Show I Bad Weather Slows Utah's Elk Survey Winter elk surveys conducted annually by Department of Fish end Game ame pilots and field men ar are being hemf conducted as snow cover owr anti and flying conditions pt over the State of Utah Clear CI ar calm culm weather following a relatively heavy snow is the alt Ida al condition for aerial sur sur- sury y hut but this winter has not pr provided Pilots and observers with the best in conditions to todo todo do their work RECENT HEAVY snows have melted rapidly and the areas where wintering elk eJk are found ha have vI not had the best of snow for Cur survey work Aerial surveys have been completed on the Fishlake elk unit north slope of the for moose and Parker Moun- Moun Mountain Mountain tain antelope unit February snow storms should provide an opportunity to complete other elk herd units ANIMAL NUMBERS herd composition animal condition concentration on winter ranges and other factors are arc among the important facts gained from these thebe annual surveys The information mation is summarized follow follow- following Ing completion of the work and later used by the Board of Big Game Control in establishing the fall hunting seasons I |