(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Railroad tracks are visible near the Burmester Road exit off Interstate 80 near Grantsville on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. Savage Tooele Railroad intends to build a rail spur nearby that will connect with the main Union Pacific line and run south — potentially through wetlands — to a business park under development by Josh Romney, Sen. Mitt Romney's son.
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.