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Remember the Legacy Highway? Here We Go Again!

UDOT is proposing to build a $600M+ freeway through West Davis and Weber Counties. The high speed 4 lane elevated freeway will cut through neighborhoods, family farms, wildlife habitat and wetlands...

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Keep raising your concerns, doubts and misgivings about the West Davis Freeway

Comments may be submitted online. See link within article. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/56617481-90/udot-freeway-comments-groups.html.csp

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Why is Utah Fast-Tracking the Permit for a Massive Expansion of Kennecott's...

The Utah Division of Water Quality (DWQ) has issued a draft modification for the Ground Water Discharge Permit (UGW350011) for the proposed expansion of the Kennecott Utah Copper Tailings Impoundment....

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The Shared Solution is a Better Alternative to the West Davis Freeway

As part of a growing coalition of organizations and citizens, FRIENDS is working with others to ensure that UDOT gives the Shared Solution www.sharedsolution.org alternative a full and fair analysis as...

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News on the West Davis Freeway!

Feds say new Utah highway would permanently harm wetlands EPA's comments on the West Davis Freeway DEIS Farmington City Executive Summary WDC DEIS Farmington asks UDOT for new corridor plan

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Report to Utah Legislature - A Performance Audit of Projections of Utah's...

A Legislative Audit to determine the reliability of the Utah Division of Water Resources data and assess the accuracy of its projections of water demand and supply to address projected water needs of...

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Kennecott Withdrawal Win for Air Quality

Air quality advocates are expressing their appreciation this week for the recent news that Kennecott Copper has abandoned its plans to construct a new rock crusher plant as part of the mine's overall...

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New Breach Allows Flow on Great Salt Lake

The new Great Salt Lake breach was opened on Dec. 1 by the Union Pacific Railroad Company. This created a new opening between the north and the south arm of the Lake, allowing water to flow between the...

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Audubon Executive Summary—Water and Birds in the Arid West: Habitats in Decline

A brief overview to Audubon's new report on creating a sustainable water future for birds and people in the American West Water is the most precious resource in the West—for people, birds, and other...

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Remember the Legacy Highway? Here We Go Again!

UDOT is proposing to build a $600M+ freeway through West Davis and Weber Counties. The high speed 4 lane elevated freeway will cut through neighborhoods, family farms, wildlife habitat and wetlands...

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Keep raising your concerns, doubts and misgivings about the West Davis Freeway

Comments may be submitted online. See link within article. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/56617481-90/udot-freeway-comments-groups.html.csp

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Why is Utah Fast-Tracking the Permit for a Massive Expansion of Kennecott's...

The Utah Division of Water Quality (DWQ) has issued a draft modification for the Ground Water Discharge Permit (UGW350011) for the proposed expansion of the Kennecott Utah Copper Tailings Impoundment....

View Article

The Shared Solution is a Better Alternative to the West Davis Freeway

As part of a growing coalition of organizations and citizens, FRIENDS is working with others to ensure that UDOT gives the Shared Solution www.sharedsolution.org alternative a full and fair analysis as...

View Article


News on the West Davis Freeway!

Feds say new Utah highway would permanently harm wetlands EPA's comments on the West Davis Freeway DEIS Farmington City Executive Summary WDC DEIS Farmington asks UDOT for new corridor plan

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Report to Utah Legislature - A Performance Audit of Projections of Utah's...

A Legislative Audit to determine the reliability of the Utah Division of Water Resources data and assess the accuracy of its projections of water demand and supply to address projected water needs of...

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Kennecott Withdrawal Win for Air Quality

Air quality advocates are expressing their appreciation this week for the recent news that Kennecott Copper has abandoned its plans to construct a new rock crusher plant as part of the mine's overall...

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Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

New Breach Allows Flow on Great Salt Lake

The new Great Salt Lake breach was opened on Dec. 1 by the Union Pacific Railroad Company. This created a new opening between the north and the south arm of the Lake, allowing water to flow between the...

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Audubon Executive Summary—Water and Birds in the Arid West: Habitats in Decline

A brief overview to Audubon's new report on creating a sustainable water future for birds and people in the American West Water is the most precious resource in the West—for people, birds, and other...

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Box Elder lawmaker has mixed feelings about pushing Promontory landfill approval

by Leia Larsen  Standard-Examiner   Approval for a large landfill on the Great Salt Lake’s Promontory Point sailed through the Utah Legislature two years ago. Now, the lawmaker who backed the measure...

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Location of Monitoring Wells at Promontory Point Landfill Open for Public...

To ensure compliance with R315-308-2(2), Promontory Point Landfill is submitting this Major Permit Modification request for the installation/relocation of three downgradient monitoring wells. Click...

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