(Ed Kosmicki | Special to The Tribune) Event organizer Deeda Seed decries the state's plan of an inland port at a news conference near a recently completed Amazon fufillment center Thursday, June 10, 2021. In the background is one of many huge distribution center under construction in the area. About three dozen people attended the conference listening to five speakers depsite gusty winds that elimated a banner the group hoped to display.
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.