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The daily fishing limit increased to four tiger muskellunge — a sterile, hybrid fish species — at Johnson Reservoir on Wednesday. This increase will allow anglers to catch and keep more tiger muskie before upcoming dam repairs require the reservoir to be drained.
With extreme drought conditions still impacting much of the state, many Utahns are making changes to reduce their water use. If you are planning some fishing trips to any lakes or reservoirs this summer, here are a few changes you can make to help the fish, as well.
You are in the middle of a hike to your favorite waterfall. You come around a corner and notice a large moose in the middle of the trail. What should you do? Here are a few things to know about moose in Utah and how to avoid conflicts with them.
The Utah Wildlife Board approved a few changes to turkey hunting and upland game hunting in Utah, as well as some changes to the Landowner Association program, during its meeting on Thursday, June 2.
If you'd like to catch a fish in Utah's beautiful outdoors but you don't have a fishing license, Free Fishing Day is the perfect opportunity to give it a try.
If you are interested in Utah's wildlife and how species are managed, several positions will soon be opening on two of the five Regional Advisory Councils that share public feedback with the Utah Wildlife Board. You can apply for one of the available RAC positions, beginning Wednesday, June 1.
Watch the Utah Wildlife Board meeting live, beginning Thursday, June 2 at 9 a.m. The agenda and meeting materials are available on the public meetings page.
Law enforcement officers and technicians with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and other agencies had a busy holiday weekend working to inspect and decontaminate boats across the state. Their efforts focused on preventing the invasive quagga mussels in Lake Powell from spreading to other Utah waterbodies.
The daily fishing limit increased to 16 fish at Oweep Creek and its tributaries in Duchesne County, which will allow anglers to catch and keep more fish before upcoming restoration projects in those areas.
The first case of avian flu in wild birds was confirmed earlier this month in Cache County, and now the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has confirmation that the virus is spreading throughout the state after dead birds in five more counties tested positive.
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