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How simmering conflicts over canyon land, the Mountain Accord and Facebook erupted into Utah’s latest water war

(Al Hartmann | Tribune file photo) High country in Big Cottonwood Canyon, as seen Dec. 1, 2017. Interviews and emails show that a handful of failed yet controversial water-related bills at Utah’s Capitol are part of a long-standing dispute involving Wasatch canyons lands, the Mountain Accord, wilderness, water usage in and outside Salt Lake City and even Facebook.