12-02-2019, 12:32 AM
One thing to remember about this is that while our DWR has assisted in the planning and implementation of this project, they are not the ones that initiated it. All this was started by the USFish and Wildlife service due to the designation of the sucker as an endangered species. The Feds have promoted, funded, and pushed this whole thing. Fortunately the UtDWR has had a say in the whole thing and that has resulted in the benefits that we see to Utah Lake. Otherwise, I think the whole process and the result would have been a total disaster. One bad thing that did result was that thee was a delay in the building of a warm water hatchery for Utah as, the funds for that were diverted to the building of a hatchery for the suckers. We eventually got the warm water hatchery, but it was delayed for many years !!