Show Section Friday August 16 2002 The Herald Journal Outdoors report ©HDD? J©QfD Shore bird outing Bridgerland Audubon Society will host a trip Saturday to see migrating shore birds The adult shore birds that nest in the arcticand regions of the far north head south very early in the migration season and begin showing up in Utah in August Call Dick Hunen (435) 0 3 or Biyan Dixon a couple of days in advance to find out which spot we have chosen We will leave at 8 am from the parking lot between the Logan Fire Station and the Straw Ibis (50 E ISO North in Logan) You will want to bring “munchies” or a lunch if we end up going to the Bear River Refuge or to Antelope Island sub-arct- 734-265- Forest Service hits the trails to monitor ATV situation ic 752-683- I not exactly the cops trying to keep up with die robbers but Forest Service officials are taking ATV certification classes in order to better patrol local trails As ATV use continues to increase in Utah rangers say more and more of their time is spent pursuing law- breakers and instructing riders on where they can legally go The best way to monitor ATV use is from an ATV and state and federal employees who use the machines for work purposes must pass a certification course That’s how Logan rangers Peggy Wilson Connie McCaughey and Lisa Perez found themselves under the tutelage of Russ Larsen earlier this week “We’ll learn to use everything you have here including die gray matter upstairs” instructor Larsen ' told the trio assembled at the dusty Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife along with Camp Chef will sponsor for a youth pheasant hunt Nov 8-children 12-1- 4 years old Applications will be accepted through Sept 30 and winners will be notified by phone on or before OcL 15 Anyone interested can pick up an application at Al's Sporting 'Goods or the Cache Valley Hunter Education Center For information call Dave Bunce at 10 Canoe trip Bridgerland Audubon Society will sponsor an evening canoe trip on Cutler Marsh on Monday Meet at 6 pm atthe parking lot between die Logan firehouse and the Straw Ibis (access from 100 East due to road construction) We will return by 9 pm For information call Jean Lown off-roadi-ng the closes class Utah State Parks and Recreation will host an OHV class in early September just in time for deer season There is a $10 registration fee Fix information or to register call - Russ Larsen ATy experienced motorbiker was still struggling to adjust to the ATV clutch But the training passed without Golden Spike ride The Cache Valley Vdoists will mountain bike ride Golden Spike Rail the on Saturday Trails Meet at 8 am to carpool to Golden Spike There is a park entrance fee Ride leader is Glenn On Monday the Jarrell 750-586- 6 group will host a familyleisure ride to the Vintage McDonald’s meeting at 7 pm Call Alan or Alice Carlisle On Wednesday thane at ride to the Logan will bea le Meet 6:30 at Airport pm Ride All leader is Hal Cain 713-021- 2 rides meet at the northwest comer of Merlin Olsen Park unless noted 753-708- 15-m- ile to the bat” : McCaugheyjin host a Mitch MaacanVHarald Journal From left Connie McCaughey Peggy Wilson and Usa Perez of the Logan Ranger District wind through an ATV training course near the mouth of Blacksmith Fork Canyon The Forest Service is requiring more personnel to get state certification on ATVs in anticipation of an increase in local ridership and subsequent patrols incident and left the rangers with an course near the mouth of Black- appreciation for the finer points of' smith Fork which Canyon “We’re tested as ridbe may m — out here to learn increases ership the machines and Perez said that anticihave fen” SerIf pation of the Forest After a few Shoshone ATV Trail turns Perez a firstvice trails is one of the primary time rider the Logan reasons ATVers “you’re observed that District is Ranger “Going’s not so gonna have vandal- focusing on certificabad — it’s the tion Tire Shoshone ism off ' stopping that’s Trail is the brainchild tough” and 752-683-0 OHV ' By Lance Frazier outdoors editor Pheasant hunt at Jim Hansen who is sponsoring a bill that would designate over 300 miles of existing trails in Northern Utah for ATV use and allow for further trails to be Instructor SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s tundra swan hunt won’t be changed the Utah Wildlife Board has decided though a pending court ruling could cause trouble for hunters deriThat was one of several hunting-relate- d sions' made by the Utah Wildlife Board at a meeting Tuesday The tundra swan hunting season is Oct 8 Hunters have until Aug 19 to put their names in a drawing for one of shout 2000 swan permits Tundra swans are nearly impossible to distin- -' guish from the rare trumpeter swans in the air so trumpeter swans sometimes are shot by hunters Hunters must register their birds with Utah wildlife officials and if 10 trumpeter swans sire 10-mi- : Nature walk ec Take a walk along the River Trail for an evening filled with food fun and great music at the Stokes Nature Center at 7 pm Aug 23 George Emert and his Uncle Stanley will perform the homespun music of the Smoky Mountains for this Nature Center fundraiser Transportation from the lower parking lot provided For more information please call die 9 nature center at or Mae Coover at 755-323- j ' vv "i1-- )' L'-- ' 41 s' swans is illegal In that case wildlife officers would be obliged to write citations to hunters who accidentally shoot trumpeter swans 'Guzzlers’ act tO r W e AA v ytr'--'V’” f'W'f j ty “And that’s just one problem area” she said “A few (miscreants) are giving a bad name to the responsible riders” On one point everyone agreed: Mess with ATV riders’ access and a certain percentage of them will react by shooting signs or ransacking campgrounds Larsen the valvehicle ley’s first instructor and an advocate of swift justice acknowledged that a citation crackdown may spur enthusiasts to retaliate but said once people adjusted to the stiffer rules that should end “There’s always somebody who’s gonna buck the system” acknowledged Larsen “You’re gonna have ay See ATV on C2 MISSOULA Mont (AP)— The US Fish and WikOifoServicd is investigating the deaths of two wolves whose carcasses were dis- covered in western Montana’s upper I Nine Mile Valley Investigator Neill I Hartman said it appeared the wolves were killed in the past two days 1 Authorities however have not said !if they know what caused the deaths ’ By the Utah Division of Wildlife Resource - More than 570 man-ma- de !' Division of Wildlife Resources and other agencies ' have been placing them on sined Utah land in the public 1 1940s “These guzzlers ate ajways important to wildlife during - i"the summer but with the severe drought we’rp having i this jear they’re vital" says Dean MitcheU DWR ufilajid : game coordinator “Water is often the major factor in how many young and adult birds ' and animals make it through ! the summer here in Utah We’re trying to help them out by providing a water source in Photo eoiiftssy of DWR areas that can be extremely ’Guzrisri such this on provide Utah's upland gamp dry this time Of year” birds big game animate and even smal mammals with a Mitchell uys chukar par-t water sources during the (fey months of summer tridge and mourning doves in - 6 i'-t- u ' Despite that possibility the Wildlife Board on Tuesday decided to allow the hunt to continue while awaiting the court’s decision which could ' come anytime this fall In another waterfowl decision the board decided to split up the y seasonfor pintail ducks Utah’s regular duck season is 107 days long but pintail populations aren’t fairing well and federal wildlife officials have derided to allow only two months of hunting for those birds It was lip to Utah officials to decide when to hold the hunt The pintail dates will be Oct 7 and 60-da- : : See RULES on C2 as desert oases drinking holes give animals summer respite ' water sources are providing thirsty birds and animals with water in some Of Utah’s harshest environments this summer The water sources are known as guzzlers and the - b Man-mad- e T re death com-muni- - V v- ENTERPRISE Utah (AP)— Lorraine Wittwer has killed 73 deer so far this year to protect foe alfalfa he grows to feed ms 48 cattle Wittwer alfalfa field outside says his fi of Enterprise is on a major thoroughfare the deer use to get toShoal Creek For years Wittwer told officials that he was going to start shooting deer that try to get imp his field and in April he began doing so Douglas Messeriy law enforce-meat Investigator for the DWR said ' he doesn't like Wittwer to shoot the deer but Wittwer is within his right to do so Utah law provides that fanners after notifying DWR may kiU animals to protect their crops j Two wolves al found to have been shot the season is shut down The fact that any trumpeter swans are killed has angered some wildlife groups Those groups filed a lawsuit in federal court sayiitg the danger to the trumpeter swan population is too great and the tundra swan hunt should be stopped The Court could rule in the wildlife groups! favor and order the hunt stopped But Utah wildlife managers had to consider another see- nario: The court could allow the tundra swan hunt t to continue but rule that any take of trumpeter i - 71 Farmer kills 73 deer ve-ac- of Utah Congressman added down the line Hansen's pro-poswhich purports to set aside money for maintenance and polic- ing of the trail has passed the House and is being debated in the Senate Perez the Logan District’s outreach director said the trails that would comprise the Shoshone are not well signed and patrols are rare The Forest Service party line on the Shoshone is iy positive partly negative” but some rangers privately complain that the trail will encourage motor- ized use in delicate areas and lead to more illegal “ghost” roads Perez said that in the Steep Hollow area alone workers have closed 12 miles of unauthorized trails within the past 24 months Wildlife Board approves new hunt rules 7: 752-88- Pagel Utah are the game birds that use the state’s guzzlers the ' most Guzzlers are also heavily used by desert bighorn sheep! pronghorn antelope and mule Division personnel have had to haul water to some of the guzzlers there Most of Utah’s' guzzlers ' jiaye been built by DWR in the state’s harshest environ- deer meats Including the "West Bfob-anDesert and areas in southern' animals that peo-pi- e hunt aren’t the only Utah DWR staff place them wildlife that benefit however' in areas that pro vide good “There are a whole host of habjtat and good escape cover nongame species that benefit ' from predators Guzzler costs range from including jackrabbits small mammals gophers and k myr$800 to $10000 with mof it of iad of birds” he says the money for smaller guz--' ' Mitchell zlos comes for Utah’s Habitat says guzzlers vary in sizefiiotn 35flLgallon guz-Conservation Fund zlers built forchukar partridge Because of safety concerns to guzzlen for bighorn sheep I related to pvdrcrowding guz-that hold as muclj as l0000' zler areas with hunters vid gallons of water Regardless of their size all guzzlers have similar features They include an qxonthat ’ collects rain and snow a tank that stores the water and a drinking trough that Supplies it to birds ami animals The water is usually sup- -' available by logging on the ' plied by rain and snowfall but DWR’s InternriVeb site at it’s beep so dry in parts of wwwwildUfetttidigovjpdfrgu southern Utah this year that zzlermappdf : 4 m V 1 1: j i Jl |