Cutler Reservoir is a

reservoir A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...

located in

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in the

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. It is an impoundment on the Bear River built for irrigation, flood control, and water supply. The concrete gravity-arch Cutler Dam, built in 1927, is located in easternmost Box Elder County, although the reservoir is almost entirely in Cache County, to its east. Cutler contains several fish species, including catfish, walleye, and bass. The reservoir and adjacent swamps are listed as an important bird area by the

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; species include hawks, falcons, eagles and osprey; pelicans,

great blue heron The great blue heron (''Ardea herodias'') is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America, as well as far northwestern South America, the Caribbea ...

and

ibis The ibis () (collective plural ibises; classical plurals ibides and ibes) are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae that inhabit wetlands, forests and plains. "Ibis" derives from the Latin and Ancient Greek word f ...

; multiple species of owl; ducks, geese and swans; and others. The Island is in Cutler Reservoir.

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Cutler Reservoir, Utah (UT), United StatesBear River Watershed
* Bear River (Great Salt Lake) Reservoirs in Utah Dams in Utah PacifiCorp dams Lakes of Box Elder County, Utah Lakes of Cache County, Utah Buildings and structures in Box Elder County, Utah Buildings and structures in Cache County, Utah Dams completed in 1927 {{Utah-geo-stub