09-09-2008, 11:10 AM
Celebrate wildlife in the Strawberry Valley Sep. 19 and 20
Fluorescent red kokanee salmon have started to swim up several tributaries to Strawberry Reservoir. The salmons' journey is part of their annual spawning run.
You can see the salmon, and possibly other wildlife, at the annual Strawberry Valley Wildlife Festival.
The festival will be held Sept. 19 and 20 at the U.S. Forest Service visitor center at Strawberry Reservoir. The visitor center is along US-40, about 20 miles southeast of Heber City.
The Friends of Strawberry Valley host the festival every September amid the beauty and changing colors of the Strawberry Valley
You can see some salmon in the Strawberry River adjacent to the visitor center, but most of the fish will be congregated in the fish trap and egg-taking facility behind the visitor center. Biologists with the Division of Wildlife Resources will be available to show off the salmon and talk with you about the peculiar life cycle of the fish.
Strawberry wildlife festival
Festival activities will run from noon to 6 p.m. on Sep. 19, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sep. 20. Activities will include a chance to hook and land a 'virtual' fish on a fishing simulator; look at animal tracks; see exotic animals (Sept. 20 only, from 1 - 3 p.m.); see several live birds; watch the Utah Highway Patrol demonstrate ZONAR, and watch boating and ATV safety demonstrations.
Several other booths and displays will also be available. Smokey Bear will also be on hand.
Two additional presentations will be given on Sept. 20. Shirlyn Peatross from Duchesne County Search & Rescue will give a presentation at 11 a.m. on "Outdoor Survival." Angler Dan Potts will give a presentation on "Fishing Success and Technology" at 3:30 p.m. Both of the presentations will be held in the visitor center.
The festival is sponsored by the DWR, the U.S. Forest Service/Uinta National Forest, the Strawberry Anglers Association, Wasatch County, American Land & Leisure, the Utah Snowmobile Association, the National Wild Turkey Federation, the Salt Lake County Fish & Game Association and many other organizations.
Fluorescent red kokanee salmon have started to swim up several tributaries to Strawberry Reservoir. The salmons' journey is part of their annual spawning run.
You can see the salmon, and possibly other wildlife, at the annual Strawberry Valley Wildlife Festival.
The festival will be held Sept. 19 and 20 at the U.S. Forest Service visitor center at Strawberry Reservoir. The visitor center is along US-40, about 20 miles southeast of Heber City.
The Friends of Strawberry Valley host the festival every September amid the beauty and changing colors of the Strawberry Valley
You can see some salmon in the Strawberry River adjacent to the visitor center, but most of the fish will be congregated in the fish trap and egg-taking facility behind the visitor center. Biologists with the Division of Wildlife Resources will be available to show off the salmon and talk with you about the peculiar life cycle of the fish.
Strawberry wildlife festival
Festival activities will run from noon to 6 p.m. on Sep. 19, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sep. 20. Activities will include a chance to hook and land a 'virtual' fish on a fishing simulator; look at animal tracks; see exotic animals (Sept. 20 only, from 1 - 3 p.m.); see several live birds; watch the Utah Highway Patrol demonstrate ZONAR, and watch boating and ATV safety demonstrations.
Several other booths and displays will also be available. Smokey Bear will also be on hand.
Two additional presentations will be given on Sept. 20. Shirlyn Peatross from Duchesne County Search & Rescue will give a presentation at 11 a.m. on "Outdoor Survival." Angler Dan Potts will give a presentation on "Fishing Success and Technology" at 3:30 p.m. Both of the presentations will be held in the visitor center.
The festival is sponsored by the DWR, the U.S. Forest Service/Uinta National Forest, the Strawberry Anglers Association, Wasatch County, American Land & Leisure, the Utah Snowmobile Association, the National Wild Turkey Federation, the Salt Lake County Fish & Game Association and many other organizations.