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Show B-11 The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, December 27-30, 2008 A CLOSER LOOK AT NATURE By Mark Hadley PARK CITY Divison of Wildlife Resources 2009 changes for Utah fishermen If you can identify a rainbow trout, you shouldn't have a challenge with new fishing regulations at two of Utah's best trout-fishing waters. The trout limit at Scofield Reservoir and Panguitch Lake will change on Jan. 1. Starting Jan. 1, the following will be in effect: • The trout limit will be 4 trout. • Your4-trout limit can include rainbow trout of any size. • Within your 4-trout limit, you can have two cutthroat or tiger trout under 15 (inches in length. You can also have one cutthroat or tiger trout over 22 inches long. All cutthroat and tiger trout between 15 and 22 inches long must be released immediately. life.utah.gov/ trout.pdf. you can keep, has been in place at Panguitch Lake since 2006. That Scofield Reservoir was the year the lake reopened to DWR biologists say the Utah fishing after being closed to chub population in Scofield remove Utah chubs. Reservoir, has increased dramatiJust like at Scofield, the regucally over the past two years. To lations at Panguitch Lake will try and keep the population in help ensure plenty of Bear Lake check, biologists will slock Bear cutthroats and tiger trout stay in Lake cutthroat trout into the the lake to control any chubs reservoir starting in spring 2009. that might return. The differPutting Bear Lake cutthroats ence between the past regulain the reservoir will give it two tion and the new regulation is "chub eaters"-the Bear Lake that your 4-trout limit can cutthroat trout, and tiger trout include rainbow trout of any size. that are in the reservoir now. "In the past, anglers had to Putting special regulations on Bear Lake cutthroats and tiger release all trout that were trout will help ensure plenty of the between 15 and 22 inches long," large predatory fish stay in the Wilson says. "This change will allow anglers to keep more rainreservoir. "We put Bear Lake cutthroats in bows." Identifying rainbows Strawberry Reservoir after we Panguitch Lake is about 15 "Surveys have confirmed that treated the reservoir in 1990. The miles southwest of.Panguitch. rainbow trout are the easiest of cutthroats in Strawberry have the three trout for anglers to iden- been protected by a limit that's the 2009 fishing guidebook tify," says Roger Wilson, cold same as the limit that will be 1in water sport fisheries coordinator place at Scofield starting Jan. I, ' All of Utah's fishing changes for the Division of Wildlife Wilson says. for 2009 are found in the 2009 Resources. "The cutthroats have kept the Utah Fishing Guidebook. The guidebook is available at "If you know what a rainbow chub populations in Strawberry in trout looks like-and then you check. We hope they'll do the www.wildlife.utah.gov/guidebooks. Printed copies are availcatch a fish that doesn't look like a same at Scofield." rainbow-you'll know the fish Scofield Reservoir is just north able at DWR offices and from fishing license agents across Utah. you've caught is covered by the of the town of Scofield. special regulations." For more information, call the nearest Division of Wildlife The DWR has put a new Panguitch Lake Resources office or the DWR's brochure together to help you identify rainbow trout. The A 4-lrout limit, which includes Salt Lake City office at (801) 5384700. brochure is available at www.wild- restrictions on the size of the fish A friendly reminder from Park City Municipal Corporation Finance Department. It is that time of the year again... All fees for beer ^?ff-_ and liquor licenses must be paid on or before: Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 by 4 P.M. Businesses that do not have a valid license at that time must dose all beer and liquor related establishments at midnight on Wednesday, December 31*, 2008. We would like to thank everyone in advance for complying with Park City Municipal's beer and liquor ordinance. Please call Shelley 435-615-5225 with any questions or concerns. "Let Me Show You Our Playground" Solar power rising ill the West BY STEVE RAABE The Denver Post DENVER - A sun-powered generating station in Southern Colorado's San Luis Valley will finish 2008 as the nation's most productive utility-scale solar electricity plant. The 82-acre SunEdison station north of Alamosa generated enough power this year to serve :.c>52 homes; making it the largest plant ot its kind in the nation. Solar experts said the facility's successful first year of operation should help convince utilities that sun power can be a viable part of the U.S. generation mix. e\en though its costs are higher and its output more intermittent than traditional coal and natural gas-fired generators. XceLEnerpy is using the plant's power tu MP&l meetrthfr.renew-1.; ' ' ' [' able-energy standards approved by Colorado voters and state legislators over the past four years. Xcel customers pay about 2 percent more on their power bills to fund renewable energy, mostly from wind farms. Among plants employing the technology of photovoltaics - direct conversion of sunlight to electricity - .the 8.22-megawatt Alamosa facility is the largest in the nation to deliver power to a public utility. Its size is exceeded only by the 14-megawatt photovoltaic generating station at Ncllis Air Force Base in Nevada, where the power plant is used to meet a portion of the base's needs. Yet the Alamosa plant's bragging rights may soon go by the wayr to jf g 'come on" line. -;''*. Developers recently completed construction of a 10-megawatt photovoltaic plant in southern Nevada that will serve customers of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. * And construction of other plants using solar-thermal technology - harnessing the sun's heat to make steam to spin turbine generators - is expected to bring largerscale facilities more suited to utilities' needs. Photovoltaics are best known for their use in solar panels installed on the rooftops of homes, stores, government buildings and parking structures. "Solar power has come to maturity." said Rick Gilliam, managing director of Western states policy for Beltsville. Md.-based SunEdison. "Alamosa *is helping us show that solar 4s a , l i i resource." Prospector Corrdo on Rail Trail! Sun Creek - 1885 Prospector Ave - 2 Br, 2 Ba, Furnished, Fireplace, Walk to restaurants, On free bus route to 3 local resorts and all Park City areas. 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