Uses and Protected Areas
The river is used extensively for irrigation in the farming valleys through which it flows in its lower reaches in Idaho and northern Utah.
The lower 10 miles (16 km) of the river near its delta on the Great Salt Lake are protected as part of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.
Read more about this topic: Bear River (Utah)
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