This is your daily news for Tuesday, April 1, in this issue:
- Part of the Jordan River Parkway Trail will temporarily close for environmental and security concerns
- Two new laws could affect outdoors in Utah outdoors
Part of the Jordan River Parkway Trail, which was temporarily closed to ensure security concerns
Part of the Jordan River Parkway Trail in Salt Lake City is closed for several months, while officials take care of environmental and security concerns.
While the closure, which extends from Cottonwood Park to 700 North, the officials are removed overgrown vegetation, installed improved lighting, restore damaged river banks and move part of the way to the other side of the river for improved visual lines.
In an announcement of the closure on Monday, the mayor Erin Mendenhall's office announced that the area was also recorded in the past few months to increase criminal behavior and that the police department of Salt Lake City had increased there as part of the mayor's public security plan in 2025.
There will be one during the closure marked detour For relaxation in place.
Two new laws could affect outdoors in Utah outdoors
Among the hundreds of legislative templates that were adopted during the legislative session of Utah 2025 were several in connection with wildlife management that can affect the recreational in Utah.
Senate Bill 8 Enables the department for wildlife resources in Utah to increase the non -resident license fees in order to buy land for hunting and fishing. These increases, which do not affect an average of 20 US dollars and the residents, will come into force on July 1st.
A full List of fee increases can be found on the department's website.
House bill 309Wildlife changes had a number of changes for both wildlife officials and for relaxation.
According to the law, adults must now have a hunting, fishing or combination license to have access to wildlife management areas and water bird management areas in the counties of Davis, Salt Lake, Utah and Weber.
Further changes are a clearer language if someone is a night hunt for non -protected wild animals and an updated definition of A Wildlife management area.