Show Game improvements made by Wildlife Resources during 74 1974 saw many Improvements In the Northeastern Region Division of Wildlife Resources particularly in the Browns Park area Remodeling of or the Taylor Flat Bridge insured safer access access ac ac- ac cess to the Divisions Division's choice winter range area as well as providing access to the summer summerhome summerhome summerhome home area on the flat lIat Divisions Division's engineers and construction crew worked most of the spring and summer replacing the stone pillars under the bridge and replacing the large planks If U you happened to drive across the bridge prior to the remodeling you realized just how dilapidated the bridge was becoming The entire bridge underwent a facelift at a cost of ot resulting in a safer and smoother trip across the Green River TIlE THE TAYLOR Flat Bridge has been part of the landscape in the park for many years Not only do cattlemen sightseers and sportsmen utilize the bridge but it plays an important roll in deer migration from one side of the river to the other The Browns Park Waterfowl Management Area has been undergoing several improvements improvements improvements over the past year New units have been constructed and many nesting and resting islands have been constructed on the units The primary purpose of the Browns Park Waterfowl Management Area is to Increase increase increase in in- crease goose productivity in the area with total waterfowl production as a secondary purpose Since the beginning of the construction there have been significant increases in waterfowl populations in the park The production of birds in inthis inthis inthis this area not only enhances the sport activity in the immediate vicinity but adds to the sport by providing more waterfowl in Uintah County and all along the flyway through Arizona and on onto onto onto to California TilE THE NEWLY constructed Parsons Parson's Unit and the Calder Diversion Canal were built as part of the Colorado River water storage project as a result of mitigation of waterfowl waterfowl waterfowl water water- fowl habitat lost elsewhere The Browns Park area not only is productive in waterfowl management but it also provides habitat for small game as well as big game animals The large pinon-juniper pinon area r y yM yi M i C i i I I 1 1 i v r ii CONSTRUCTION OF ISLANDS In the Browns Brown's Park Waterfowl Management Area provides nesting sites for waterfowl J y r t 1 r BROWNS BROWN'S PARK WATERFOWL MANAGEMENT AREA has provided significant increases in waterfowl hunting above Taylor Flat was the site of the most recent land rehabilitation project in the region In early spring some acres were chained and with various grasses and browse to feed wintering deer and elk herds in the area Over acres ha have ve been rehabilitated in the region recently The method of chaining has been widely used in the area and is simply accomplished by pulling a large anchor chain between two caterpillars and actually rolling the trees over The entire a area rea is then with a more suitable vegetative cover Most of the is accomplished by aerial seeding SPRING GRAZING programs programs pro pro- programs grams and vast fencing programs have also been initiated in the region to further improve range productivity A major priority in the Division of Wildlife Resources is the acquisition of land to be used as deer winter ranges As you travel in the mountains during the summer you see vast amounts of ideal habitat and you realize that there could be many more animals utilizing the particular range The problem begins with the first heavy snowfall As the snow falls deeper and the people leave the mountains for the warmth of their cozy homes the deer and elk are left to face whatever mother molher nature l L f a it p it l' l hoo TAYLOR FLAT BRIDGE provides access to winter range and ranches L- L ri t wS DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES construction crew repairs Taylor Flat Bridge dishes out sometimes out sometimes leading to starvation or falling prey to predators while they are in a weakened condition trying to survive on little or no adequate browse on poor winter ranges The purchase of critical winter ranges will help to insure the fitness and productivity of our deer herds With the proposed license fee increase 25 percent of all combination licenses sold will be earmarked for land and water acquisition This is one of the ways we can insure the future of our big game herds |