The drop is part of restocking the lakes with native and recreational fish. 🐟
Last week, the Division of Wildlife Resources in Utah air-dropped thousands of fish in over 200 lakes around the state. This is part of the department's annual efforts to restock lakes with fish that are native to these lakes and used for recreational fishing. This year, they shared a video of the drop on theirHowever, this isn't the first time the department has done something like this.
The airdrop has been in practice since the 1950s, according to a documentConventionally, the restocking exercise is done by carrying young fish holding tanks that are transported by road on trucks, but Utah has many high-altitude lakes that are hard to reach by motorable roads.
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