‘What’s the rush?’ ask those upstream and downstream of Utah’s largest freshwater lake.
(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) This July 26, 2019, file photo shows Lincoln Beach at the southern end of Utah Lake has been closed because of a toxic algal bloom. The Legislature snubbed a bill Wednesday that would have created a new authority to manage and clean up the lake, Utah s largest fresh water lake.
| Feb. 24, 2021, 7:25 p.m.
A bill that would turn over management of the beleaguered Utah Lake to a new taxing authority was swamped by opposition during its first committee hearing Tuesday.
Under the bill, the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands would turn over control over the state-owned lake bed to the Utah Lake Authority. The authority would then serve as a political subdivision, eventually enacting a tax on the project area to fund its ongoing operations and environmental restoration, estimated to cost as much as $7 billion.
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PROVO State wildlife biologists are reminding anglers at Utah Lake, Provo River and Hobble Creek to report and release any tagged northern pike they catch in those waterways otherwise, they re instructed to kill the fish.
The fish species was illegally introduced into Utah Lake sometime around 2010. It quickly ballooned in population afterward and is cited along with carp and white bass as a predator for the threatened June sucker, a fish species endemic to Utah Lake.
The invasive species is also a predator for other fish species in the lake such as bass, walleye, catfish and panfish. The Division of Wildlife Resources has previously said that the fish is a problem because it produces quickly and sits atop the food chain in Utah Lake.
State lawmakers looking to form Utah Lake Authority to restore polluted waters
Sponsor says the bill has nothing to do with an artificial island city proposed for the lake thatâs still in the works.
(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Utah Lake is plagued with invasive species, a nutrient overload and toxic algal blooms, as seen in this file photo from 2019.
  | Feb. 15, 2021, 1:00 p.m.
A Utah lawmaker is considering legislation to create a new Utah Lake Authority that would have broad authority over the management, cleanup and future use of the stateâs largest freshwater lake.
Rep. Brady Brammer, R-Pleasant Grove, is sponsoring the legislation, which has not yet been numbered or made public. But a recent draft obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune shows it would create a 13-member Utah Lake Authority Board, with members appointed by the governor, Legislature, Utah County, the local Chamber of Commerce and numerous cities that border the lake. The lake autho
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For many folks, last year was a quiet one, spent staying away from excessive friend gatherings, social distancing and generally staying indoors and away from the public. There were barely any shows or concerts of any kind, even the small, socially distanced kind. And yet, there were two events organizations who were relying on the line that the threats to mental health from quarantining far exceeded the very real dangers of COVID-19 which is why they just had to keep throwing lame concerts and parties.
These groups, The Tribe Utah and the aptly named Young/Dumb, were one could say dead-set on putting on big events despite mandates across the state against large gatherings. I call those parties lame not just because they endangering the health of all attendees, but of course also the health everyone those attendees came into contact with afterwards and because the two Utah County-based organizations