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Author: Eric Ellis

Eric Ellis was hired as the Executive Director of the Utah Lake Commission in March of 2015. Eric comes to the Utah Lake Commission with a well-rounded mix of experience and education, which you can read about in his bio section on our About page.

Utah Lake trails: Current and future plans

by Eric EllisCommunityPosted on January 26, 2012July 20, 20162 Comments

The Provo River trail, which connects Vivian Park in Provo Canyon to Utah Lake, is one of the most popular recreational attractions in Utah County.

That’s a lot of ice: Cross country skating at Utah Lake

by Eric EllisRecreation, WeatherPosted on January 19, 2012July 20, 20167 Comments

Jim Harris is quickly becoming my favorite winter recreationist. After sharing his recent ice biking exploits with me, he applied yet another novel technique to Utah Lake.

Too cold to fish? Whatever, says Utah Lake ice fisherman

by Eric EllisCommunity, Recreation, WeatherPosted on January 12, 2012July 20, 2016Comments are Disabled

Somewhere, a fish is biting. And since a fish has always gotta eat, it’s just as true in the winter as it is in the summer.

Let’s take a ride: Ice biking across Utah Lake

by Eric EllisRecreation, WeatherPosted on January 5, 2012July 20, 20162 Comments

What’s it like to bike across a frozen Utah Lake? We asked Jim Harris, who did it last year, to find out:

Have you seen this? Man runs marathon across frozen Utah Lake

by Eric EllisCommunity, Recreation, WeatherPosted on December 22, 2011February 21, 2017Comments are Disabled

Not only does Davy Crockett have an adventurous name, he does adventurous things like run an informal marathon across a frozen Utah Lake.

Upstream Utah Lake user at odds with June sucker recovery plans

by Eric EllisCommunity, Plants & WildlifePosted on December 15, 2011July 20, 2016Comments are Disabled

You may recall the short story we did a few months ago on plans to restore the Provo River delta.  

Current conditions at Utah Lake

by Eric EllisWeatherPosted on December 8, 2011July 20, 2016Comments are Disabled

We have a variety of cold weather articles planned for the coming months.

Man dives 63 feet in zero visibility at Utah Lake, lives to tell the tale

by Eric EllisCommunityPosted on December 1, 2011July 20, 20163 Comments

Hydrologist Robert Baskin of the U.S. Geological Survey recently studied water chemistry at Utah Lake.

Did you know? Group of friends used to roll their car at the bottom of Utah Lake

by Eric EllisHistoryPosted on November 24, 2011July 20, 2016Comments are Disabled

In addition to staging a boxing match, what else were Utahns doing at the bottom of the lake when it was largely dried up 75 years ago?

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