Vernal Express | 1972-12-14 | Page 11 | Elk Migration Study Launched in Ashley National Forest Area

Elk Ell Migration Study Launched in Ashley National Forest Area Elk migration in the Uinta Mountains will be studied further in a program launched by the Utah Division of Wildlife Wildlife Wild Wild- life Resources THE DIVISION marked 36 elk in the Ashley National Forest with colored collars and numbered car ear tags The animals were trapped near the Colton Ranger Hanger Station in Uintah County The elk were her herded ed with a helicopter between between bet bet- two high feet wing fences that funneled them to the trap Future sighting and harvest information tion lion collected from these animals will willbe willbe willbe be plotted on maps so a pattern of herd movement can be determined This will aid game biologists to better manage manage man man- age this valuable resource The study will add to the information the Division Division Divi Divi- sion already has concerning elk migration migration mig mig- ration in the VISITORS TO the forest fOIest are arc requested to report any of marked elk to the Division