(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Justin Byington, foreground, and Dave Eiriksson, both hydrologists with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), drive a Federal Snow Sampler into the Powder Mountain SNOTEL or snow telemetry network site to measure snow density and water content, March 24, 2022.
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.