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Show I New Conservation Officer I I Assigned To Moab Area Jjjllk I As fall hunting season approaches, the ;!j L ' Moab area is welcoming a new jliVl uservation officer for the Division of a ij Wife Resources. Garth K. Carter, a : ii graduate of Utah State University, has I Ij JleD over duties for the large Moab titi, replacing Jon Leatham, who has jjj Misferred to northern Utah. h: , Prior to coming to Moab, Mr. Carter, ; ( , aimed and the fathe of two pre-school I j, j children, served as conservation officer in k i 'J north Salt Lake County area. He is Mj ewhused about his transfer, and after VJL ikreeweeks of getting acquainted here, is Iti ?lniai'ar')r pleased with the. friendly nitude of the people he has met. 4tH 'om'ng here in the midst of 1 1 ,troversy over the length of the deer j 1; tat in the Moab area, I didn't know m ,l to expect," he stated. His I T0", however, has been so positive, ! tot he is looking forward to his ! ment. Mr. Carter stated that he if- to put over 5,000 miles on his DWR HI le since his arrival here, all of that in I loming familiar with the vast area he jw . On many of his trips into the Ii "Stains and rangelands, he has been Ij j "wmpanied by local sportsmen, with j j ,kni he has become well acquainted. This week the work begins. Wednesday Wednes-day marked the opening of the open bull elk hunt in Utah, and although the LaSal Mountains do not provide a home for a large number of elk, activity there will be quite intense, as local sportsmen attempt to find members of the small elk herd in high mountains that were covered with the first snow of the season last weekend. Roads in the high country are extremely muddy, Mr. Carter stated, and hunters should be prepared for cold and muddy conditions. Coming also this week will be the opening of the waterfowl season in Utah. Moab Valley, with limited waterfowl habitat, does not provide much in the way of duck hunting until late in the season when the annual migrations begin. There are, however, a few small bands of ducks which use local Colorado River habitat permanently. Mr. Carter started his career with the Division of Wildlife Resources while still a college student, when he served as an interpreter at the Hardware Ranch Elk Wintering Station in Cache County. He graduated from Utah State in 1975 with a degree in Wildlife Management. He is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, and served in the Utah National Guard. til '.') I V f t - " t1., - ... ,-f- --v. , ' , r i ; ry '-- ' - - , . ; i i .0 . v ,''f ; .. - .." .'..vrr , J' Moab's new conservation officer for the Division C;:t'rrhern S-.. LaKe County, in hi. P;r; IZmi ;lTj '.He nt'he checks a deer carcass killed by dogs. Mr. Carter w eKend, along with hunters looking for bull elk. j |