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Utah plans to buy, preserve more land on the south side of the Great Salt Lake
State leaders say they’re moving closer toward a goal of snapping up more land on the southeast side of the Great Salt Lake to help protect it from any further encroaching development. They announced a new $2.5 million contribution from the Utah Inland Port Authority toward the effort on Wednesday, holding a news conference on the marshland property of a duck hunting club just a few miles from warehouses in the authority’s northwest quadrant in Salt Lake City. “This funding gives the Department of Natural Resources another tool to support shoreline preservation,” Joel Ferry, ...