Show Section Friday September 20 2002 Pagel —— The Herald Journal Outdoors report Butterfly program the Utah Conservation Corps will sponsor Bringing Butterflies to your Backyard at 6 pjn Saturday at Dentil Stewart Nature Park (100 S 700 East Logan) and will be followed by live music from 6-- 7 pjn Duni Coleman (Utah Native Plant Society) will teach how to plant native vegetation to attract butterflies and other pollinators Bring gardening tools For information call Saundra at 797-096-4 ext 4 Antelope Island ride The Cache Veloists will host their annual ride to Antelope Island on Saturday Meet at the southwest corner of die Fred Meyer parking lot at 8:30 am to carpool to die visitor’s center parking at Antelope Island There will be two rides: a mountain bike ride of about IS miles (rated C) and a road bike ride of about 24 - miles (rated D) MTB ride leader is Road ride Alan Carlisle at 7S3-70leader is Rosemary Lysaght at 713-021-2' 87 West desert trip Bridgerland Audubon Society will host a trip to the wilds of western Box Elder County on Saturday We’ll head out to Locomotive Springs via the Golden Spike National ment then come back northeast to Snowville and have lunch at Molly’s Restaurant before returning to Cache Valley in Bring binoculars and plenty of water Meet at 8 am at the parking lot between the Logan Fire Station and the Straw Ibis SO E ISO North Logan will be available For more information call Alan Christensen 8 or Dick Huron (435) mid-afterno- on AP photo A Mexican gray wolf leaves cover at the Seviellta National Wildlife Refuge north of Soccorro N M in this undated photo Car-pooli- ng Reintroduction efforts facing setbacks 258-501- 734-26- 53 DU BEAVERHEAD NM (AP) — Mike Miller watched from a rocky bluff as the female went down The dart pierced her hip its sedative into her bloodstream A Snng later after a pursuit along the canyon wall he saw the gunner clip the male in the neck' The cowboy felt a rudi of elation Hehad ridden out to Railroad Canyon in the thick of the Gila National Forest to watch as the feds swept down in their helicopter and scooped up the Pipestem wolves named for a mountain near the spot where they were first set banquet Ducks Unlimited annual baiiquiet will be held starting at 6 pm with a social hour and dinner at 7 pm Saturday at the Eagles Lodge 170 W 900 North Logan Tickets are $45 single $65 couple $145 for single package and $165 for couples package and are available or by contactSteve 245-425- 0 ing Gary 563-58752-756- 5 Shane or 82 ' i Spaniel field trials The Snake River Springer Spaniel Club will be hosting a field trial Sept 22-23 (Sunday and Monday) near Weston Idaho The trial will begin each day at 7:30 am and will run until completion The trial is open to registered springer spaniels and will be run on commercially grown ' pheasants Visitors are welcome Contact Jerry Livingston at (208) 747-31or Jerry Scoville at (435) 9 for details ' free He had come to celebrate one small victory in his and his neighbors’ war against “el lobo” — sworn enemy of the cattle rancher for as long as time have been ranches in the' West He had unabashedly come to gloat When the US Fish and Wildlife Service first proposed reintroducing the Mexican gray wolf to the wilderness that connects Arizona and New Mexico ranchers 'warned: Wolves and people cannot coexist and wolves and cattle are a lethal combination This pair alone Miller believes killed 19 calves on the outfit he manages although federal officials confirmed only two deaths Some calves were too far gone to say for certain whether a wolf was the cul- 80 753-622- RAC meeting The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Northern Region will hold its Regional Advisory Council meeting at the Brigham City Community Center 24 N 300 West on Sept 23 starting at 6 pm There will be three informational topics: a The state of the sagebrush steppe habitat in the Northern Region b The state of the Cache defer herd c The state of the Box Elder deer prit herd They had come within a stone’s throw of his home and his kids terrifying his wife “I can handle the bears and the mountain lions and the bobcats’’ Debbie Miller said “Whenyoui see them they take off They’re scared of you These wolves Turkey shoot The Cache Valley Hunter Education Center 2851 W 200 North r Logan will host an open houseturkey shoot on Saturday Sept 28 in conjunction with National Hunting and Fishing Day The turkey shoot begins at 8 am shotgun games will be offered CAPS will host a pistol match (call 757-45for information) and no fees will be charged for archery handgun or rifle ranges which open at 10 am For information call 753-46- they're not scared And that’s what scares me" So on a quiet spring morning after months of pursuing the marauding predators trappers with the federal wildlife agency arrived to return them to captivity “I was glad it was done with" Mike Miller recalls although his relief was short-live- d This summer a month after the Pipestem pair were removed nine more wolves were released in the wilderness straddling the Arizona-Ne- w Mexico border At least 21 wolves now roam the woods and an unknown number have been bora in the wild Others could be freed down the road Sooner or later this cowboy knows “el lobo" will be back pine-studd- r "-- ST! S u 1’ f i 1 dktfNM last When habitat restoration alone won’t sustain them when there are so few creatures left that the odds of natural recovery are slim establishing a new population of animals in the wild becomes the lifesaving solution for many of the nation’s most imperiled species “It’s emergency room treat- ment” said Ed Bangs who oversees restoration of the gray wolf to the northern Rocky Mountains “You’ve got a patient that’s dying and you want to save their life You do everything you can And then you wheel in the next patient" Wildlife reintroduction has become an integral part of the country’s efforts to protect and restore endangered species Without it the California condor would likely have vanished from Western ferret disapskies the peared from its prairies ed I- - L AP photo stands near the site where the two wolves that had been reintroduced to the wild were captured in Beaverhead NM Miller and his neighbors have waged a campaign to have the government remove the wolves Mike Miller There would be no red wolves roaming refuges along the coast of North Carolina nor gray wolves for tourists to view in Yellowstone National Park Due to Bangs’ program that species is recovered in Idaho Wyoming and Montana and could be removed from federal in those states next year protection ' But success stories often are overshadowed by setbacks Whether by gun barrel or bulldozer man rid the land of these creatures decades ago and man remains one of the biggest roadblocks to restoration In California commercial fishermen went to court after sea otters were found in a prohibited zone where the animals compete with man for profitable shellfish In Delaware developers challenged building restrictions stemming fi6m Delmarva fox squirrels Lawsuits also come from the other side — environmentalists who insist the government isn’t ' doing enough to promote or sustain species Then last year the government shelved its own plan to reintroduce grizzlies in Montana and Idaho Interior Secretary Gale Norton suspended the program following complaints from politicians and ranchers that the bears would put livestock and people at risk “It's hot so much a biological issue This whole thing is a social issue" said Carter Niemeyer federal wolf recovery coordinator in Idaho “We spend most of our time dealing with a concerned public sometimes an angry public” The animals don’t always cooperate either See WILD on C3 ' r By thn Utah Division of Wildlife 00 Retourc— i A unique chance to introduce young people to waterfowl hunting awaits Sept 28 as Utah holds its annual Youth Hunting Day “Holding this day is important to the future of waterfowl hunting and the future of wetlands conservation” says Tom Aldrich waterfowl coor- dindtor for the Division of Wildlife Resources “The number of young people participating in all types of hunting has declined in recent years and if that trend continues the funding hunters pro-- First aid course lhah Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS is sponsoring the Wilder- - ness Fust AidWilderness First Responder (WFAWFR) The class training Nov 23-2- 4 will run from 8 am to 5 pm and cost of the course is $145 which includes textbooks syllabus equip-ment and certification cards For information contact Utah State University Extension Conference Services at 797-042-3 ' v ' Annual youth waterfowl hunt set in Utah 25 g" if ‘ ed It is considered their best chance at survival and sometimes their black-foot- ? a-- - vide for wetlands conservation will also decline “Letting youths hunt waterfowl without all the adult hunters out there at the same time and when waterfowl numbers are high is a great way to get k - '1' —— ’ ' i ' them interested and excited about waterfowl hunting” Aldrich adds “And since adults can’t hunt that day it gives adults more time to teach youths good hunting skills safety and ethics " All of the state’s waterfowl management areas and the three federal migratory bird refuges in Utah will be open to youth hunters on Saturday Sept 28 ! 2002-200- - Tb hunt that day youths must be 12 to 15 years old a Hunter Education safety course graduate possess a small game or combination license and be accompanied by their parent or an adult who's at least 21 years of age or older The adult may not hunt or possess a firearm and must supervise the youths they take An adult may take as many youths as they'd like provided the youths are the proper age and pos-sess the proper licenses Shooting that day begins at 8 a m' Youths may take ducks geese coots and mergansers and must 3 stay within general season limits The jtkify duck hag limit is seven ducks including not more than two hen mallards one pintail two red- heads and four scaups Canvasbacks may not be taken this season The daily Canada goose bag limit is three Snipe and swans may not be taken on Youth Hunting Day For more information hunters may contact their nearest Division of Wildlife Resources office or the Division's Salt Lake City office at (801) 538- 4700 - —— L V ' ' V |