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Water News Roundup – May 26, 2010

26 May

KCPW: Utah water outlook good, despite low snowpack – Yesterday marked the latest measureable spring snowfall in Utah’s history. It’s the most recent storm in what’s turned into a cool, wet spring. That’s just the kind of weather the state’s water forecasters like to see when the snowpack is lower than average.

Salt Lake Tribune:

Archaeologists work on ancient ruins as dam construction begins – A site once occupied by prehistoric Puebloan people, which includes multiple American Indian remains, is being excavated before the place is scraped away to make room for a dam and reservoir.

Amateur biologists – A Utah angler, leading a flotilla of state biologists to the spot where he caught and killed three non-native white bass, may have saved the rainbow trout fishery at Deer Creek Reservoir.

KSL: $7000 reward offered in illegal stocking case – The Provo River is one of the most popular fishing spots in Utah. Recently, a fisherman there caught a white bass near the inlet of Deer Creek Reservoir in Wasatch County.

Deseret News: Biologists study otters as they adapt to new home – Wildlife biologists are encouraged about river otters transplanted in the fall of 2009 into the Provo River.  The specialists are now gathering data on the otters to better understand how they are adapting to their new home.