Jordan River trash boom targets floating garbage, protects Great Salt Lake wetlands

NORTH SALT LAKE — The new, bright orange trash boom had been floating on the Jordan River for just one week, but by Monday it had already captured a mass of junk.Among the litter: beer cans, soda cans, pill bottles, a gas can, a volleyball, a basketball, a tire and an array of other plastic items."You wouldn't believe the sort of garbage that makes its way downstream," said Ryan Shelton, spokesman for Salt Lake County's public works department.Chris Brown, director of stewardship for The N