Herbert Signs Easement to Protect Site in Draper

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Gov. Gary Herbert signed a conservation easement with an environmental group Tuesday evening to protect ecologically and archaeologically significant land in Draper near 13500 South and the Jordan River in perpetuity.

That means a proposed FrontRunner south commuter-rail station will not be built on the 252 aces on which there are artifacts from a 3,000-year-old Native American village and a nesting place for migratory birds around the Great Salt Lake.

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Herbert Signs Easement to Protect Site in Draper

The easement was signed following afternoon meetings of the governor and 2 dozen others from Native American and conservation communities, the Utah Transit Authority and other government...

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