The threat farmers around the Great Salt Lake fear more than drought
The urban-rural divide has agriculture industry increasingly at odds with cities, study finds, all to the detriment of Utah’s shrinking lake.
(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Spencer Butterfield opens the gate to a pasture during a trail ride at Golden Hour Farm in Hyrum on Thursday, March 26, 2026.
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.