Show ii Gunnison jnjjHrfT"1 December Valley NewsSalina Sun 31 Big Game Hunt Permits Available Jan — Salt Lake City Applications for big game hunting permits for Utah's 2004 seasons will be available by Jan 2 and a Division of Wildlife Resources official has some advice for those who apply Beginning Jan 2 applications for general buck deer limited of people trying to apply at the same time really slows the system down" she Thousands said "If you apply early in the application period it should only take 5 minutes to submit your application "Tutorow encour- hunters to include an address when they apply and entry adonline "Having an Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit hunts will be avail- dress allows us to send a confirable from hunting and fishing mation to you so you can and make sure license agents statewide the Division of Wildlife Resource's you entered your information Web site correctly" she said "Also we'll Internet (wildlifeutahgov) and DWR send an email to you in April offices letting you know whether you To be included in the draw for drew a permit" Hunters who submit paper permits applications must be received through the DWR's Web applications are also encouraged site or through the mail or an to apply early "It takes a few overnight mail service no later days for a paper application to than 5 pm on Jan 30Based on arrive in their mail so make sure the number of applications reyou mail it far enough in advance that we receive it by 5 pm ceived last year DWR officials on Jan 30" she said receive 190000 almost expect to "Also if there's an error on applications Judi Tutorow wildlife licens- your application but we receive it by 5 p m on Jan 23 you'll reing coordinator for the DWR ceive a correction letter and a has some tips hunters can follow chance to correct and resubmit to help ensure their application is included in the draw: your application by Jan 30" Write Your Credit Card NumApply Early: Applying early Incorrect credit is the best thing hunters can do ber Correctly: card information is the biggest to ensure their application is enreason applications are rejected tered in the draw and save themselves time and frustration in the Tutorow advises hunters to process "Most of the hunters write their credit card number who apply on the Internet wait slowly and clearly (so the people until the last week to apply receiving the application can read it) and to that they wrote the number correctly Also credit cards must be valid through May 2004 to be used as paymentTutorow also wants to make hunters aware of three major changes: The ML300 elk and AR301 archery hunts have been eliminated Fifteen percent of the general buck deer permits in each region have been set aside for youth hunters who will be 12 or younger on Aug 21 (the start of Utah's 2004 general archery buck deer hunt) This change should give youth hunters a better chance of drawing a Scooter winner Pike 0 is congratulated by Sally Neil owner of The Nail And Hair Co in Gunnison Jens was the winner of this motorized scooter He is the son of Frank and Jennifer Pike of Gunnison He was grateful his mother put his name on one of the entry tickets Jensen ages Now's the time to renew or purchase your annual Blackhawk Arena riding membership for 2004 Family memberships are $100 (2 adults to 3 youth $20 additional youth) and trainer memberships are $200 Single memberships are $40 per adult and $30 per youth (age and under) Fees can be paid at the Salma City Office or Burns Saddlery up Sevier Valley Hospital A Service oflntermountain Health Care 1 Allen Dr Nakken Surgeon Orthopedist Podiatrist DrZobell VISITING Jan fZSjU i i N r SPECIALISTS SPECIALTY Dr Ellsworth Dermatologist Dr Arbon Urologist Dr Cardiologist Lappe' I 6 8 7 FOR JANUARY - SLC Only) 8 Dr Ellsworth 8 Dr Hunsaker 12 Dr Hammond Nephrologist 14 Brent Fox Audiologist 14 Dr Duerkson 15 Dr Badger Dermatologist Ophthalmologist Electrodiagnosis Cardiologist - Provo (Referral T Only) 15 Dr Ellsworth 20 Dr Arbon ENT 21 Dr Snihurowych Urologist 22 Dr Ellsworth Dermatologist 27 Brent Fox Audiologist 28 Dr Duerkson Electrodiagnosis 30 Dr Stephanz Rasmussen Rod Hinck Dermatologist Nephrologist Certified Nurse Midwife Speech Therapist (by appt only) £ iffct&ffiBty Browns Bfamity Practtctfl : ENT Dr Snihurowych (Referral -- 1 PHONE SPECIALIST Dixie 896-827- SPECIALISTS FULL-TIM- Dr Richfield 100 North Main Affiliated Health Care Providers ±4 Southern Region permit Youth hunters who apply as part of a group will not be included in the 15 percent however so youths who want the best chance of obtaining a Southern Region permit are encouraged to apply in- 2003 2 approved by the Utah Wildlife Board and is not included in the 2004 Utah Big Game Proclamation Further information about the hunt is available on the DWR Web site at DWR offices and from hunting and fishing license dividually Five deer two elk and one agentsFor more information call moose permit will be offered for the nearest Division of Wildlife a hunt on the Taylor Hollow Resources office or the Utah CWMU in Morgan and Summit Wildlife Administrative Services office at counties This hunt was recently Chronic Wasting Disease Appears to be Centered Tvo Eastern Utah Areas d a u P V c ft ir a a n in Salt Lake City — Chronic wasting disease in deer in Utah appears to be centered in the LaSal Mountains east of Moab and Diamond Mountain north of Vernal the Division of Wildlife Resources announced recently Final resblts of an extensive sampling effort by the DWR during this year's deer hunts are now available and two more deer have tested positive for CWD Both animals were taken on Diamond Mountain north of Vernal Summary of Findings Beginning with the state's archery buck deer hunt in August and ending with the rifle hunt in October DWR staff collected 3167 tissue samples from deer Most of these samples came from 17 of Utah's 30 hunting units These 17 units are located across the state and were chosen for extensive sampling because DWR biologists believed they were areas where CWD would be most likely found Hunters took most of the deer sampled while others were hit by cars or were taken in agricultural damage situations Eight of the 3167 samples tested positive for CWD Four of the deer were taken by hunters on the LaSal Mountains east of Moab one during the archery hunt and three during the rifle hunt Three deer were killed on Diamond Mountain north of Vernal one during the archery hunt and two (the latest two findings) during the rifle hunt The eighth deer was killed near Fountain Green in central Utah because it was damaging crops Conclusions" From our sampling effort it appears that CWD is not widespread in Utah" said Leslie McFarlane wildlife biologist with the DWR "And the percentage of deer infected in the two eastern Utah areas is very low" An Area of Concern One area where the DWR may collect more samples is Sanpete County in central Utah where a deer that was damaging crops near the city of Fountain Green in August tested positive for CWD It's the only deer sampled outside the two eastern Utah areas that has tested positive for the disease" After we obtained that positive sample we obtained 547 additional samples from the area and none of them turned up positive" McFarlane said "We're deciding now whether we need to obtain additional samples" DWR Officials Pleased with Sampling Effort DWR officials need only 10 more samples from the San Juan unit in southeastern Utah to draw statistically valid conclusions about how prevalent CWD is in all of the 17 units tested this year "Even if we can't obtain those 10 samples we've obtained enough to be almost certain that we don't have CWD in that unit" she said "We're pleased with how the sampling effort turned out" McFarlane said "It tells us CWD isn't widespread in Utah and the infection rate where it is found is very low" Further Sampling DWR officials will meet soon to start planning sampling efforts for 2004 "One thing I know we'll do is sample the three units where CWD was found this year to learn whether the infection rate in those units has increased" McFarlane said "There's also a good chance will do extensive sampling in southwestern Utah We didn't obtain many samples from units in those Since February 2003 a total of 10 areas this year" Background deer in Utah have tested positive for CWD Five of those deer were killed in the LaSal Mountains four were taken near Vernal and one was killed near Fountain Green CWD attacks the central nervous system of deer and elk and is fatal to animals that contract it However according to the World Health Organization "There is currently no evidence that CWD in cervidae deer and elk is transmitted to humans" For more information about CWD including tips on handling animals taken in the field visit the DWR’s Internet Web site at wildlifeutahgovhimtingbiggamecwd Celebrate the New Year With a Meteor Shower Were you disappointed with Quadrantids however their anlast November's Leonids meteor cient constellation Quadrans shower because it produced so Muralis the Mural or Wall is few meteors? now know as Bootes the HerdsMaybe you were miffed that man most of December's Geminid "Many people call meteors meteor shower was clouded falling stars or shooting stars" out? Well according to NASA says Wiggins "They're actually Solar System Ambassador to tiny specks of rock that bum up Utah Patrick Wiggins "Utahns and turn to ash when they slam will get another chance to view into the Earth's extreme upper a meteor shower when atmosphere way above our January's Quadrantids usually heads" one of the three best showers of Observers should remember the year reaches its predicted that since telescopes and binocupeak during the late night hours lars restrict the user's field of of Saturday the 3rd of January view they should not be used to and running into the early view this or any meteor shower morning hours of Sunday the Wiggins notes that his favorite 4th winter meteor observing equip"But wouldn't you know it" ment consists of nothing more sighed Wiggins "many of this than a lawn chair and sleeping shower's meteors will probably bag be washed out by the glare of a While the shower's peak is nearly full Moon" Saturday night and Sunday The Quadrantids are not very morning some Quadrantids well known to observers in the may be seen in the couple of northern hemisphere because nights leading up to and followfew people tend to be outside ing the peak 2004s two other during the cold January nights major meteor showers are the when the Quadrantids are ac- Perseids which will peak on tive August 12th and the Geminids Meteor showers get their which will peak on December names from the part of the sky 14th Neither of these showers from which the meteors appear will be seriously affected by the For example August's Perseids Moon seem to pour out of the constelFor additional astronomical lation Perseus and December's information log on to Wiggins' Geminids from Gemini Solar System Ambassador web The same applies to the site at http:planetitateutu9 C a a s c E u a ti c tc tc a D G C C c a si P to Cl N C A M |