(Sanpete County, UT) — A man from Davis County was killed Saturday in an off-highway vehicle rollover near Miller Flat Reservoir in Sanpete County. Officials with the Utah Department of Natural Resources say the 43-year-old man was not wearing a helmet. Authorities have not released his identity or the cause […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah firefighters from the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Natural Resources have been called to assist with the California wildfires. Officials announced yesterday that California requested help, and Utah’s Division of Emergency Management is deploying three task forces from 21 agencies starting […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Due to an upcoming rotenone treatment to help restore native cutthroat trout, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources issued an emergency change on Monday to increase the fish limit at Fall Creek and its tributaries — including Phinney and Anderson lakes — effective immediately. DWR Director […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah is celebrating the most snow seen in the state in several decades. The Utah Department of Natural Resources announced yesterday that snowfall totals in the state have reached 201-percent of normal. That measurement could rise as even more snow is expected to fall due […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is doing its part to try and help save the Great Salt Lake. The church is donating the equivalent of more than 20-thousand acre feet of water. Governor Spencer Cox said the move “will make a real […]
(Salt Lake County, UT) — Utah state and fire officials are pleading with the public to take extra precautions to prevent wildfires. Executive Director Brian Steed of the Utah Department of Natural Resources was among the state officials who met at Little Dell Reservoir yesterday to discuss wildfire prevention. Lieutenant […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Great Salt Lake is likely to hit a new low-water record sometime later this year. That’s the prediction made by the Utah Department of Natural Resources during a briefing given yesterday to the Salt Lake County Council. The agency says this year’s snowpack will […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Department of Natural Resources is asking property owners not to do any lawn watering this week. The department’s first Lawn Watering Guide of the year asks Utahns not to water lawns through Thursday. The only exception is Washington County, where DNR officials say […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who authorities say was possibly attacked by a bison in Utah has died. Investigators believe 55-year-old Larry M. Adams was jogging on Antelope Island just outside Salt Lake City when he had a suspected encounter with a bison. The Utah Department of Natural […]
The Utah Department of Natural Resources has extended the closed fire season for parts of central Utah. In a proclamation released by the department they stated that wildfire danger is unseasonably high this year due to weather and dry fuel conditions in central Utah. They also discussed that “minimizing the […]
