SALT LAKE CITY (April 22, 2024) – Predict its rise and win a prize! Thanks to another stellar snowpack year, concerted conservation and strategic management efforts (including releasing water from Utah Lake and other reservoirs) Great Salt Lake is on the rise. How high do you think the south arm of the lake will rise before it starts to drop …
SALT LAKE CITY (April 18, 2024) – Today, the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) released its final “Public Lands Rule.” Certain provisions in the Rule will negatively impact the 22.8 million acres of BLMland in Utah. Although the BLM claims that this Rule will enhance conservation, it will ironically impair the ability of BLM employees and their partners at the …
SALT LAKE CITY (April 18, 2024) — As April unfolds, Utah’s water situation reflects a delicate balance between melting snowpack, reservoir management and rising temperatures. Recent data suggests that we most likely witnessed the peak of our snowpack, reaching 18.8 inches on April 2, surpassing the median peak snowpack of 16 inches. Read more about Utah’s water conditions below.
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has seasonal positions (no benefits) available at Utah Lake Marinas (Lincoln Beach, Lindon, American Fork and Saratoga Springs). This appointment will last from approximately May 15 to September 5, 2024, with the possibility of an extension. Housing is not provided.
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has seasonal positions (no benefits) available at Daniel’s Port of Entry/Strawberry Reservoir. This appointment will last from approximately May 24 to Sept. 2, 2024, with the possibility of extension.
SALT LAKE CITY (April 17, 2024) — Dozens of projects benefiting wildlife — including wildlife research, conservation and habitat restoration projects — have been funded after a record $4.8 million was committed to the projects by participating conservation groups during the annual conservation permit project funding meeting held on April 10. Read more about it here.
OGDEN (April 4, 2024) — Fire personnel from the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands attempted to burn 2,000 acres of invasive phragmites that had been previously treated with herbicide just outside of the Ogden Bay Wildlife Management Area on the Great Salt Lake. Due to unfavorable weather conditions that hindered fire activity, crews could not completely meet …
TOQUERVILLE (March 27, 2024) — Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton announced funding for a new reservoir while in Toquerville, Utah on Wednesday, March 27. DNR joined Touton, Toquerville City, Washington County Water Conservancy District and Congresswoman Celeste Maloy at the celebration of nearly $12 million in funding for the project. Touton participated in a tour of the construction …
The Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife Resources, has a seasonal fisheries position available (no benefits) located at Bear Lake in Garden City, Utah.
The Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife Resources, has two seasonal positions (no benefits) available in Springville, Utah.