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The controversy surrounds a stretch of the Lower Provo River in Utah, roughly 50 miles from Salt Lake City.
The Lower Provo River is considered a top-tier fishing destination in Utah. But questions over where it's legal to cast there have property owners, advocates and anglers alike frustrated.
Apparently, it’s not enough for some folks to simply own a mile or two of riverfront along the Provo River in Provo Canyon when the public resource – the river and the fish – can be exploited for personal gain. And thanks to the Utah Legislature giving away the rights of the public to “freely” fish the privately-owned beds of the Provo River through the perversely named “Public Waters Access Act” of 2010 — there’s now gold (in the form of brown trout) and silver (in the form of rainbow trout and whitefish) that can be mined in them-thar waters by those who own the beds over w...
The Provo River is being diverted into recently constructed channels and ponds near Utah Lake as part of an effort to preserve the threatened June sucker.
DWR News Release The Provo River Delta Restoration project broke ground in June 2020. Last week, the project reached another major milestone: the Provo River was diverted into the channels and ponds constructed over the past three years, connecting the river with a restored delta and with Utah Lake. Project staff, crews and volunteers took