SALT LAKE CITY — Utah has had a longer-than-normal fall this year, and the warm weather has led to some unintended consequences.

“We did have quite a warm year, as you know. And so, warm air leads to warm water, and warm water, especially with excess nutrients in it, leads to harmful algal blooms,” said Dr. Sabo, assistant state veterinarian for Utah.

According to Sabo, there are still more than a dozen active algal blooms in Utah’s lakes, rivers and ponds.

“Given that the air temperatures are decreasing in general, even though it’s a little late, we have had sort of a persistent number of harmful algae blooms. So today we’ve got 12 water bodies across the state that are warning advisory and nine that are a health watch.”

The good news is that Utah Lake and the Jordan River are no long

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