A piece of Logan bench property sold this month by Logan city brought more than double the amount set for a minimum bid.
The land along Aspen Drive in northeast Logan, which was pre-approved for a 22-lot subdivision, went up for bid with a minimum asking price of $900,000 and sold for just over $1.8 million, according to Logan City Attorney Kymber Housley.
The land attracted nine offers, and the top bid came from Capstone Commercial Finance of North Logan. The listed agent for the LLC is Brent Lawyer, who could not be reached for comment on Wednesday.
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âWeâre under contract with them now. They have a 60-day due diligence period, and then weâll close within 30 days after that,â said Housley, who had speculated before the sale that the tight local housing market and soaring home prices could raise demand for the property, especially since it is one of the last pieces of land available on the Logan bench.
Juvenile razorback suckers swim inside the Ouray National Fish Hatchery outside Vernal, Utah.
The Colorado River is one of the most engineered river systems in the world. Over millions of years, the living creatures that call the river home have adapted to its natural variability, of seasonal highs and lows. But for the last century, they have struggled to keep up with rapid change in the river’s flows and ecology.
Dams throughout the watershed create barriers and alter flows that make life hard for native fish. Toss in 70 non-native fish species, rapidly growing invasive riparian plants and a slurry of pollutants, and the problem of endangered fish recovery becomes even more complex. The river system is home to four fish species currently listed as endangered: the razorback sucker, Colorado pikeminnow, bonytail and humpback chub.
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