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Ashley National Forest

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Posted on: June 13, 2012

rvtrips.com article about the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area

Interesting article from rvtrips.com about the recreational opportunities in the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area

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Chamber news

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Posted on: March 1, 2013

Utah Talks Newsletter

This is a ublication of Utah's GOED to let people know what is going on in Business and Econmic Development in the state. Let me know if you would like to be on the list to receive it by email at braymond@daggettcounty.org.

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Posted on: October 22, 2012

Don't Yawn: Chambers of Commerce Are Really Quite a Kick

It was the chamber in Atlantic City, N.J., [Chris Mead] says, that created the Miss America pageant, while the St. Louis chamber helped pay for Charles Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic. That's why his famous plane was called the Spirit of St. Louis.

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Colorado Pipeline News

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Posted on: May 2, 2012

Pondering Pipeline Water Rights

An aricle from the Pueblo Chieftain regarding the water rights and how those rights affect Mr. Million's desire to build what has been called the "Flaming Gorge Pipeline." See the Full article for more information.

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Economic Development

2 Stories
Posted on: May 2, 2013

Small Business Administration's Newsletter

Latest Version of the Small Business Administration (SBA) newsletter.

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Posted on: May 2, 2013

Utah Talks Newsletter from Governor's Office of Economic Development

Follow the link to see the latest Utah Talks newsletter.

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Flaming Gorge Fishing

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Posted on: May 20, 2013

Flaming Gorge Fishing Report: Looking good for Memorial Day

Follow the "Full Article" link to see Ryan Mosley's report on what's happening on Flaming Gorge and to get a summary of successful fishing methods by species, which should provide a good start for the upcoming holiday.

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Posted on: May 20, 2013

Fishing Utah: Green River Fishing Report - Fish are "super sizing their meals'. . .

The warm weather has brought a transition time here on the Green. The smaller bugs are less prevalent and bigger bugs are starting to show. A few cicadas have been out, along with a fair amount of pine beetles. The terrestrial fishing has been spotty...

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Posted on: May 20, 2013

Fishing Utah: Big lakers and plump smallmouth at Flaming Gorge's Sheep Creek Bay

"Ryan Mosley, Flaming Gorge Project Leader for the UDWR, sent in this report of recently completed spring survey gillnetting on the reservoir straddling the Utah/Wyoming border. The video is from a past gillnetting survey." Follow the "Full Article" link.

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Posted on: May 17, 2013

BOR Green River Flow Update - May 21, 2013

Latest update on Green River and Yampa River flows from the Bureau of Reclamation. Follow the "Additional Info" link for details.

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Posted on: May 13, 2013

Fishing Utah: Flaming Gorge Fishing Report - Gillnetting nabs trophy lake trout

Short Flaming Gorge Report with photo of large lake trout caught in gilnetting operation. Follow the link to see photo and article.

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Posted on: May 13, 2013

Fishing Utah: 52-pound lake trout at Flaming Gorge

Reservoir netting has begun and Wyoming Game and Fish Department's Craig Amadio (WGFD biologist) sent me these pics of a 52-lb, 45-inch lake trout the crew netted near the stateline earlier this week. Follow the link to see the photo and article.

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Posted on: May 13, 2013

Fishing Utah: Green River fishing report - Good fishing and great memories

Brett Prettyman said: Ryan Kelly with Flaming Gorge Resort sent in this report. The fish on the Green are in the best shape I've ever seen them. Get over there and create some lasting memories. Follow the link forMay 9th Green River Fishing Report.

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Posted on: May 8, 2013

Wyoming Game & Fish - Green River Region Angler Newsletter

The 2013 Newsletter contains info about Wyoming Funding, New Wyoming AIS Laws, Colorado Cutthroat Conservation, Fish Consumption Advisory, Flaming Gorge Creel Survey, Burbot Nongame status, Burbot Bash, and more!

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Posted on: May 6, 2013

BOR Announces Plans for Spring Flows

Reclamation has released some information on its plans for the spring flows which include an experimental program to assist the endangered razorback sucker. Follow the "News Release" link for more details.

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Posted on: May 1, 2013

Fishing Utah by Brett Prettyman: Green River fishing report - A bucket and a bucket list

I spent three days on the Green River below Flaming Gorge Reservoir filming a segment for the KUED production I'm doing called "The Utah Bucket List". The show will air in August on KUED-Channel 7. We floated all 30 or so miles from the dam to. . .

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Posted on: May 1, 2013

Fishing Utah: Green River electrofishing turns up 3.4-pound "football" rainbow trout

by Brett Prettyman: UDWR Green River/Flaming Gorge Project Leader Ryan Mosley sent in this report of the second night of the annual electrofish sampling from Thursday night. This makes me stoked for next week's trip to film for the Utah Bucket List.

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Posted on: April 26, 2013

Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Regulations Change Requiring Boat Inspections When Entering Wyoming

Wyoming regulations have changed & all boats entering Wyoming (including driftboats) will need to be inspected starting April 15th. A new inspection station has been set-up at the Evanston Port of Entry and near Anvil Draw on Hwy 530. Link has details!

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Posted on: April 10, 2013

Green River has ‘catch and kill’ order for pike, 2 other species by Brett Prettyman

"A new fishing regulation requiring anglers to "catch and kill" three species on the world famous Blue Ribbon Green River below Flaming Gorge Dam appears to have come just in time. Northern pike, a nonnative species..." Follow link to read the article.

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Posted on: April 5, 2013

Emergency Changes Announced to the 2013 Utah Fishing Guidebook

DWR has announced bag limit changes for Spirit Lake starting June 1, 2013 and Cottonwood Reservoir starting May 1, 2013. See the attached Notice for additional details.

Notice of Emergency Changes...
Posted on: April 10, 2013

Fishing Utah- Brett Prettyman: Green River fishing report

Thanks to Ryan Kelly of Flaming Gorge Resort for providing such an informative and fun Green River fishing report again this year. Follow the link for the full article.

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Posted on: April 10, 2013

Fishing Utah - Brett Prettyman: Flaming Gorge Fishing Report - Spring jigging for rainbows

Utah DWR Flaming Gorge Project Leader Ryan Mosley has spent some time on the reservoir lately. "The daytime temps are climbing, ospreys are showing up and rebuilding nests, insects are hatching..." Follow the link to read the full article.

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Posted on: April 10, 2013

Scientific Flaming Gorge Monster from In-Fisherman

Photo of 36 lb. Lake Trout and brief story of research being done on Flaming Gorge by Utah State University. Follow the link to read the full story.

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Posted on: April 10, 2013

Green River Update by Brett Prettyman for Fly Rod+Reel Online

"Northeast Utah’s Green River harbors up to 20,000 trout per mile; thanks to flushing flows in 2011 those fish are now feeding on improved aquatic insect hatches..." Follow the link to read the full article.

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Posted on: April 5, 2013

Flaming Gorge Lake Trout & Rainbow Trout Through the Ice

Angler West TV presents this video on how to fish the ice at Flaming Gorge for Macs and Rainbows. Enjoy!

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Posted on: March 21, 2013

Hooked on Utah - Flaming Gorge Mac Attack Video

Flaming Gorge has world class fishing even through the ice. Video is 23 minutes long. Check it out!

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Posted on: December 6, 2012

KSL Outdoors: Burbot Fishing at Flaming Gorge

Burbot Fishing at the Gorge is hot right now! This video shows you how to catch burbot, fillet them & even has recipes for cooking them! Beware that Wyoming Game and Fish has found elevated levels of mercury in burbot over 30 inches and other large fish

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Posted on: December 6, 2012

Hooked on Utah Burbot Fishing Video

Awesome video showing the ability to fish for burbot from a boat on the flaming Gorge Reservoir and literally fill your boat with these voracious eating machines. Join us for the 2013 Burbot Bash February 1-3. Info at: www.daggettcounty.org/burbotbash!

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Posted on: October 9, 2012

Power of 1: Cache anglers win single fly contest at Flaming Gorge by HJNews.com

It was a sweet title for the Cache Anglers, who two years ago were high in the standings when one team member lost his fly in a fish. Although he eventually — and amazingly — recovered the fly the group wasn’t able to climb back to the top.

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Posted on: October 1, 2012

Field & Stream Photo Slideshow: The Beauty of the Green River by Tim Romano

I floated, fished, camped and took photos of what has to be one of the most beautiful trout rivers in the United States. . . We caught super healthy rainbow and brown trout. Saw bald eagles, osprey, hawks, river otters, moose, and deer.

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Posted on: July 16, 2012

Fishing Utah-Brett Prettyman: New fishing pier near Flaming Gorge Dam

The new ADA accessible fishing pier is 8 ft wide and 80 ft long, surrounded by protective handrails featuring slots to net or land fish. Currently, the end of the pier sits over about 35 ft of water, providing anglers access to a variety of fish.

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Posted on: June 13, 2012

"Observe, then take action" - Don Allphin article in the Daily Herald

Becoming a better "observer" of Nature will make you a much better angler. Observing nature and fishing to what he was seeing instead of fishing the "normal" way helped Don to have an outstanding day of Lake Trout fishing on Flaming Gorge!

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Posted on: May 8, 2012

KSL Outdoors: Fishing the Green River with some helpful electricity

DWR uses electricity to shock the fish and take inventory of the number and health of the fish on the Green River below the Flaming Gorge Dam.

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Posted on: May 2, 2012

Fishing Utah: Brett Prettyman-North of the border excurison leads to big bow & surprise kokanee bite

I spent time with Ryan fishing the Gorge and the Green last week working on an upcoming story. We had an awesome day on both the Gorge and the Green. Look for an upcoming story. Read Ryan's Fishing Report by following the Full Article link!

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Posted on: May 16, 2013

18th Annual Community Clean-up/Fix-up

18th Annual Community Clean-up/Fix-up will start on Saturday June 8, 2013 and complete on June 10, 2013. The information for the Clean Up is attached. Work Orders can be picked up at the Town Office, Daggett County... Read on...

Clean Up Flyer
Posted on: May 13, 2013

5th Annual Branding at the Historic Swett Ranch begins at 10:00 am

5th Annual Branding at the Historic Swett Ranch begins at 10:00 am

5th Annual Branding Information Sheet
Posted on: April 26, 2013

Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Regulations Change Requiring Boat Inspections When Entering Wyoming

Wyoming regulations have changed & all boats entering Wyoming (including driftboats) will need to be inspected starting April 15th. A new inspection station has been set-up at the Evanston Port of Entry and near Anvil Draw on Hwy 530. Link has details!

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Posted on: April 26, 2013

Applications are available to be part of the Agricultural Protection Zone

The conservation District wants agricultural producers to know that they can apply to have their ag land added to the agricultural protection zone if it is not already enrolled. Follow the link or contact Vicky McKee at the courthouse for more info.

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Posted on: April 10, 2013

Green River has ‘catch and kill’ order for pike, 2 other species by Brett Prettyman

"A new fishing regulation requiring anglers to "catch and kill" three species on the world famous Blue Ribbon Green River below Flaming Gorge Dam appears to have come just in time. Northern pike, a nonnative species..." Follow link to read the article.

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Posted on: April 5, 2013

Emergency Changes Announced to the 2013 Utah Fishing Guidebook

DWR has announced bag limit changes for Spirit Lake starting June 1, 2013 and Cottonwood Reservoir starting May 1, 2013. See the attached Notice for additional details.

Notice of Emergency Changes...
Posted on: July 19, 2012

KUTV Channel 2 Has been Road Trippin' in Flaming Gorge

Casey Scott and crew were in Flaming Gorge in late June and filmed several segments at local businesses and recreation hot spots. If you missed the show on July 19th visit their website to see all the Flaming Gorge segments!!

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Tourism News

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Posted on: March 21, 2013

Photos of Flaming Gorge Osprey

Visit Ron Dudley's Blog "Feathered Photography" to see some incredible shots he took of some Flaming Gorge Osprey. Amazing!!

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