The preliminary findings of a six-month research study conducted by Utah State University professors and graduate students show the ecological and community impacts of increased tourism.
Bear Lake resident Brady Long will serve as executive director for the nonprofit community organization dedicated to protecting and preserving Bear Lake.
Bear Lake Watch, an organization founded in 1994 that advocates for the protection and preservation of Bear Lake, announced that it has a new executive director.
Utah lawmakers are working on a bill that would set up principles for future development in an effort to protect Bear Lake, essentially mirroring a law Idaho lawmakers approved earlier this year.