Can gravel mining and world-class cherry orchards coexist in Utah?

Payson • Ryan Rowley’s orchards occupy a special piece of Utah where elevation, soils and topography collude to create an ideal environment for growing fruit, especially the tart cherries that have long been associated with the family name.But trouble lurks over this high-desert Eden, which also supplies Utah builders with a mineral bounty needed for construction.“You think you would be on a nice country road, but there are trucks and nonstop traffic,” Rowley says over the