News - Weber River
Six popular fishing areas in Utah now have fish-consumption advisories because of concerns about mercury.
By Geoffrey Fattah Deseret News The Utah Supreme Court doesn't expect Utahns to walk on water. In a ruling issued Friday, the justices said that people using Utah's rivers and lakes can touch and walk on the water's bed, even if that bed is considered private property.
By Christopher Smart, The Salt Lake Tribune Jun. 28--WANSHIP -- Folks who live right below dams aren't the worrying kind. That's what they say, anyway. "I've got a boat, just in case," joked Lloyd Hill, who lives near the Weber River just below the Wanship Dam.
By Joe Bauman Deseret Morning News State environmental regulators issued advisories Monday about consuming trout species caught at six popular fishing spots because of mercury contamination.