As Utah’s population nearly doubles, state makes long-term plan to keep waters stocked with fish

Demographers estimate that Utah’s population will nearly double between 2020 and 2050, a calculation that, among other ...
TownLift

Utah DWR unveils 30-year plan to guide fish production and stocking as population grows, climate warms

With Utah’s population rising and water supplies becoming more strained, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has released a new 30-year plan ...
FOX 10 Phoenix

35,000 fish dropped from airplane to restock remote Utah lake

BOLDER MOUNTAIN, Utah - Utah’s Division of Wildlife Resources released footage of an airplane dropping fish into a remote lake in the Boulder Mountain region. In the video, a small aircraft released a ...
Daily Herald

Utah waters teeming as DWR releases over 10 million fish in 2023

SALT LAKE CITY — Making a splash to enhance fishing experiences and bolster native fish populations, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources went all-in by releasing an impressive 10,634,431 fish ...
KSL

Utah wildlife managers stocked lakes, streams with 12.8 million fish this year

SALT LAKE CITY — Stocking fish in Utah waterbodies dates back to 1871 when fish were transported from other states by train and were dropped into lakes along the route. In 1897, Utah opened its first ...
Yahoo

Fish species illegally introduced at Utah reservoir within Colorado River drainage

Utah wildlife officials are again reminding people that it’s illegal to dump fish into bodies of water after state biologists discovered an unapproved species had been introduced at a southeast Utah ...
KSL

Wildlife officials stock Utah waters with nearly 2.4M more fish than last year

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