A plan to daylight a section of Emigration Creek at a Salt Lake City park is one of nearly two dozen a Utah group is proposing across the county. Here's why.
SALT LAKE CITY — Brian Tonetti was standing at Herman Franks Park on a warm and sunny summer evening as he explained exactly what was directly beneath him.
His goal is to bring this part of the creek back to the surface again someday, a practice known as "daylighting." The nonprofit led a short tour of what it envisions for Emigration Creek at Herman Franks Park last week. Seven Canyons Trust's other possible projects While this might have worked in some situations, it also led to unintended environmental consequences. Hiding the creek means there are no natural air or vegetation filters throughout large portions of the stream, which hinders water quality before it enters the Jordan River riparian corridor, according to Seven Canyons Trust.
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