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Utah Lake Legacy

Grade Levels: 3 - 12
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Episodes:

  • Utah Lake: Carp Removal

    Reasons and process for removing vast amounts of the predator fish, carp.

    Length: 00:06:27
  • Utah Lake: Legacy; Chapter 1; Introduction

    Introduction and statistics of Utah Lake

    Length: 00:01:41
  • Utah Lake: Legacy; Chapter 2; Window to Our Past

    Historical data, civilizations and native Americans who settled around Utah Lake and the importance the Lake had with the area.

    Length: 00:04:25
  • Utah Lake: Legacy; Chapter 3; Fishing. A Way of Life

    Importance fish from Utah Lake played in the survival of the native Americans and Mormon settlers during this time. Tells about how fishing became popular in Utah Lake.

    Length: 00:06:10
  • Utah Lake Legacy; Chapter 4, Part 1 - The Lake as A Gathering Place

    Historical importance of the lake as the center of the valley and the state providing recreation, livelihood, and economic growth.

    Length: 00:05:38
  • Utah Lake Legacy; Chapter 4, Part 2 - The Lake as A Gathering Place

    Historical importance of the lake as the center of the valley and the state providing recreation, livelihood, and economic growth.

    Length: 00:07:08
  • Utah Lake: Legacy; Chapter 5; Price of Progress

    History of abuse of the tributaries and Utah Lake by woolen, sugar and saw mills using the waterways as a dumping ground. Later steel mills and cities dumped their waste into the lake.

    Length: 00:13:11
  • Utah Lake: Legacy; Chapter 6; Characteristics of a Shallow Lake

    Reasons why Utah Lake is murky, the imbalance of the eco-system, and the increase in carp in Utah Lake. Explains the weather, wind stir up the bottom of the lake and sediment, and there is no aquatic vegetation due to the carp.

    Length: 00:02:40
  • Utah Lake: Legacy; Chapter 7; A Time to Heal

    Insight into the various native fish which have become endangered and the steps taken to restore the eco-system and increase the numbers of the June sucker and other endangered fish.

    Length: 00:08:54

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