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Commission Plans to Make Improvements at Utah Lake Video UTAH COUNTY, Utah - A public hearing was held Thursday regarding the Utah Lake Commission's plan to make the lake more accessible to fishers, boaters and others who use the lake for recreation. Other plans include restoring Utah Lake's beaches and adding hiking and bicycle trails along the shoreline. Most importantly, the plan allows for the removal of 5 million pounds of carp from Utah Lake every year for the next seven years. The carp removal is estimated to cost $1.5 million/year. Details on the costs for the other improvements are expected Thursday. Some in attendance at the hearing expressed concerns about investing too much money into Utah Lake.
"We have to realize that Utah Lake is not Lake Tahoe. It can only be so much; it can't be everything. So, we have to work within the parameters that nature has given us," said Dick Buehler of the Division of Forestry Fire.
FOX 13's Nineveh Dinha has more.
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