Utah Lake dredging CEO paid himself thousands before stiffing scientist, attorneys and consultants
Utah Lake Restoration Solutions claims it doesn’t have enough money to pay a BYU professor after a campaign to “manage” and “reign” him in.
(Brian Maffly | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ryan Benson, CEO of Lake Restoration Solutions, helmed a now-sunk proposal to dredge Utah Lake as part of a controversial $6.4 billion plan.
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.