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Roundtail chub, once close to threatened, soon to be a Utah sportfish
The Utah Wildlife Board on Thursday permitted a plan to amend the 2023-24 fishing suggestions to incorporate roundtail chub as a sportfish. (Melanie Fischer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
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FARMINGTON — Roundtail chub, an endemic species to the Colorado River Basin, was as soon as nearing safety from the Endangered Species Act when Utah wildlife biologists started efforts to guard the species in 2006.
Now, practically 20 years later, the species is about to be a sportfish within the state.
The Utah Wildlife Board on Thursday permitted a plan to incorporate roundtail chub as a sportfish that may be caught in somewhat greater than a half-dozen places inside the state starting at the beginning of 2023.
- Colorado River: Roundtail chub might be caught from the Colorado state line, to the confluence of the Soiled Satan River. The each day fish restrict is ready at two roundtail chub.
- Delores River: Roundtail chub might be caught from the Colorado state line downriver to the confluence of the Colorado River. The each day fish restrict is ready at two roundtail chub.
- Escalante River: Roundtail chub might be caught from the confluence of Pine Creek downriver to the confluence of Lake Powell. All roundtail chub have to be instantly launched after being caught, and solely synthetic flies and lures can be utilized.
- Inexperienced River: Roundtail chub might be caught from the Colorado state line downriver to Sand Wash boat launch. All roundtail chub have to be instantly launched on this part. Roundtail chub may also be caught from the Sand Wash boat launch downriver to the confluence of the Colorado River. The each day fish restrict is ready at two roundtail chub on this part.
- McElmo Creek: Roundtail chub might be caught from the Colorado state line downriver to the confluence of the San Juan River. All roundtail chub have to be instantly launched after being caught, and solely synthetic flies and lures can be utilized.
- San Rafael River: Roundtail chub might be caught wherever within the river. The each day fish restrict is ready at two roundtail chub.
- White River: Roundtail chub might be caught from the Colorado state line downriver to the tribal land boundary. The each day fish restrict is ready at two roundtail chub.
The method started final yr and obtained “plenty of help,” Randy Oplinger, the sportfish coordinator for the Utah Division of Wildlife Sources, mentioned in a press release Friday. The company formally proposed the change in August, stating that it mirrors what different states have accomplished and supply Utah angler a “distinctive alternative” for a brand new fish species to catch.
“These are a enjoyable species to fish for as a result of they take all kinds of flies, lures and baits,” Oplinger mentioned, noting that because the fish species are discovered within the Colorado and Inexperienced rivers and the rivers’ tributaries, there possible will not be a ton of “fishing strain” on the species.
“These rivers do not obtain plenty of fishing strain, so classifying roundtail chub as a sportfish species offers some new fishing alternatives on some waters that aren’t closely visited,” he added. “Whereas roundtail chub are thought of a species of biggest conservation want, they’re a conservation success story and their populations in Utah are doing nicely sufficient now to face up to some fishing strain.”
The measure was permitted with little debate in the course of the Utah Wildlife Board’s assembly Thursday, as have been different measures proposed in August. The Inexperienced River Golf Course Pond was faraway from the group fishing pond listing due to the low survival charges of the stocked fish within the pond, whereas the six-month seasonal closure each January to early July at Brown Duck Basin within the Uinta Mountains was eliminated to “present further angler alternatives,” in line with the Utah Division of Wildlife Sources.
The board additionally permitted a measure to take away the seasonal closure for a few of the Strawberry Reservoir tributaries, eliminating a earlier ban from Sept. 1 to early October for all tributaries however Trout Creek. As well as, it adjusted the each day fishing restrict at many different places within the state.
All of these modifications will even start at the beginning of subsequent yr and will probably be included within the subsequent Utah Fishing Guidebook.
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Utah family creates 'Giving Gallery' to spread joy of art
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah — You might have heard of little libraries in neighborhoods, but have you heard of Giving Galleries?
A family in Cottonwood Heights is using their love for art to bring joy to those around them.
On the corner of Promenade and Camino is Abigail Bradshaw.
“I’m standing next to an art gallery, my art gallery. That’s my house,” she proudly said.
Abigail is showing her tiny art gallery filled with pieces made by her family and others who want to contribute. This home used to be her great-grandmother’s.
“She was an artist, and so, I wanted to continue that legacy,” said Katie Bradshaw, Abigail’s mom. They found a box, painted it, propped it up, and filled it with tiny art. Anyone can just look at the art, pick up something they like, or put their own piece inside.
Miles Jacobsen is a friend who saw what the Bradshaws were doing and added his artwork to the box.
For people who want to make their own masterpieces, there is also a box of free art supplies in the gallery box. You can come by to pick up paint, paintbrushes, and tiny canvasses to create your own art, which you can drop off at the “giving gallery” to bring joy to someone else.
“I feel really glad that people come and get some art and put it in there,” said Abigail.
Filling the box is something Katie does with her kids.
“I hope that they can carry this with them, that they continue sharing art, no matter where they are,” she said.
Spreading joy to everyone who walks by, and letting the cycle continue.
“I want them to feel happy and glad that they got some, so they could return some back here,” added Abigail.
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Amid traffic, Utah walked to Leafs’ arena pregame
TORONTO — The Utah Hockey Club said players were forced to walk to their game against the Maple Leafs after their bus got stuck in Toronto traffic Sunday night.
The team posted a video on social media of team members walking to Scotiabank Arena, with player Maveric Lamoureux saying the bus was “not moving at all.”
Several city streets had been closed during the day for an annual Santa Claus parade.
The Maple Leafs earned their fourth consecutive win by defeating Utah 3-2.
The viral incident prompted Ontario Premier Doug Ford to call the congestion “embarrassing” and “unacceptable,” highlighting his government’s plan to address the city’s gridlock through bike lane legislation.
It wasn’t the first time a Toronto visitor had to ditch their vehicle to make it to an event on time.
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Utah Highway Patrol responds to your suggestions on making Utah roads safer
SALT LAKE CITY — FOX 13 News is Driven to Change and that includes bringing you reports on important topics like road rage, construction, and wrong-way drivers. During our coverage, we continually ask for any questions or concerns you may have along Utah’s roadways.
The feedback has gotten an enormous response, so FOX 13 sat down with Lieutenant Cameron Roden on Good Day Utah to help address input we have been getting, from the perspective of Utah Highway Patrol.
Speeding in Utah, there’s so much of it, and then you can sometimes say that that leads to tailgating, which may lead to road rage incidents. What are you seeing out there in terms of speed and what can we do to lessen the effects of that?
Lt. Cameron Roden: Speed is our number one thing that we see. That’s our number one traffic stop that we make, and we know that it leads to the majority of crashes in the state of Utah. So we definitely put an emphasis on speed and it does lead to other things. Not just crashes. It leads to road rage and other things .So, as far as what changes can we make, we need to start with ourselves, and really say, ‘Hey, do I have a problem?’ You know, we just need to start with ourselves and not think that it’s something else’s problem. If we slow our speeds ourselves, and then it’ll start to to catch on and people will do that speed limit. So, but the legislature has definitely taken some steps to help us address, especially the the speeds that are those excessive speeds where we have that one zero five law now that addresses those speeds and increases fines and and hopefully discourages people from those extreme speeds.
Some of our viewers talked about maybe capping some of the speed limits for truck drivers. Is that something that’s even feasible?
You know, that would be something that would have to go through that, that legislative process to see whether we that would be something that would help. But ultimately, if we we start with ourselves, hopefully that will make that change and reduce crashes and fatalities.
There are things being done to try and intervene and stop wrong-way drivers before they happen. But some of our viewers propose things like spikes. What are your thoughts on implementing something like that?
We’ve had over the last several years, a rash of wrong-way drivers, and it’ll come in onesie twos, and then we’ll go for a period of time without that. And so, but this spike over the last couple of years has caused us to to create a task force to look at wrongly driving what things can be done. And so getting all these stakeholders together between UDOT and Highway Safety, looking at what technologies and things that could be implemented, and and things like, wrong way detection cameras. Those are some things that are being actually used in the state of Utah right now to help us spot those and and advance signage, getting people to realize they’re going the wrong way and turn around. The the spike strips have actually been talked about in our task force a little bit. And if something like that would even be, it is that technology available right now. And as what we could actually implement in the state of Utah, there’s nothing that really fits the bill right now because of our environment. We have our snow plows. We have snow and things like that. Something like that really wouldn’t be practical right now.
Probably the most talked about topic that we’ve received was distracted driving, texting while driving. You went out, I saw on the UHP social media page, that you guys just driving and you look to your right and left and you can find someone texting. What kind of enforcement do we have against distracted driving specifically on your phone?
This is something that we like you said, we see it every day. We go out to crashes,and and we may suspect that a driver may be distracted. And so, it’s something that’s definitely under-reported. It’s it’s a bigger problem than than the numbers really show.And so not only do we address it during our normal patrols.Our officers are seeing it, and addressing it while they’re out there.But we’ll also do targeted patrols where the highway safety office actually gives out additional funds for that targeted enforcement, where we’ll get an unmarked vehicle. We go out driving down the roads where we try to spot these vehicles and and get them stopped because those are those are a big danger on our roadways where our attention and our focus needs to be on driving.
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