Provo River


Provo River is deemed clean overall -- for now
Deseret News October 14, 2002.  "Overall, the Provo River is in great shape," said Ty Robinson, a Provo High science teacher who supervised the project.

Revival of Provo River Under Way to Patch Ecosystem Disaster
The Salt Lake Tribune September 3, 2002.  Restoration of one of northern Utah's most popular stretches of river began last week -- and it was ugly.

Utah to kill a million trout
Deseret News April 19, 2000.  Midway hatchery found to harbor whirling disease

Illness StrikesRainbow Trout
The Salt Lake Tribune April 19, 2000.  Utah wildlife experts have discovered signs of whirling disease at the Midway fish hatchery, marking the first time the disfiguring ailment has been found in a state-operated fish farm.

Whirling Disease Hits 2 Reservoirs, River
The Salt Lake Tribune March 4, 2000.  The parasite that causes whirling disease has spread to Jordanelle and Deer Creek reservoirs and the middle fork of the Provo River.

Provo River infected with whirling disease
Deseret News March 3, 2000.  Biologists weren't expecting sickness to spread so quickly

Provo River Restoration Sailing Along
The Salt Lake Tribune November 7, 1999.  In the blink of an eye -- as riparian time goes -- a river that races between man-made dikes across the Heber Valley will slow into a meandering likeness of its natural predecessor.