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It’s official. Proposed fishing rules have been approved by the Utah Wildlife Board to start in 2019. The first big change is that anglers can now fish with corn as bait. Until 2016, Utah was the only state in the West where corn was not allowed. The Division of Wildlife Resources conducted a poll of anglers in Utah and found that 70 percent favored the change to allow corn.
A successful partnership is something to celebrate and that’s exactly what took place on Wednesday in Roosevelt. Forty years ago, Life Flight responded to their very first Uintah Basin patient transport at the hospital in Roosevelt. Life Flight was stationed out of the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City and that first flight to Roosevelt was the beginning of an era.
The cooling temperatures and increased relative humidity have assisted fire suppression efforts across the state but the U.S. Forest Service AirFire Research Team is still providing smoke outlook reports for concerned populations. The current outlook for Utah states that smoke generated from the Pole Creek, Bald Mountain, and Mirror Lake Complex Fires is “expected to transport along the wind direction toward areas east and south of the fires, including the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Price, Roosevelt, and Vernal areas.”
The Bureau of Land Management issued their Record of Decision on seven right-of-way applications from Enefit American Oil on their proposed utility corridor project in Uintah County. The decision, announced on Wednesday, approved the applications following the BLM’s review of comments and public feedback received during a 60-day comment period.
While the rooms at the Weston Lamplighter Inn have been empty for nearly two decades there was a time they were bouncing with activity. ‘Hotel Vernal’ opened in 1947 on east Main Street and for decades was ‘the place to be’ in Vernal. “The hotel hosted plush banquets, large weddings, prom pictures, and famous guests,” shares Vernal City Manager Quinn Bennion.
The November election is approaching. Uintah County Clerk-Auditor Mike Wilkins confirms that in Uintah County, ballots will be mailed by October 22nd. Voter registration deadlines are October 9th if registering by mail and October 30th if registering online at vote.utah.gov or in person.
The main threat of the Boone Draw Fire has subsided. According to the Northwest Colorado Fire Management Unit, BLM and county officials decided to reduce the size of the area closure last week to only include the area most immediately impacted by the fire, heavy equipment traffic, and fire management activities.
Local search and rescue volunteers attended a two-day training event in southern Utah over the weekend. The 2018 Search and Rescue State Training Conference was held at Sand Hollow State Park in Hurricane and included first responders from Utah and Arizona.
Economic development is a crucial part of any municipality and Roosevelt City is doing their part to have a successful Economic Development Committee. The City announced last week the need for volunteer local businessmen and women interested in serving with the group of community members whose focus is on helping the economy thrive.
Work continues on multiple planning efforts in Daggett County. According to the Commissioner’s monthly update, the Master Trails Plan remains in process in Daggett County. The creation of the plan is funded through a Utah State Parks and PCIB grant. “There will be more to come as this process develops,” shares the Daggett County Commission.
The combination of job experience with a University degree can give a new graduate a leg up when applying for jobs. One USU-Uintah Basin student is counting his blessing for the internship he was able to experience this summer. Morgan Larsen worked for the United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Service as part of the Berryman Institute Scholarship he had received. “The internship was my first job in wildlife management,” shares Larsen.
A Missouri man wanted for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was arrested at a Rock Springs area playground last week. According to Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office, 23-year-old Cody Lynn Cotter was taken into custody by deputies after residents reported a suspicious person in the area around the playground. When approached by deputies, Cotter reported he had come into the area that day by bus seeking work. A routine check showed that Cotter was wanted in Missouri for Failure to Register on the Missouri sex offender registry. Sheriff Mike Lowell clarified that there were no children playing at the playground at the time of Cotter’s arrest. His return to Missouri to face charges there is pending.