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Salt Lake City added 30 new trees to the its cemetery, completing a five-year tree restoration project.

The restoration replaced approximately 250 trees lost in 2020's windstorm.

City leaders emphasized the cemetery's sacredness and ongoing urban forest expansion efforts.

SALT LAKE CITY — Tony Gliot remembers looking around at the Salt Lake City Cemetery a little over four years ago and thinking about the vision that its longtime sexton, Mark Smith, had for the place.

Smith, who died in 2019, often referred to the 120-acre property as a place "for the living," offering peace and comfort to families and friends who visit their departed loved ones, while also serving as a key habitat for wildlife that call the cemetery home. As the city ho

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