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Willard Peak Pond provides stage for demonstration of anti-algal treatment program
WILLARD BAY STATE PARK — Willard Peak Pond, nestled into the northwest corner of Willard Bay State Park, opened in 2022 as a place for swimming, kayaking, SCUBA diving and any manner of other water activities. However, as Director of Utah State Parks Scott Strong noted on Tuesday, it's been hard for the lake to fulfill that promise the last couple of years. "Often times, what we have is algal blooms — and they're harmful algal blooms," he said. "We have thousands — literally, thousands — of people who want to come and recreate at Willard Peak Pond here and can't, which is so ...
