Ben Winslow is a reporter with FOX 13 covering a variety of topics including government, the Great Salt Lake, vice and polygamy.
HOOPER, Utah — The Utah Inland Port Authority has approved plans for a massive development that environmental groups argue is too close to the Great Salt Lake.
The area is more than 9,000 acres of farmland and wetlands near 900 South and 9400 West. Ogden Bay and the Harold Crane Waterfowl Management Area sandwich the site. Compass Minerals is on one end of it. The Union Pacific Railroad comes off the Great Salt Lake causeway, and it's the area where the West Weber Corridor is planned. The area has been zoned for industrial development for decades, even though farms and ranches are nearby.
"The resources provided by the Great Salt Lake are something that has to be protected not just for waterfowl, but for future generations," Hart said. But environmentalists question the logic of building a port so close to the lake. Even with the site being slated for industrial development, it has sat unused for decades. They are also skeptical of the Inland Port Authority's promises of a more environmentally friendly project.
"I'm not anti-development," she told FOX 13 News."I get that we need some industrial parks. But this is nine thousand acres, right next to the Ogden Bay Waterfowl Management Area. It's sandwiched between Ogden Bay and the Harold Crane Management Area. It’s way too close and it’s way too big."
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