Fremont Island is finally in public ownership

After decades of neglect in the hands of various private owners, Great Salt Lake’s third-largest island is now in state ownership and open for public access, although not by wheeled vehicles. The 3,000-acre Fremont Island is to be protected from development or damage under a long-term conservation easement held by The Nature Conservancy (TNC).The move announced Monday culminates a monthslong effort by Utah philanthropists to rescue the island from an aggressive although unrealistic develop