The woundfin fish has rebounded from the brink of extinction. Rick Fridell at the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources in Washington County said that, “Presently, native fish numbers in the Virgin River are the highest recorded in years and the number of woundfin are particularly significant.” Fridell was particularly pleased that “74% of the woundfin documented this year resulted from Continue Reading »
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Boaters – Please be aware of the following obstructions in the Virgin River. This list may not address all of the potential obstructions. The Virgin River Program has constructed fish barriers at three locations on the Virgin River. These locations are near the I-15 Bridges in Bloomington, near the Arizona state line, and near the mouth of the gorge in Continue Reading »
Completed barrier. Flows are about 60 cfs.
Tiffany De Masters – The Spectrum and Daily New HURRICANE – Shawnnie Bryan, 18, puckered up to an 8 1/2 inch flannelmouth sucker fish Thursday morning in the Virgin River near Hurricane. “You have to kiss the biggest fish you see for the day,” said Melinda Bennion, native aquatics biologist for the Division of Wildlife Resources. Bryan and four other Continue Reading »
5 Summer Interns Monitor S. Utah’s Endangered Fish Mark Haynes – The Salt Lake Tribune La Verkin – The high school students waded the Virgin River, dragging a seine through the murky water as part of a program that gives them hands-on experience checking populations of the stream’s rare fish. The five Washington County students, who worked with a biologist Continue Reading »
Patricia St. Germain – The Spectrum and Daily News St. George — A muddy Virgin River flowed lazily through the Virgin River Gorge, on Thursday, with the heat shimmering off the rock gorge as several workers moved rock and dirt to create a barrier diverting the river. Once a dry work area is created, a fish barrier will be constructed, Continue Reading »
David Demille – The Spectrum and Daily News ST. GEORGE – Leaving acres of brown branches in its wake, the tamarisk beetle is alive and well in St. George this year — just ask residents who live near the Virgin River. “They’re everywhere,” said Andrew Sullivan, St. George, whose backyard neighbors a large area of tamarisk trees, an invasive Eurasian Continue Reading »
Deseret News LA VERKIN, Washington County — Biologists released 3,000 endangered woundfin into the Virgin River as part of an effort to reintroduce the rare fish. The Thursday release was the second one this month. Previously, 1,500 Virgin River chub were released into the river, which winds through Washington County in southern Utah. Amos Rehm, a fish biologist with the Continue Reading »
By Mark Havnes – Salt Lake Tribune LaVerkin — The population of endangered woundfin grew by 3,000 Thursday as biologists continued an ongoing reintroduction of the rare fish species into the Virgin River. Placing the fish in the river, which meanders through Washington County, is part of the latest effort to restore populations of several rare fish whose demise is Continue Reading »