Senate committee backs study of Gooseberry Narrows site after debate over water rights and fisheries The Natural Resources committee voted to favorably recommend Second Substitute S.B. 209 directing Utah State Parks to study Gooseberry Narrows as a potential state park and reservoir site; testimony highlighted long‑standing water rights (filed 1941), an estimated 14,500 acre‑feet authorization and competing concerns about impacts to downstream fisheries.

A Senate committee has moved to explore the potential of Gooseberry Narrows as a state park, sparking a heated debate over water rights and environmental impacts on local fisheries.

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