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Show Page B3 The SdSfflit County Bee December 29, 2000 Experimental Spring Bear Hunt Approved By Utah Wildlife Board An experiment that members of a black bear advisory group hope will show whether spring hunting results in hunters taking a lower percentage of female bears and fewer incidents of bears killing livestock was approved Dec. 19 by the Utah Wildlife Board. At its meeting in Salt Lake City, the hoard approved spring bear hunts for four of Utah's 19 bear management units. The experimental hunts should run for the next five sears. This spring will he the first time Utah has held a spring bear hunt since the state discontinued its y spring hunt, and went to a fall-onl- hunting season, in 1993. Since the spring bear hunt was discontinued. livestock depredation incidents involving bears have increased substantially in some areas in Utah, while the percentage of female bears taken by hunters has more than doubled statewide. Alan Clark. Wildlife Section chief for the Division of Wildlife Resources, said the experimental spring bear hums approved by the board will be held on four bear management units in central, northeastern and southeastern Utah. Data gathered from the spring hunts will be compared to data gathered from four other units where fall-onl- y TORN ON TO LIFE -- i the percentage of female hears taken by hunters. He said male hears account for most of the depredating bears taken each year by the USDA-WildliServices. Because male bears generally emerge from their dens in the spring earlier than females, and also range farther from their dens than females with cubs, there is a good chance that spring hunters will encounter more male bears. In addition, a female black bear usually has her cubs with her in the spring, which may help hunters female. know they have found five-yeHunters are reminded that it is illeexperiment. period, gal to kill a female bear with depenDuring the same five-yefall hunting will continue on the dent cubs. The idea for the experimental Manti, North: Manti. South: South Slope; and San Juan units, hut spring hunt was fust brought to the Utah Wildlife Board in 1999 by the spring hunting will not be allowed. Utah Black Bear Discussion Group. All legal hunting methods, includadvisory group ing the use of hounds to track and The tree bears, will be allowed on all included wildlife biologists, hunters eight areas. Those hunting in the and animal activists. orienAfter hearing the group's proposal spring must attend a pre-hutation course that will stress the at a meeting in October 2000, the importance of not taking female Utah Wildlife Board directed the Division of Wildlife Resources to bears. draft an experimental spring bear the At the end of fiveyear study see to data hunting proposal that would provide period, willjx analyzed difference. made a if spring hunting enough data to show whether spring Clark said there are a number of bear hunting reduces livestock reasons why spring hunting might depredation and the percentage of reduce livestock depredation, and female heats in the kill. hunting will be allowed. The eight areas were chosen because they have Urge hear harvests: high hearlivcstock depredation rates; andfar similar hear habitat. Spring hunts will be held April 14 to May 21. 2001 on the Wasatch Mountains West and Wasatch Currant Mountains. units in central Utah: the Creek Nine Mile. Anthro-Rang-r Unit in northeast Utah; and the LaSal Mountains Unit in southeast Utah. Fall hunting will not be allowed on these units during the Creek-Avintaqu- fe in i ar ar nt TORN OFF TO DRUGS T Sribssrfflbs HIGH COUNTRY PROPERTIES TTht LARGE HOME. LOW PIKE. MOKSTDI UJfFttl Urn baauKhJ S bd3.5 hath horn ha 4.234 iqlL. of which 3,728 iaflnehad. k ha many! hvdwood k da Soon, Md jwwd bathtub. awn. vabtod i The .99 aaa Id U hndacapad with witiUw yUm aid ha room tor horaa. h addKtan to tot 2 ear ailachad faraga, Sara la a hrga 768 iq. ft. datarfiad Smumft Cvmiiy Bat (435) 654-271- Hihwy 40 The chance to hunt on four Utah black bear management units this spring awaits hunters after the Utah Wildlife Board approved rules for the state's 2001 bear hunting seasons at its meeting Dec. 19 in Salt Lake City. The rules approved by the board can be found in the 2001 Utah Black Bear Proclamation, which should be available by late January 2001. The spring hunts will be the first spring hunting opportunity Utah's bear hunters have had since 1993. The spring hunts are being held as an experiment.'' said Alan Clark, Wildlife Sea ion chief for the Division of Wildlife Resources. The Wildlife Board wants to see if allowing hunting in the spring results in hunters taking n lower percentage of female bears and leads lo fewer incidents of bears killing livestock." Since Utah discontinued its spring hear hum, and went to a fallonly hunting season in 1993. livestock depredation incidents involving bears have increased substantially in some areas in the state. The percentage of female bears taken by hunters has also more than doubled statewide. The board approved the spring bear hunts as a five-yeexperiment. The experimental spring hunts will be held April 14 to May 21, 2001 on the Wasatch Mountains West and Wasatch Mountains, units in Currant central Utah: the Nine Mile, Anthro-Rang- e Creek Unit in northeast Utah; and the LaSal Mountains Unit in southeast Utah. Alt legal hunting methods will be allowed during the spring hunts. Spring hunters must attend an orientation course that will stress the importance of not taking female bears. Fall hunting will not be allowed on the units open to hunting in the spring. In addition to the experimental ar Creek-Avintaqu- in lO G WORKS 2)6S Saudi Black Bear Hunting Rules Approved By Utah Wildlife Board 2 Hchar City; Utah hunts, the board also approved a total of 212 Mack bear burning permits for Utah's 2001 seasons. Thai's a slight decrease from the 214 permits offered in 2000. Die Book Gifts and Nine Mile. AnthroRangc Creek units were the units to see the biggest decrease in permit numbers. A total of 13 permits will be offered for the Book Gifts Unit in 2001. compared to 29 for the 2000 season. A total of 13 permits also will be offered for the Nine Mile Unit. In 2000. a total of 20 permits were offered there. Clark said both of the castccntral Utah units lack any high elevatiou areas. "Bears in these units were really affected by this summer's drought." he said. Clark said there was little if any cub produaion on the units and some adult bears died. Other adult bears began to disperse from the units, apparently looking for areas with better habitat. While permits were decreased in the two units, they were increased for the San Juan and LaSal Mountains units, both of which are in southeastern Utah. A total of 30 permits will be offered for the San Juan Unit, an increase of 10 from the 20 offered in 2000. A total of 30 permits also will be offered for the LaSal Mountains Unit. A total of 19 were offered there in 2000. Bear sightings on the units have increased in recent years, which indicates bear populations on the units are growing, said Bill Bates, wildlife manager for the Division of Wildlife Resources' Southeastern spnng t east-centr- al Region. Applications tor Utah's 2001 black hear hunts will he available by Feb. 3. 2001. For more information call the of Wildlife Division nearest Resources office, or the Division's Salt Lake City office at (801) a (290.000. wmmprdk rawttQMS CaO Chad Mitchell gwagttoop. to Summit and Waaalch Countic The Gateway to die UMas 3 Serving 112 South Man P.O. Bor 219 Karras, Utah 84036 m Office (43S 783-435- 13 Mtl www.ehaJmiuha8.Bim 3 35 SAY, YES! YES! YES! TO HO, HO, HO. Afterwards - Hi Money After quick ZI0NS MORTGAGE COMPANY Purchase Refinance Down. 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