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35-578: The river's early name was the White River, but it was changed in the summer of 1869 when LDS Bishop William Price of Goshen , Utah, explored the region and renamed it, making the White River above Colton into a tributary of the Price River. The town of Price was later named after the river. The Price River watershed comprises 1,900 square miles (4,900 km). The USGS indicates that

70-480: A bishop in charge of all the finances of that area, who may be assisted by other bishops. Likewise, some nations have a national bishop, and historically, stakes also had bishops. Consequently, this makes the office of bishop somewhat uncommon. In recent years, some mission centers have had multiple bishops in order to help promote the various ministries associated with good stewardship. Other bishops have been appointed as "field bishops" who are assigned to assist one of

105-425: A bishopric. The role of a bishop varies in the different Latter Day Saint denominations; however, they derive from a common history. On February 4, 1831, Edward Partridge became the first man called to the office of bishop in the early Latter Day Saint church . The duties of the office were to oversee the temporal affairs and accounts of the church through the implementation of the law of consecration . Partridge

140-432: A high priest, and a branch president is not ordained to the priesthood office of bishop. The LDS Church also has a Presiding Bishop who oversees the temporal affairs of the church (including its welfare services ) and provides assistance and instruction to the various bishoprics worldwide. The calling of "traveling bishop" was prominent during the early Utah period of church history. Traveling bishops were not assigned to

175-549: A localized rotenone detoxification problem in 1977, and/or multiple other pollution-caused fish kills. The Price is a small, shallow river and is normally unnavigable. However, during high springtime flows, the 23.5 miles (37.8 km) below the Scofield Dam to Castle Gate contain Class I to V whitewater . The river has become increasingly popular with canoeists and kayakers . The tailwater below Scofield Reservoir

210-561: A specific congregation, but were tasked to visit various wards and branches to take care and supervise over temporal matters. In many ways bishops of the Community of Christ continue to resemble those found in the church prior to the death of Joseph Smith . They are not pastors or branch presidents, but financial officers and ministers of stewardship. While in theory a literal descendant of Aaron could hold this office, no such claim has ever been made, and therefore all bishops are members of

245-535: A ward, a holder of the Melchizedek priesthood is usually called to be the branch president . In rare instances where no worthy Melchizedek priesthood holder is available, a priest in the Aaronic priesthood may instead be called as the branch president. The branch president generally has the same responsibilities as a bishop and is assisted by two counselors. A branch president and his counselors may or may not be

280-834: Is a subspecies of cutthroat trout native only to the Green and Colorado River basins, which are west of the Continental Divide . Cutthroat trout found in other river basins belong to other subspecies. In the past, this subspecies was found throughout portions of the Colorado River drainage in Wyoming , Colorado , Utah , Arizona , and New Mexico . However, today scientists believe this fish occupies 13% of its historic range (Range-Wide Status of Colorado River Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii pleuriticus): 2005). Colorado River cutthroats are thought to have occupied

315-467: Is considered the church's "First Presiding Bishop", although neither he nor his contemporaries saw him as a superior to other bishops of the church in that time period. After the 1844 succession crisis , the roles of bishop and Presiding Bishop developed separately in the various resulting denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement. According to Latter Day Saint scripture, a bishop in

350-508: Is not paid for the time he devotes to his position. All local positions in the LDS Church operate as a lay ministry; members donate their time to perform the duties assigned with each calling. Each bishop serves with two counselors, who together form a bishopric. The counselors to a bishop are generally high priests, but there are exceptions, such as in a singles ward , where the counselors may be elders . The immediate priesthood leader of

385-440: Is recognized as a “literal descendant of Aaron” and holds the title of Aaronic High Priest. In the LDS Church, the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, bishops are called from among the members of a local congregation, known as a ward, and traditionally serve, without pay, for four to seven years (the length of service varies). A bishop must be a worthy Melchizedek priesthood holder and is usually married. The bishop serves as

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420-470: Is sometimes called Lower Fish Creek (although the USGS sets the source of the Price River at the reservoir dam). It is considered Blue Ribbon flyfishing for large brown trout. This uppermost reach is paralleled by railroad tracks in a very scenic canyon and is stocked annually with non-native brown trout fingerlings, which have been known to mature up to 10 pounds (4.5 kg). Bishop (Mormonism) In

455-634: The Latter Day Saint movement , a bishop is the highest office of the Aaronic priesthood . It is almost always held by one who holds the office of high priest in the Melchizedek priesthood . The Latter Day Saint concept of the office differs significantly from the role of bishops in other Christian denominations, being in some respects more analogous to a pastor or parish priest . Each bishop serves with two counselors, who together form

490-687: The San Juan National Forest in mid-2018. Shortly after the rediscovery of the San Juan cutthroat, their remnant populations were threatened by the 416 Fire , which was closing in on their remaining habitat. In response, 58 San Juan cutthroats were removed from two remote creeks north of Durango and are being held in hatcheries, with the ultimate goal of captive breeding and reintroduction. Rangewide Conservation Agreements and Management Strategies are in place for this species. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department in cooperation with

525-442: The twelve apostles . The Presiding Bishopric is also regarded as the presidency of the entire Aaronic priesthood. Bishops in general are therefore sometimes seen as ideal resources to provide support and mentoring to local members of the Aaronic priesthood. Colorado River cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki subsp. pleuriticus (Cope, 1872) The Colorado River cutthroat trout ( Oncorhynchus clarkii pleuriticus )

560-617: The Price River is a physiographic break between the Wasatch Plateau and the Book Cliffs . Next, from the left the Price River receives Willow Creek at Castle Gate . Willow Creek is the largest tributary in the Book Cliffs area with a watershed of 81 square miles (210 km). After leaving Price Canyon at Heiner , the Price River enters the city of Helper , and then Price . From Price, the river continues southeast along

595-555: The Price River originates at Scofield Reservoir in the Wasatch Plateau in Carbon County in central Utah. From the reservoir, the river flows briefly eastward and northeastward into Utah County, where it receives the flows of the White River at Colton . Colton was originally named Pleasant Valley Junction, and Scofield Reservoir would occupy a large portion of Pleasant Valley. Alternatively, historical accounts place

630-423: The Price River. Three other imperiled fishes of the upper Colorado River basin, whose habitat is high desert streams, are the roundtail chub ( Gila robusta ), the flannelmouth sucker ( Catostomus latipinnis ), and the bluehead sucker ( Catostomus discobolus ). All three inhabit or inhabited the lower Price River until the roundtail chub was likely extirpated from the Price River due to low flows in 1977 and 1993,

665-538: The basin of upper Muddy Creek, a tributary of the Little Snake River (which ultimately flows into the Colorado River ) in southern Carbon County , Wyoming . Historical accounts in letters and diaries refer to them as "mountain trout" or "speckled trout." The fish may have begun to disappear from the upper Muddy Creek in the 1850s as a result of physical changes made to the environment by travelers,

700-405: The bishop is the stake president , who provides direction, training and counsel to the bishops of the wards within his stake boundaries; the stake president is assisted in these duties by two counselors and a stake high council . New bishops are recommended by the stake president, but each bishop is formally approved by and called in writing by the church's First Presidency . Prior to ordination,

735-703: The church does not need to be a high priest, nor does he need counselors, if he is a Levite and a direct descendant of Aaron , the brother of Moses . In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), apostle Joseph Fielding Smith taught that this provision applied only to the Presiding Bishop of the church and not to bishops of wards . The Presiding Bishop of the Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints , W. Kevin Romer,

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770-649: The end of the Carbon Canal and store it, for agricultural use and to recharge the river in dry seasons and drought years. Tributaries downstream of Price are largely ephemeral. The largest is Grassy Trail Creek which exits the Book Cliffs at East Carbon , Carbon County, and joins the Price River south of Cedar , Emery County. The headwaters of the Price River harbor Colorado River cutthroat trout ( (Oncorhynchus clarki pleuriticus ). Distribution and abundance of this cutthroat trout subspecies are now limited to small populations in less than 1% of its historic range in

805-710: The high priesthood, as a high priest can serve in any "lesser office". All bishops are members of the Order of Bishops, with presidency vested in the Presiding Bishopric (consisting of the Presiding Bishop and two counselors). While all bishops are attached to a congregation (in the sense that every member of the church has a home congregation), bishops are not congregational officers, but preside as financial officers over larger jurisdictions, or support those who do. For example, each mission center will have

840-547: The introduction of the brook trout and other non-native species, and possibly the over-trapping of beavers , which affected dams and dependent habitats. A distinct lineage of Colorado River cutthroat trout known as the San Juan cutthroat was also found in the San Juan River and its tributaries, and was identified in 2012 by genetic testing of two specimens collected in 1874 near Pagosa Springs . While feared extinct, 8 isolated populations were discovered in and around

875-855: The irrigation systems of the Sanpete Valley . As a result of the planned dam the Price River was included on the American Rivers list of the top ten endangered rivers in the United States in 2005. Just downstream of the town of Price, a partnership of the Carbon Canal Company (CCC), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR), is expanding the Olsen Reservoir so that it can capture high spring Price River flows at

910-411: The membership was separated into three " wards " or geographical precincts ("Upper", "Middle", and "Lower"), and a bishop was called to oversee the temporal affairs of each ward. Partridge presided over the "Upper Ward", Whitney presided over the "Middle Ward", and Vinson Knight presided over the "Lower Ward". Over time in the church's history, the position of Presiding Bishop was created. Partridge

945-664: The northeastern edge of the San Rafael Swell to the ghost town of Woodside , at which point it proceeds east into canyonlands, joining the Green River in Gray Canyon , about 20 miles (32 km) north of Green River, Utah . The Scofield Reservoir was formed by the construction of the Scofield Dam in 1946. Scofield Reservoir is fed by Pondtown Creek, Mud Creek, and Fish Creek, the primary tributary to

980-540: The origin of the Price River at the confluence of the White River and Fish Creek , such that lower Fish Creek continued from below Scofield Dam to said confluence. The White River drains the Tavaputs Plateau . From Colton the Price River continues southeastward, receiving Beaver Creek from the right and then Kyune Creek from the left (at Kyune ). Below Kyune, the river enters Price Canyon and drops back into Carbon County alongside U.S. Route 6 . The canyon of

1015-467: The presiding high priest of the ward. A bishop simultaneously serves as the president of the Aaronic priesthood and president of the priests quorum in the ward. In a branch , the branch president fulfills the same functions as a bishop; however, a branch president does not need to be a high priest. The bishop is often called "the father of the ward" as he is the priesthood leader who is most intimately involved with individual church members. The bishop

1050-423: The proposed ordination of a bishop must also be accepted by common consent by the members of the ward. The bishop holds the primary responsibility for everything in the ward, both spiritually and temporally. Although he can delegate specific assignments to his counselors, the ultimate responsibility falls to him. His duties include presiding over and conducting meetings and worship services; serving as president of

1085-572: The reservoir. There are plans to build a second dam on the river, upstream from the Scofield Reservoir, called the Gooseberry Narrows Dam near the confluence of Gooseberry Creek with Fish Creek. The proposal has met with opposition out of concern for environmental impacts on trout fisheries in the Price River headwaters and the planned diversion of the water impounded by the dam out of the Colorado River basin to supplement

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1120-498: The specific ward. He is also given the priesthood "keys" which authorize him to serve as a representative for the Lord in performing his duties. The ordinations, setting apart, and the conferral of keys is performed by the laying on of hands by the stake president. After a bishop is released from his responsibilities over the ward, he retains the priesthood office of bishop for life. In small congregations that are not large enough to be

1155-408: The upper tributaries of the Colorado River watershed. The chief vulnerability of Colorado River cutthroat trout is hybridization with non-native rainbow trout and competitive replacement by non-native brown trout ( Salmo trutta ) and brook trout ( Salvelinus fontinalis ). The federally endangered Colorado pikeminnow ( Ptychocheilus lucius ) is extant in the lower 143 kilometres (89 mi) of

1190-483: The ward's priests quorum; acting as a "judge in Israel" or "common judge"; providing temporary financial relief for ward members; serving as the presiding high priest of the ward; and organizing and managing the ward's organizations . After being called, a bishop is ordained a high priest (if he does not already hold that priesthood office) and then ordained a bishop and set apart as the bishop and presiding high priest of

1225-795: Was called to preside over the Missouri church in Joseph Smith 's absence. Soon thereafter, Partridge and his family emigrated to the church's growing colony in Jackson County, Missouri , where he continued to act as bishop of the branch of the church. Newel K. Whitney was then called as a bishop to oversee the temporal affairs of the church in Kirtland, Ohio . When the Latter Day Saints were headquartered in Nauvoo, Illinois ,

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