The (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_LIGHTNING_STRIKE_PERSONAL_WATERCRAFT_DEATH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-07-22-21-38-04) Associated Press also reported a lightning strike that killed a teenage girl, aged 14, as she was riding a jet ski in the
Flaming Gorge Reservoir along the Utah-Wyoming border July 22.
Utah and Wyoming have also recently held "burbot bash" fishing derbies within the
Flaming Gorge Reservoir to help reduce numbers of this predator, which is known to escape the reservoir and threaten native fishes downstream.
Downstream effects of
Flaming Gorge Reservoir on the Green River, Colorado and Utah.
If hiking isn't your style, nearby
Flaming Gorge Reservoir offers unsurpassed beauty during October and November.
The Million Conservation Group has proposed tapping the Colorado River system at
Flaming Gorge Reservoir, piping water through Wyoming, along Interstate 80 and down the 1-25 corridor to Front Range users.
Because the species' survival could be affected by water releases from the upstream
Flaming Gorge Reservoir, the National Park Service iscollaborating with Utah State University geomorphologists to determine the likely impacts on the plant if dam operations change.
FLAMING GORGE RESERVOIR. Houseboaters can cruise a 91-mile-long high-desert and alpine lake straddling Wyoming and Utah.
Uintah County has many selling points:
Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Dinosaur National Monument and Ashley National Forest attract thousands of visitors every year, the existing fiber optic network is beneficial for companies moving into the area, and technology businesses are relocating to the region.
Because the species' survival could be affected by water releases from the upstream
Flaming Gorge Reservoir, the National Park Service is collaborating with Utah State University geomorphologists to determine the likely impacts on the plant if dam operations change.
On the Wyoming-Utah border,
Flaming Gorge Reservoir has the Lucerne Valley Marina, (801) 784-3483.