Show I car C2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday October 17 2003 easements on farms and ranches he said and flexible deer season lengths based on realistic buck:doe ratios could encourage more young (read: Austin ( - : Continued from Cl That way you manage so people yr i - unit-specif- j ic ? ' : ' case” : “He was always up front with us and willing to give us his numbers” ' Wursten said “We may not have always seen eye to eye but I always respected him" Siddoway said he suffered deer depredation on his wheat and alfalfa fields near Laketown for years but y!l his complaints to DWR fell on indif- ferent ears until Austin worked out & program to allow Siddoway to har--j vest problem deet “He’s done an extremely good job” Siddoway said “He’s got V something between his ears and he tries to work with the landowners” Austin pioneered early studies on agricultural and urban depredation by deer and wrote a book on mule deer management Whether that book will ever become state policy remains to be seen but judging by 4 Austin’s recent travel itinerary — Owyhee Rivet Colonial Williams-burg New York the Midwest 'v-King’s Beak — it’s a safe bet that the Division of Wildlife Resources will miss Dennis Austin a lot more than Dennis Austin will miss the Division : v can get out and also protect the herd” henoted jl Austin also said the fetale would save time and travel expenses by eliminating the Regional Advisory Committees and allowing citizens to make comments directly to the Wildlife Board abandon generic carrying capacity models in favpr of plans and increase the autonomy of field personneL V v “People in the field need to be able to make decisions without having to call an administrator” he said adding that morale in die division has dwindled “DWR used to be the top job choice for incoming (state) employees and that’s no longer die ' e o Ai00aT9TTWAYi3 copy hunters non-troph- y) Private landowners now have much more control than in the past rid another major change which came in conjunction with the name change from the Department of Fish and Game to the Division of Wildlife Resources was a shift away from managing wildlife primarily for hunting families toward managing for trophy hunters MWhen I started we were oriented toward family opportunities” he said “but over the years the emphasis gradually shifted to providing for special interest groups with higher numbers of dollars” A problem-solv- er by nature Austin also offered solutions for each of those problems For starters he suggested a combination name for the division: The Division of Fish Game and Natural Resources The state could ally better with private landowners by acquiring hunting AVMLAGtE V OSv ' ' Brent StevwWHefaJd Journal ' r’ ' Former DWR wildlife biologist Dennis approaches a pen of trapped wild near Cove hi this Feb 28 2003 He photo The turkeys were later trans- I to the Hardware Ranch - - v On the bright side during his run 'improve information sharing equipment and hunter education facilities Austin saw die division add a habitat section a habitat fund and some r improve monitoring techniques and actual habitat increase protection of H transplanting multiple species Bret Wursten a local member of threatened and endangered species - ' I - - u Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife who worked on several wildlife projects with Austin said die biologist was the rare government employee who would seek out public input of Wildlife Resources - ' McFarlane said Completing the project will way and DWR recommends i take at least a momh Baldwin wearing rubber gloves when Anis Aoude DWR’s -wildlife biologist on the said so hunters may not know dressing meat boning out dis-eaall results meat once fat until Cache said that the their and removing “It’s not expected Thanksgivmembranes and connective Continued from Cl is identified “we can try He predicted that some or continent to continent ing ' V (on Cache) but tissue minimizing handling of deer hunters will give up the s There are a lot of things 7 to deal with it” ’ : McFarlane didn’t expect the brain we’ve never seen before that “If it’s not at epidemic sta- sport — although every tag in and avoid eating sold out this year — but Cache to join that list anytime : cord spleui and lymph we don’t need to do Utah tus are coming to visit us either spinal “ make sure you-don’I soon much” Aoude said “It’s that the herd wouldn’t suffer ' nodes and cleaning all knives as an agent we’ve never seen “It’s not expected but we’re have It" before or a modified agent dramatically: “If it follows the and cleaning equipment with ’ always better to have more 7 don’t sure make to dismanifests 7: -' than stick as new a that to '7'7K you testing knowledge pattern we’ve semi in other vl 7 bleach and water your ‘ 77 7 v McFarlane aays evidence doubt ‘We firm no I “There is areas and will have have in it” head sand a it he the out ease” tfJ-' say says pointing Leslie McFariane ' i 7 that CWD can cross over (to ' ‘ Sampling for CWD will be have and diseases new 23 deer 'don’t in on serious elk at that least a impact problem’” DWR wildlife biologist conducted at check stations in animals or humans haye lj Hunters who bring their 7 populations in this area” V 7 humans)” Baldwin said 17 units including the three v 30 station Since CWD which causes 7 “However it’s a newly in last have to a the deer check to 'f 7j years7 :j popped up 7 animals to lose weight and units in which Utah’s five McFarlane says because described disease — we don’t Sometimes those diseases a DWR remove personnel ' V CWD has been shown to threaten people Although of its lymph nodes 7 wander aimlessly is usually v'7 know everytiiing about it so I " positive tests have turned up ’ infect up to IS percent of deer CWD has yet to be shown to One of those units Unit 9 ''X worst in older animals it may 7 think it’s prudent to be care- neck brain stem or tonsils near Vernal borders Colorado 7 herds while in elk it rarely 71 be transferable to humans as fill1 tiie mean age of the be for the reduce will not charged where CWD has been found 777 impacts more than 1 percent'state’s herds Baldwin said “If I were the hunting popu-- ’ a spongiform disease sTj it is 7 test Others can mail or deliv- for decades but the other two lace their head I wouldn’t panic here We of abend deer’s lab related the bovine er to to s scrapie Baldwin’s crew which dis--: y spongiform encephalopathy need to take a reasoned look and have the 7 Unit 16 in the Manti area and process r all five Utah inci-7- 7j Unit 13 near Moab arej done for a $25 fee lose essential ingredients their-- at tins to figure out what we 'A disease) and (madraw a uw — ” dents will handle some 2JOOO :'i Creutzfeldt-Jako- b ed from any other positive disease i "7 7 tests A recent study by the' stumble humans In Wisconsin CWD Ki head hanging somewhere for samples from Utah deer over they become ' They WildlifeDivision addition of In the next month Colado became so prevalent in some'5 two weeks”Baldwin said Tf 4 easy prey for cougars and :i Ki 7 7 indicated 'the disease spreads’ he' anticipates conducting “as areas that wildlife officials jab at 797-- 1 895 or go you’ve waited a week don’t siSg other predators foiey even : wben deer and dk encounter bother” because decomposi-- T killed entire deer herds-7wander too close to cliff edges ' Utah Division' of Wildlife high as 5000 to 6000 tests’ : : ' 7 -: 7 Coni feces saliva Veterinarian National or infected for the 'and fell off I expect these tion will make a positive ID Unfortunately says McFar-wwwwildUfeutahgovhunungbi L‘:'centrations of the inimals'-Serviced Laboratory” since lane when deer were allowed:' ’unlikely Because of the diffi-- 7 x mats will be taken out of the 7 V-' ggamabwd 7?whether in the wild or in the Logan lab is certified as f ' 7 to repopulate those areasin $7i'culty finding representative population rapidly” Division of WikUife: Colorado Her? ? its one of only 17 that will test Baldwin encouraged h CWD came back too‘'7'7v7 parts “We recommend people tivity likely encourage ' wa a aaf wmaf fwAiw ani “There is no way to eradi not try to sample these ani- spread samples from every state Hawaii He sees the Utah is testing only deer tiiat seem abnomnl in any y cate it” or treat 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