Show f Section s r Friday December 26 ?003 I Pagel The Herald Journal Outdoors report Rare bird trip By Lane Frazier outdoors editor Bridgeriand Audubon Society will host a trip on Saturdayto look for nreunusual birds seen during the Christmas Bird Count Meet at 8:30 am at the parking lot between the Y Logan Fire Station and Cafe Ibis Wear warm clothing and bring some munchies because we may not be finished until d little after noOn For information call Dick Hurren (435) For information on BAS trips to Eastern Utah Texas Gulf Coast and Hawaii call Val Grant 0 Sue or Dave Drbwn 752-3797 or Did Hurren - 734-26- : “This will’ develop Forest Service officials have revived a plan to thin 700 acres of trees in Logan Canyon arid say' this time they are confident the project so-call-ed 753-537- 53 MDF party " The Northern Utah Chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation will host an ' rally occur" 1 -J ! : -- Tom : J -- y stands that have a V range of age classes that would rnore natu-- ! willgo through Work on the Bear Hodges timber sale which originally called for 1100 acres of lodge- pole and spruce to be selectively cut started in 2000 when about 300 acres of lodgepole were thinned Before Ihe spnice phase of the project cbuld begin a lawsuit filed by ' - ' y 1 53 734-26- ' the firsf time around said Tom Scott Vsion out whereby they eliminated most management indicator species of the Ogden Ranger District ‘‘We that were used to argue against the ' might have'been vulnerable fo a Similar challenge” previous forest health or vegetation ' Wasatch!in tlw new treatment’ whichever term you pre- "Changes ' Cache National Finest Plan resusci- fer” Carter said “No s)ner had tated the project as Bear Hodges ll that plan been approved did the Bear Hodges timber sale come out” The new Management Plan reduced ' Carter argued that the forest the number of critical wildlife ' " that be must on benefit would more from reductions species analyzed in livestock grazing than from cut-- : such projects from 22 species to ' the burden bn the five lessening ting trees but Scott said an ongoing '! ' Forest Service spruce beetle problem in the area made it necessary to reduce the The reduction did not please John Carter WWP’s Utah Director who ! number of older trees “We’re taking out the oldest said his organization will likely file another appeal mature trees- but we’re also leaving ‘The Finest Service could hardly ' See LOGAN on C2 wait to get the final Forest Plan revi- - Scott Ogden Ranger District Maiiti-L- a Sal National Forest had : been rejectedin court' - “There was a question with the kind of monitoring we had done" the Western Watersheds Project : prompted officials to abandon the sale because a similar project on the informal celebration Jan 24 at Sher-- ! wood Hills Resort in Wellsville MDFs goals center on restoring improving and protecting mule deer habitat which result in and hunt- ing healthy! able mule deer populations' Fundraising events include raffles and auctions for aits crafts gear and Utah hunting conservation permits! Contact Dale Ashcroft (563-574or Steve Larson (752-523for infor- mation Y 7 : : ! - Hunting in 'the West ! self-sustai- n- free-rangi- 0) 8) Pistol match can A Practical Pistol match will be 9 am SaturdayattheCacheValley Hunter Education Center at 285 1 WJ--Valle- View Hwy Sponsored by CAPS the match will be free to firsttime participants $12 for CAPS ' members and $17 for Minimum caliber is 9mm Luger and larger caliber pistols or revolvers may be used Ear and eye protection must be worn by allcompetitors and' spectators' A required orientation class will be conducted in ' the mam building before the match at 7:45 amThe match will be held rain or shine For information contact Rich Meacham at 435 787-- 8 131 'or via email at Rmeachamsishacom "! : non-memb- new-shoot- Pistol league "' J t : be armed ''krtewntp " ! - f j ty That’s exactiy what happened to Montana Department of Fish ' Wildlife and Parks game warden I Marc Glines on a repent Friday To Glines it’s just part of the outnumbered I’m out- - "v gunned and sometimes I’m the' ! :'-VAPph0: :'!i only sober one there’’ Glines said during a morning patrol pf the : Montana Game Warden Marc Glines back to ‘baiftera accompanied by a representative of the Sun Ranch left talks' Madison Valley in Southwest Mon- - tb a group of hunters last month near Ennis Mont while responding to a report of shots flying and elk down on a pri- : tana You really have to evaluate' s vate jan Below Glines glasses a hillside IpoWhg for illegal activity the Situation and make sure you ’ ' V’ i don’t get into something you can't way” he said ing shots flying and elk down on a : Which was never claimed r ' foitiiis but well ' ome days Glines V get but of’’ Ranch manager Gene Holden y private ranch Glirics was ' ! before sunrise V Even in more benign ciitum- - ' patrolling' popular iipproached Glines brandishing a nately only about 5 mites up the C satellite map of the ranch and pro- v- stances game wardens havfc to hunting areas or dropping ihon! "highway ' break up tense situations When n L The caller! a ranch employee'!: claiming Glines should throw them r hunting camps to check (ags And y iaterafternbon call came in report- he keepsextrd foqdundii sleeping'all in jail said a group of horseback hunters were arguing Gllnes glassed lhe hillside wita bag inhis'lruckjus't in caseacall y! affair turns into anbll-nigwith ranch hands binoculars marking the hunters by - But few hunters weife out andthe over whether the: - - the color of their cowboy hats so ejk were shot on they coqld be identified when they VJ daywas mostly taken up with busy ' reached work Aftcr dropping off a trap theparking lot As the public land used Jo catch a black bear midraiids Glines arrived to group came up two of the meny ' hoisbehind n their bull a ek pulling fipd 'y ing around Ennis Glines niiiclc a :7 trucks lining the ' es Glines got out the ticket book' trip io Restvedt and Sons Meat ! - job’-''!T'r- V:! : prb-tecti- on ! 2- 1 1 r A furharvester education class will j ! be from6:30-- 9 pmWbdnesday Jan 7 and Jant14 at the Cache Valley 7 Hunter Education Center at 285 1 W Valley View Hwy Instructor js Stan Bassett The course is required Snr'77" anyone born after Dec 31 1894 to 7 furbearer license in ' ' buy Utah! Cost is $6 and sign-u- p is the first night of class For information ' v call the center-a- 753-46- 4 ’ half-doze- - 00 f" : Resources is seeking new instructors' to teach in northern Utah Instructor training runs two nights a week for thrqe weeks The Logan course will bis from 6-- 9 pan Wednesdays and Thursdays starting Jari: 7 at the Cache Valley Hunter Education Cen- ter 2851 W 200 North Logan The - instructor training is free Tb be an instructs a person milst be at least 21 years old and clear a background chectThose interested areencour- - Explorers’ journals indicate ‘pristine’ ! basa&mcNnfc packed lost'- f 5 case £ i tsse'y 1 7'7'-- ' 7: 06 - European-America- 30-mi- le : ' an ‘ :'! journals of Using the Meriwether Lewis and William Clark die two say the vision of a ' ' pristine American West prior to the set- -: n arrival of tiers is a myth Instead they found that Indian !' tribes already had diminished and ' displaced wildlife populations! ' The study conducted at Oregon 18Q4-18- ! -! horn antelope' bighorn jjheep griz- ronmental Remote Sensing Applica-tion- s State University! collected detailed said the numbers and the on data zly bear hlack'bear wolf and study’s' Laboraloiy jourhal : V ! ! findings matter because modem ! heaven The 'expedition also hunted killied the animals of tty : species ''! wildlife and environmental manage-- v -- waterfowlexplorers along with locations of and Ripple also deter- ment practices often use V native villages ' milted the distances tb the nearest settlement as a baseline! 'The results show considerable pean ' ' “This study brings out the issue of settlement from 506 of Lewis and ' human influence on wiidlife even !’ ' Clark's campsites 'and the density of under relatively low human popular f what should be considered natural the settleihents' within a lion densities” Andrea S! Laliberte " conditions” Ripple said “How far k radius Wpotind the' campsites back in time do you need to go in and VVllliam J Ripple stated in their that natural the found number the what 7 of order v to Bioscience They capture report in the journal conditions' may be? Typically peo- -' ! species Was highest in areas: with lit- : ’‘Areas with denser human popu- 7- ' ! tfe human settlement tunes as the lation such as the Columbia Basin pie use ' ' !! the this and fewest standard ‘natural’ for Pacific had Coast and the “Conversely species study lower 7 species diversity and a lower abuii- - ' ' indicates there should be more con-- ' were Wien in areas of higher settler ' sideration in terms of merit density such as the Columbia aboriginal of large mammals’’ - ' and the Cascades-Pacifi- c Basin the on influences had have an Humans always ecosystem” Coast their repeat said y 7-the she found jour-na- ls said Laliberte said their on region” surroundmgs impact inforhis journal iri in noted Clark to be a valuable source of Latiberte a remote sensing special' ' that 1806 “in the country wildlife of mation about August ist for Ac US Department Agri: which are at between the nations The scientists kept data on the culture at New Mexico State ' 7 nine mammals that Were recorded as war with each' other the greatest 'University' are to wild be animals numbers of been hunted OSU by expedition having Rqle an of the forestry professor !'fbund’'? and university’s Envi- - members: deer elk bison prong- me-Eur- o- ' White CORVALLIS Ore ( AP) settlers brought mbny proUequ with them when they opened upi the West but two scientists conclude that a reduction of wildlife numbers wasn’t one of them It already was'qndef way it:sr£ : West was a myth £3 base'fpowdidBi'borhad :?tse7 an elk he'd earlier confiscated to - ' a game warden 77'pften has to skip during hunting s pick up V-season “It doesn’t always work out that See ARMED on G2 ' UrepmfA fcaseV w basic pleasures : aged to preregister by calling They aba may registerthe first night of class i basafpojH : basa'Y-'r- huntenigiitting two bull elk-"Two other bulls weredown as welloneof7 '! 21 f - - ht Hunter ed instruction The Division of Wildlife v 77 ¥ ! ' Furharvest class V v - : 753-460- t v 'v : But that is the world of a game'' warden during hunting season -when at any moment a mundane day Can turn into a flurry of active " ' tional pistol' league starting at 7 pm Wednesday Jan 14This leagite wel' comes shooters of all abilities semi-aut- o is a Required equipment 22LR pistol 100 rounds of amnio '! per night and hearing and eye Fee of $30 covers league targets-an- d range fees for 10 weeks League size is timited to register call 0 the center at or Chris Kirby'' vat (801) 361-815- ' ENNIS Mont --- Not many sent be officers to would police singlehandedly arrest pight people V er The Cache Valley Huhter Educa- tionCenter at2851 WValley View Hwywill sponsor an indoor conven-- 7 v:- “V By NIck Gevock Bozeman Daily Chronicle - ! ' director |