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Tree Rules Revisited In Summit
The Salt Lake Tribune May 30, 2002.  The fourth year of a drought is revealing flaws in Summit County's attempts to use plants to screen and beautify new businesses.

It's Happy Trails for Park City Neighbors
The Salt Lake Tribune May 19, 2002.  The mountains surrounding this resort community are almost all privately owned, but hikers and mountain bikers encounter surprisingly few locked gates and "no trespassing" signs.

Summit Passes Revised Water Ordinance
The Salt Lake Tribune May 10, 2002.  The Summit County Commission approved a revised water ordinance Thursday to replace one declared unconstitutional last week.

Summit County Eyes H2O Options
The Salt Lake Tribune May 1, 2002.  Summit County officials are having second thoughts about joining with Park City in the construction of a large pipeline to bring in water from the Weber River.

Council In Summit County?
The Salt Lake Tribune March 25, 2002.  The fact that two of Summit County's three commissioners are from Park City worries some residents in the rest of the county.

County Plans Park City-Kimball Junction Bus
The Salt Lake Tribune March 21, 2002.  Summit County officials are hoping experience gained during the Olympics will assure a smooth start next month when they begin offering free bus service between Park City and this booming commercial area.

New Urgency to Water Pipeline Talks
The Salt Lake Tribune March 20, 2002.  With the fourth year of a drought looming, officials here are pressing again to complete plans for a pipeline from Rockport Reservoir to the Snyderville Basin that could bring in enough water for 40,000 people.

Developers Buy United Park Mines
The Salt Lake Tribune February 23, 2002.  A Utah real estate development group has agreed to pay $81.3 million for United Park City Mines Co., the owner of the land under the Deer Valley Ski Resort where the Winter Olympics men's slalom event will be held today.

State Agrees to Replant Olympic Parking Area
The Salt Lake Tribune November 3, 2001.  Summit County has received guarantees the 6,000-car parking lot at the Utah Olympic Park will be revegetated following the Games.

Poisoned Bait Kills Search-and-Rescue Dog, Service Dog
The Salt Lake Tribune October 24, 2001.  An illegal attempt to kill predators resulted in the poisoning deaths of a search-and-rescue dog and a service dog in the hills of Summit County.

Summit aiming to monopolize Snyderville water, lawsuit says
Deseret News September 25, 2001.  Boil down the legal lingo, and a Snyderville Basin water company's antitrust suit against Summit County and other officials boils down to a case of too many people wearing too many hats.

Summit Panel Backs Hilltop Home Ban
The Salt Lake Tribune September 25, 2001.  A decision to block construction of a home on a hilltop near Kimball Junction was upheld Tuesday night by the Summit County Board of Adjustment.

Company Sues Over Sale Of Water in Snyderville
The Salt Lake Tribune September 25, 2001.  A lawsuit filed Monday accuses Summit County commissioners and several others of trying to illegally monopolize water sales in the rapidly growing Snyderville Basin.

Lake of dreams
Deseret News September 23, 2001.  Jordanelle aspires to lure rich to new 'Little Tahoe'

Developers' vision a nightmare to some
Deseret News September 23, 2001.  Not everyone, however, shares the current vision of thousands of homes, condominiums and hotels ringing one of Utah's best-known and utilized state parks.

Deal Would Bring Water To Park City
The Salt Lake Tribune September 20, 2001.  

Water firm appeals rating of wells
Deseret News August 12, 2001.  Summit Water relied heavily on Mayo's testimony in one of the central issues surrounding the company's desire to gain a rating of 836 gallons per minute from its wells and a spring as the Snyderville Basin's largest water supplier.

Drought Menaces Wasatch Back
The Salt Lake Tribune June 30, 2001.  ... as development has boomed in Summit and Wasatch counties from Kimball Junction to Heber City, the balance between supply and demand has grown increasingly delicate.

Summit County May Appeal Water Ruling
The Salt Lake Tribune June 25, 2001.  Summit County officials are considering an appeal to a court ruling earlier this month in which a judge stopped the county's condemnation of a major water provider in the Snyderville Basin.

Judge won't let Summit condemn water supplier
Deseret News June 15, 2001.  Lead attorney calls district attempt brazen

Development Near Park City Targets Middle-Class Market
The Salt Lake Tribune June 7, 2001.  Pushed to strike a balance between the suburbanization of the Snyderville Basin and its disappearing meadows, developers are building a pair of projects that could be the future of commercial/residential construction in Utah.

Summit: Water Company Used Scare Tactics
The Salt Lake Tribune April 11, 2001.  County leaders are accusing managers of a private water company targeted for takeover last week by the Summit County Commission of using fright tactics to fight the move.

Games ski jumps all (too) alight
Deseret News December 12, 2000.  Summit County officials want to hit the dimmer switch on night lights along the ski jumps at Utah Olympic Park.

Battle over canyon road takes a turn
Deseret News November 24, 2000.  State, residents above Park City now negotiating

Midway's Deal For SLOC: No Cash, No Road
The Salt Lake Tribune September 1, 2000.  The City Council, which has been trying to extract $100,000 from the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for road work, has voted unanimously to shut down a key road during the 2002 Winter Games.

Diversion Plan Stirs Allegations of Water Piracy
The Salt Lake Tribune August 24, 2000.  A plan to divert water from the rural eastern end of Summit County to the fast-growing Park City area has raised allegations of potential water piracy and stirred fears that it could trigger an ecological disaster.

Lawsuit is filed over pipeline
Deseret News August 10, 2000.  Utah anglers and environmentalists are suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for approving a pipeline that would suck away a significant amount of water from East Canyon Reservoir, in part for snow-making at The Canyons resort.

2nd Suit Opposes East Canyon Pipe
The Salt Lake Tribune August 10, 2000.  Environmentalists have filed a second lawsuit in connection with a plan to pipe water from East Canyon Reservoir to the Snyderville Basin near Park City.

Wasatch Back Road-Work Wave to Crest This Summer
The Salt Lake Tribune May 25, 2000.  A pre-Olympic road construction blitz will peak this summer along the Wasatch Back before most of some $70 million in state or federally funded highway improvements are finished by late fall or early winter.

Summit scraps plans for water pipe system
Deseret News May 21, 2000.  Summit County officials have decided to scrap plans for an extensive pipeline and treatment plant system in the hope there is enough water for their fast-growing community underground.

Thirsty Summit County Will Scrap Pipeline, Sink Wells Instead
The Salt Lake Tribune May 10, 2000.  Water developers will look underground instead of downriver as they seek to avert a looming water-shortage crisis in the Park City area.

Suit Seeks to Scuttle Pipeline
The Salt Lake Tribune April 27, 2000.  An unusual coalition of Utah conservation groups, elected officials, ranchers and property owners is accusing state regulators of violating environmental-protection laws when they issued permits for a plan to pipe water from East Canyon Reservoir to the Snyderville Basin near Park City.

Scenic State 224 May Open in Winter
The Salt Lake Tribune April 24, 2000.  A crooked dirt road that climbs 2,000 feet from Park City to Guardsman Pass illustrates the conflict over development pressures in one of Utah's fastest-growing alpine communities.

New Haven for Rich a Step Closer to Reality in Summit County
The Salt Lake Tribune April 8, 2000.  Developers of a 6,500-acre resort community with multiple golf courses have moved one step closer to starting the project.

Junction's overpass coming later, not sooner
Deseret News February 23, 2000.  DOT accused of waffling, putting cars before people

Resort Area Growing Itself to Death
The Salt Lake Tribune February 15, 2000.  The goose that laid the golden egg is endangered, according to a California company hired to assess the future of the fast-growing Snyderville Basin and its tourist economy.

Summit County Weighs Plan for Plush Development
The Salt Lake Tribune December 25, 1999.  A Phoenix group that specializes in high-end resort development hopes to break ground next year on an upscale project encompassing 10 square miles overlooking the Snyderville Basin.

Thirst for Growth Will Draw Waterline to Snyderville Area
The Salt Lake Tribune November 23, 1999.  For a decade, Park City and the surrounding Snyderville Basin have been long on growth and short on water. Now, an impending diversion project promises to slake the ever-increasing thirst of the area.

The "Park City Effect" Ripples Outward
Mountain Times Weekly November 18, 1999.  Heber and Kamas discover that living so close to Park City development fire might get them burned.

Ski Jump Will Leave Lasting Scar on Hillside
The Salt Lake Tribune May 13, 1999.  Construction of an Olympic ski jump at Bear Hollow will result in permanent scars on the landscape.