Bear Lake Watch Library

USGS Water quality monitoring, maps, case studies, a driving tour, and other lake data and resources available to Bear Lake Supporters

For an expansive compilation of data please visit our Bear Lake Data Repository

USGS Water Quality Monitoring Sites

USGS Water Quality Monitoring Sites

Bear Lake water quality data visualizations are monitored and plotted with depth over time for two locations on Bear Lake each season. Water-quality instrumentation has been deployed on Bear Lake every spring since 2018. The instrumentation is housed on two floating...

Regional Economic Values of the Bear River

Regional Economic Values of the Bear River

This study was intended to quantify the values of the Bear River to the rural economies highly dependent on the river’s water, and the Great Salt Lake There is a need to efficiently use water from the Bear River for both maintaining Great Salt Lake and the upstream...