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Show Emery County Progress Tuesday, November 28 , 1989 9A State decides to drop its deer warning reflectors Utah motorist kill some 2,600 deer each year on Utahs In 1986, UDWR and UDOT selected stretches of Utah Highway 28 (between Gunnison and Levan) and Utah Highway 6 (between Helper highways, and the trend is to kill more each year. Human injury or death are major concerns, as is property damage, which averages $1500 per accident. In addition, one road-kille- d deer is worth $1,000 to Utahs economy. During the last three years, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR) and Department of Transportation (UDOT) tested the Swareflex wildlife warning reflector system to reduce collisions. We were very hopeful the system would work, stated Larry Dalton, UDWR resource analyst, who receives calls at all hours of the night to pick up road-kill- s or dispose of crippled animals. and Price) to test the reflector system. These highways were chosen because of the high d incidence of deer. Frank Ularich of UDOT supervised engineering and installation of the reflectors. Then over a two year period, UDWR and UDOT personnel monitored the frequency and location of deer kills with respect to reflector locations. The monitoring procedure had been routine on a statewide basis for years. UDWR biologists statistically compared deer mortalities before and after the advent of Swareflex. They found no significant differences, indicating the reflectors to be ineffective in preventing collisions. Because of the UDWRUDOT joint study, road-kille- deer-vehic- le Its a fact that of collisions all occur between dusk and dawn. The reflector system only works at night and was supposed to give deer advanced deer-vehic- over 90 le installation of Swareflex reflectors along Utah highways will no longer occur and existing reflectors will be warning of a vehicles approach. Reflectors are mounted on metal posts, arranged in sequence to relay removed. UDWR cautions motorists to stay alert when traveling vehthe lights ofan icle to roadside areas frequented by deer. According to the manufactureer, deer are alerted by the reflected light and move away from the roadway before the vehicle passes. on-comi- through deer country, espe- cially between dusk and dawn. Slow down and watch e for the eyeshine at roadsides. If a deer should cross ahead of you, prepare to tell-tal- stop. One or two more may follow, since deer rarely run alone. If you cant stop in time, sometimes its safer to hit the deer than to swerve out of the way. A rollover or collision with another vehicle may cause greater injury and property damage than.hitting the deer. Besides placement of warning signs, other methods of reducing deer collisions have been tested or are currently under investigation. Peggy Wood of Utah State Universi- ty worked on an intercept feeding technique, where deer were lured to feeding areas away from highways. The method works, but is expensive and causes deer to be dependent upon humans for food. Deer-proo- f fences, which require specially designed underpasses or overpasses to accommodate deer migration, are too expensive to justify widespread use. Still optimistic about reducing deer Dalton will warning whistles during the winter of test road-kill- s, vehicle-mounte- 1989-9- d 0. As long as our highways cross through deer ranges, well share with the deer a common hazard. Until we come up with a way to keep deer out of our way, well have to stay out of theirs. PacifiCorp seeks to expand PacifiCorp, which serves electric customers in seven western states, on Nov. 8 U f offered West Capital Corporation of Phoenix $1.7 billion for all of the common stock of its wholly owned electric utility subsidiary, Arizona Public Service Company. PacifiCorp is the firm that Utah Power & Light merged with in January of 1989. Major elements of the offer include a commitment to predictable prices for APS customers limiting any increases to 2 percent annually for the next four years and continued local management for APS operations. A. M. Gleason, president and chief officer of PacifiCorp, said, Combining the electric operations of PacifiCorp with APS will produce the substantial savings that are necessary to contain electric prices for APS electric customers. We believe the benefits to be derived from this merger are large enough to offset most of the rate increases APS customers are otherwise facing in the very near future as a result of the companys generation investments, Gleason said. The benefits we envision from combining PacifiCorp and APS also would enhance our pursuit of stable, competitive prices for our existing -- electric customers, Gleason said. Because of the different seasons in which the companies experience their greatest customer demands for power, the combination of the two systems would mean a reduced need for future resource additions. The transaction will be submitted for approval to the Arizona Corporation Commission and other western state regulatory agencies, as well as federal agencies, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. APS would be operated from Phoenix with its own officers, as well as a board that would include directors selected from existing APS directors and the communities it serves. Arizona also would have representation on the PacifiCorp board of directors. The cash available from this transaction should provide Pinnacle West financial resources to strengthen its other businesses, said son, who noted that the transaction is not subject to any financing contingency.. PacifiCorp, with headquarters in Portland, Ore., is one of the nations most successfully diversified electric utilities with about 26 percent of its earnings available to common stock coming from its telecommunications and mining and lesource development subsidiaries. PacifiCorps merger with Utah Power & Light Co., completed early this year, already has produced Savings which haveresulted in price decreases for all Utah- Power - Larry Dalton, Division of Wildlife Resources, examines the reflectors that have been used along U.S. Highway 6 between Price and Hel- - Art exhibit planned Utah 89: Crafts, a statewide annual exhibition sponsored by the Utah Arts Council, will be held at the Salt customers served by Pacific Power, PacifiCorps other electric utility exhibition is a tradition which provides a manner for the state to collect art. By way of these exhibi division. In making the offer to Pinnacle West, PacifiCorp said APS would become part of PacifiCorp Electric Operations, joining Pacific Power, based in Portland, and Utah Power, based in Salt Lake Dr. W. City. In addition to purchasing the common stock of Arizona Public Service, the offer to Pinnacle West proposes the preferred stock of APS be exchanged for substantially equivalent preferred stock of PacifiCorp or redeemed for cash. It also envisions that APSs first mortage bonds will remain outstanding and secured by its properties. tions, Utah has amassed a collection which chronicles a visual history of our state. For further information, prospectus and entry form, contact: Utah Arts Council, Visual Arts Program, 533-575- 7. 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