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Show flfs Your Wildlife J J MA By Garth Carter 4 jTCV-' . iX , Mya8en,alinn Officer J 8. The Division of Wildlife Resources has once again gone to the printing press in an attempt to generate a Division magazine for the people of Utah. The legislature legisla-ture approved the magazine, but appropriated no money. Although the magazine may not be great this first year, with the people's support it can get better with time. The first issue has been published and it was good. Many people received it; if you didn't, you can- free. Write: Communication Section, Sec-tion, Division of Wildlife Resources, Re-sources, 1596 West North Temple, Salt Lake City, Ut. 84116. You must provide your name, address, zip code and your '77 or '78 wildlife license number. The purpose of the magazine maga-zine is to present current wildlife needs, what the Division Divi-sion is doing and other wildlife facets. Division personnel statewide will help create each issue. -gkc-Contained within the 1978 to 1979 Division of Wildlife Resources budget is money for a bobcat study and a rmrwir www-www cougar study. In June of 1976 the Agricultural Agricul-tural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board imposed a moratorium on the taking of bobcats in Utah. The proposed pro-posed study would monitor the effects of the moratorium on the bobcat population and hopefully provide a basis upon which proper management can be implemented. The Henry Mountain deer herd has not responded to the more restrictive hunts as well as expected. In this case there is the possibility of predator involvement. For the last four years the Henrys have been closed to the taking of cougar. Hopefully, the cougar study will bring to light possible impacts of the predator-prey relationship, cougar numbers, territory, movements, etc. gkc- One of the most fragile upland game birds within the state of Utah is the sage grouse. The sage grouse has definite territories of migra tion, oreeaing grounds, etc. Improper range management manage-ment is the biggest threat that faces viable sage grouse populations. Last December, ten Strawberry Valley sage grouse were captured and equipped with radio transmitters. trans-mitters. The birds will be monitored at least once a week, by land or by air. Although we don't have any radio equipped sage grouse locally, this study could lead to priorities in future management state wide. -gkc-A few years ago, 39 deer were fenced into a one-mile-square area of hardwood forest, for-est, cedar swamp and open pine in Michigan. In clear weather, with ideal light tracking snow, it took six good hunters, using any method meth-od they chose, including driving, almost four days before be-fore they even saw a buck. Average time spent to actually act-ually bag a buck was 51 hours, or more than six days of hunting per man. |