenges range from the environment to economics and even soil science, but the city is determined to bring more shade to these hot zones.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tree canopies on Montgomery Street in Glendale near 1500 West and 1000 South on Wednesday, June 22, 2022.
Blake joined The Tribune in March 2022 to cover city and county government before becoming an editor in 2024. He is a University of Minnesota graduate who started his journalism career in Las Vegas, where he covered local government, state politics and the depletion of the Colorado River. He is dad to a Golden Retriever named Woodward.
Alixel Cabrera is a Report for America corps member and writes about communities on the west side of the Salt Lake Valley for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has reported on the economy, energy, food and culture for newspapers and websites in Venezuela and the U.S.