Flaming Gorge

MANILA -- Flaming Gorge Reservoir is welcoming a long-awaited amphibious hovercraft meant to keep the dam secure and assist in rescue operations.

For the past six years, Utah wildlife officials have been fighting to control the growth of an invasive predator that has been multiplying in one of the state’s premier fisheries.

A new study under way now is aimed at tracking the movements and diet of the burbot, an eel-like fish that was illegally introduced into Flaming Gorge Reservoir in 2006 and is seen as a considerable threat to the trout and kokanee salmon that call the lake home.

GREEN RIVER, Wyo -- The latest application for a federal permit to construct a pipeline to haul water from the Green River in southwestern Wyoming to Colorado's sprawling Front Range is sparking opposition from environmental groups and others in the "Cowboy State."

MANILA -- A 35-year-old Colorado man is presumed drowned in Flaming Gorge Reservoir after reportedly giving up his life jacket to a friend swimming with him.

MANILA — An 82-year-old man from Bountiful has died of drowning and possible other medical problems when he lost his balance and fell off a dock at Flaming Gorge Reservoir.