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Category: Plants & Wildlife

In the news: Utah Lake carp removal still making waves

by Eric EllisPlants & WildlifePosted on July 11, 2013July 1, 2019One Comment

More than two years ago, UtahLake.gov published its first story: So long, carp! Here’s how Utah Lake could have clear water by 2017. To date, it remains our most popular story.

6 big catches: Utah Lake a great fishing resource

by Eric EllisFishing, Plants & Wildlife, RecreationPosted on April 26, 2012October 25, 2017Comments are Disabled

By Don Allphin Utah Lake is viewed by some as a dirty, muddy, smelly and unsightly reservoir beyond help.

Modified mine sweeper used to rid Utah Lake of invasive weed

by Eric EllisPlants & WildlifePosted on March 22, 2012July 20, 2016Comments are Disabled

PF Manufacturing out of Montana is mostly in the business of making mine sweepers—mini tanks used by the military to sniff out bombs.

Two years in, carp removal continues at Utah Lake

by Eric EllisPlants & WildlifePosted on March 8, 2012July 20, 2016Comments are Disabled

With a fish net the size of three football fields, commercial fisherman are hard at work right now removing 40 million pounds of carp from Utah Lake, KSL reports.

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.  

Utah Lake: “No. 1 birding spot in Utah County”

by Eric EllisCommunity, Plants & Wildlife, RecreationPosted on November 10, 2011May 17, 20235 Comments

For someone who has been birding for more than 40 years, Merrill Webb is as passionate as ever about watching birds.

Waterfowl hunting takes flight this weekend at Utah Lake

by Eric EllisPlants & Wildlife, RecreationPosted on September 29, 2011July 20, 20162 Comments

Grab your gun. It’s hunting season.

Reclaiming the shoreline: A successful spray

by Eric EllisPlants & WildlifePosted on September 15, 2011July 20, 20163 Comments

If you are a regular reader, you probably remember the article we wrote in June titled “Vile weed:  Restoring shoreline with controlled weed removal.”  

Utah Lake is a good place to fish. Here’s why:

by Eric EllisFishing, Plants & Wildlife, RecreationPosted on August 18, 2011October 25, 2017One Comment

Columnist Doug Larson once wrote, “If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.”

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