Trails, boating, wetlands: How 15 years have changed the Jordan River

Trails, boating, wetlands: How 15 years have changed the Jordan River

Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson speaks during a Jordan River Commission event in North Salt Lake on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. (Kyle Dunphey/Utah News Dispatch) In the 15 years since the Jordan River Commission was established, the river that cuts through Salt Lake County has undergone a major transformation.  What started as a scattered trail system through a weak riparian ecosystem, interrupted by tracts of industrial land, is now a 50 mile pa…