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State study recommends phased Utah Lake recovery with $6–11M pilot, long-term program outlined
Summary
A statewide study presented by the Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands recommends phased, adaptive work to restore Utah Lake—starting with a ~100‑acre pilot (phase 1) estimated at $6–11 million—to address invasive carp, unstable sediments, excess nutrients and unnatural water-level fluctuations and to scale up if pilots prove effective.
The Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands presented the Utah Lake Study to the commission on Jan. 9, which synthesizes past research and recommends a phased, adaptive approach to restoring lake health.
Ben Steierman (Deputy Director, FFSL) told commissioners that the lake faces four compounding stressors—large numbers of invasive carp (the study cites roughly 750,000 carp counted in 2025), sediment resuspension and unstable sediments, excess…
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