Brine shrimp are shown through a microscope in Salt Lake City. SALT LAKE CITY - In a landlocked state 600 miles from the nearest ocean, fleets of commercial fishermen compete for a creature that in ...

Note to readers • Leia Larsen is a reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune. She spent a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow examining the intersection of politics and environmental issues.

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