Kennecott’s tailings pond may be leaking into the Great Salt Lake
State regulators allowed the mining company to edit and soften investigations into its potential role in rising impacts to shorebirds.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kennecott Utah Copper's Garfield Smelter Stack near the Great Salt Lake on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023.
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.