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Developer plans residential ski lakes at Syracuse nature park

Last updated Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 5:30am

SYRACUSE -- The development company that purchased a portion of Jensen Nature Park has outlined a plan to build a residential ski lake development there.

Irben Development LLC, of Roy, has announced plans to build Still Water Lake Estates, a development expected to include two 2,200-by-220-foot lakes, with 24 lots surrounding the bodies of water. Each lot would have a private dock and boatlift.

Development plans also include an on-the-water fuel dock and pump, and each lake is projected to accommodate almost any water sport, including a regulation American Waterski Association slalom course.

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Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Technician Roas Hoban examines a boat for mussels. This photo was taken at the Wahweap Marina at Lake Powell. Photo by Wayne Gustaveson, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources on 8-12-08.

Mussels in Utah: So far, so good

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 6:13pm

Two tiny, aquatic critters have devastated fishing waters, plugged water delivery systems and ruined boats all across the nation, but so far, efforts in Utah have largely prevented the spread of quagga and zebra mussels.

In 2007, the Division of Wildlife Resources, the Utah Legislature and several statewide partners launched a massive effort to keep mussels from invading Utah's lakes and reservoirs. The mussels are mainly spread from one body of water to another by hitching a ride on boats.

Since 2007, evidence that quagga or zebra mussels might be in Utah has been found in eight waters. However, as of this month, only one of those waters -- Sand Hollow Reservoir near St. George -- is still classified as possibly having mussels in it, said Larry Dalton, aquatic invasive species coordinator for the DWR.

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Lake levels to rise with large snowpack in Utah

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 9:03pm

Antelope Island will be an island again by the end of the summer, but despite massive snowpacks and spring runoffs, Lake Powell is still going to have that unsightly bathtub ring.

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