Dawn Larsen the Deer Creek park manager asked me to pass along this information. Quagga mussels may be in the waters of Deer Creek Reservoir and therefor steps must be taken by everyone who launches a "vessel" in the waters. The park will be requiring everyone who is on the water on any type of craft (including sailboards, kite boards and SUPs)to have the appropriate paperwork on the dash of their car. She told me the park will be posting a sign regarding this and making forms available at BWB and Charleston boat ramp. In the meantime, you may need to go to the pay booth at Island Beach to get a form. She said that park employees will be coming to BWB and checking that everyone complies to the law. You can go online a get a season long certification form that is valid for 2015 by taking a mussel aware tutorial. The link is
http://wildlife.utah.gov/invasive-mussels.html. Apparently, a wetsuit, or foot strap, that has been exposed to contaminated water can house these "veligers" and transport them to another body of water. This would mean that gear used in Deer Creek would be illegal to take to another body of water without being professionally decontaminated, or "dried out" for 18 days in the spring and 7 days in the fall. More information on these invasive species can be found at STDoftheSea.com. Please don't shoot the messenger, I know its a hassle.