SALT LAKE CITY Even if you are not a fly fisher, there s reason to be concerned with the loss of salmonfly in Utah rivers and streams.
This giant stonefly, a large aquatic insect, is an indicator of water quality. It can only live and thrive in cold, clean, well-oxygenated water. Its dwindling numbers and possible extirpation from river systems could have detrimental effects on other aquatic insect species, fish and birds that share the river environment, and even a river s aesthetic value decrease for people.
Provo and Logan rivers
Salmonfly extirpation from rivers such as the Logan and sections of the Provo has been studied and documented.
Jun. 12—At Lyme-Old Lyme High School, where preservation of natural resources permeates the very ground of its two sending towns, valedictorian Connie Pan invoked the trees. In a speech with wide ranging references to "The Lorax," "Spider-Man" and "Kung Fu Panda," interspersed with sensitive observations about family, race and the future, she kept her 114 classmates on the verge of both .
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USC signee Jaxson Dart named MaxPreps Utah High School Football Player of the Year
DRAPER When Jaxson Dart first transferred to Corner Canyon ahead of his senior year of high school football, he did so knowing he would be under the microscope.
He d have the pressure of a team that had won back-to-back state championships and held the longest active winning streak in Utah s top classification.
He more than lived up to them.
Under Dart s command, the Chargers (14-0) rolled to their third consecutive state title and pushed a wining streak over 40-straight games. Dart s personal journey culminated in December, when he signed with USC in advance of graduating early and joining the Trojans in time for spring football.