(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ben Abbott, Assistant Professor of Ecosystem Ecology at BYU, checks the status of a water monitoring station on a Utah Lake tributary in Payson Canyon on Thursday April 25, 2019. A leading critic of a proposal to dredge Utah Lake, the project's proponents have filed a $3 million lawsuit against him.
Brian Maffly has worked for The Tribune off and on since 1994. Maffly roams Utah, covering public land and environment.