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Show Volume XXIII Issue X The Ogden Valley news Page 11 July 15, 2015 Get a Bull Elk Permit Starting July 14 HEL’s Half Pound – Powder Mountain Road More than 29,000 permits to DWR’s Salt Lake City office at 801-538-4700. hunt bull elk with a rifle or muzSee Bald Eagles on July 16 & 18: Family Half Marathon Race: As tough as it sounds? zleloader in Utah will go on sale includes baby eaglet - You can see two adult bald “Half the distance! Runners will also get to experience the amaz- at 8:00 a.m. on July 14. General archery elk permits will also go on sale July 14. General archery elk permits are not limited in number, though, so there’s no rush to get one. General archery elk permits will be available throughout both the general and extended archery seasons. Starting at 8:00 a.m. on July 14, you can buy a bull elk permit at the Division of Wildlife Resources’ website (wildlife.utah.gov) and from DWR offices, and more than 300 hunting license agents across Utah. A list of license agents and where they’re located is available at <www.wildlife.utah.gov/licenses/agent.html> Judi Tutorow, wildlife licensing coordinator for the DWR, says the agency’s website could be busy on the morning of July 14. “If the site reaches the maximum number of people it can serve,” she says, “a message will pop up indicating the site has reached its full capacity. “If that happens, don’t leave the site; be patient and stay on it. You should be able to access the site again in a few minutes.” Any-bull or spike-only units - Before you buy a rifle or muzzleloader permit, you need to decide which units you want to hunt on: any-bull units, where you’re allowed to take a bull of any size; or spike-only units, where only spike bulls may be taken. If you buy an any-bull permit, you can hunt on all of the any-bull units in Utah. If you buy a spike-only permit, you can hunt on all of the spike-only units in the state. If you’re new to elk hunting, Justin Shannon, big game coordinator for the DWR, encourages you to buy a permit for the spike-only units. “Utah has lots of spike bulls,” he says. “And there’s a lot of public land to hunt them on.” If you decide to chase branch antlered bulls on an any-bull unit, Shannon says the two Uinta Mountains units—the North Slope unit and the South Slope unit—are your best bets. If you look at the map on pages 48 and 49 of the 2015 Utah Big Game Field Regulations Guidebook, you’ll see Utah has quite a few any-bull elk units. “But there’s a challenge to hunting these units,” Shannon says. “With the exception of the North Slope and South Slope units, many of these units are covered by private land, or they don’t have high numbers of elk on them.” Copies of the 2015 Utah Big Game Field Regulations Guidebook are available for free at <www.wildlife.utah.gov/guidebooks> For more information, call the nearest Division of Wildlife Resources office or the FIRE RESTRICTIONS cont. from page 1 eagles—and their baby eaglet—during free field trips in July. The Division of Wildlife Resources will host the field trips on Thursday, July 16 and Saturday, July 18. The trips will leave from the Dept. of Natural Resources building in Salt Lake City each evening at 6: p.m. The DNR building is located at 1594 W. North Temple. The field trips are free, but reservations are required. To reserve a spot, call Bob Walters, Watchable Wildlife coordinator for the DWR, at 801-209-5326. After meeting at the DNR building, participants will follow Walters in their vehicles to the viewing site near the southeastern shore of Great Salt Lake. Walters will have some spotting scopes and binoculars, but if you have your own, please bring them. “It’ll probably be warm,” Walters says, “so dress for warm weather. And make sure to bring some water, mosquito spray, and sunscreen.” You can leave the viewing site any time during the evening. Eaglets Starting to Hop, Flutter & Dance - If you participate in one of the field trips, there’s a good chance you’ll watch as the eaglet prepares to fly for the first time. Walters says there’s a possibility that hot weather might force the eagles to leave the nest site before the field trips happen. But if the eagles are still on the nest on July 16, you should be able to see the eaglet dancing on the nest, beating its wings and making short “touch and go” flights between the nest and branches on the manmade structure the nest rests on. “All of these antics are part of the build up to that magic moment when the eaglet leaves the nest for the first time,” Walters says. The eaglet should be nine to ten weeks old when the field trips are held. Nesting Bald Eagles in Utah In addition to the site where the July field trips will occur, DWR biologists know of at least 16 other active bald eagle nest sites in Utah. “And there could be more nest sites we haven’t found yet,” Walters says. Bald eagles first nested at this northern Utah site in 1996. Since then, eagles have raised a total of 39 eaglets at the site. “The bald eagles that have nested at the site have been really productive,” Walters says. Walters says the nesting success the eagles have found illustrates the quality and the importance of the habitat in this area near Great Salt Lake. “Habitat within the greater Great Salt Lake area is important to these eagles and many other species of wildlife,” he says. Fires must be attended by an adult at all times. Completely extinguish the fire when done mended from the fire pit to other combustible with the activity. materials. If additional assistance is needed, or if Keep the fire no larger than 3 feet in diam- you have questions, please contact Weber eter and 2 feet in height. Fire District at 801-782-3580 or visit <www. Have a means to extinguish the fire. weberfiredistrict.com> Twice the pain! All the glory!” Is the race’s tag line. So why would anyone run this race?’ “You wouldn’t believe how many times I get that when I mention HEL’s Half Pound,” says Leah Donaldson, co-race director for this year’s third-annual half marathon race up and down Powder Mountain Road. And I always give people the same answer, “People can do hard things, they just don’t know it!” And once they’ve seen they can do hard things, they want to do them again and test themselves with harder things. Yes, this is a challenging race. Anyone that’s driven their car up to Powder Mountain knows it’s a steep road. How steep? Those big yellow road signs blare it out . . . 16%! That’s serious thigh burning steep! So again, I get asked, “Who in their right mind would try and run that road?” Let me break it down. People just don’t know their physical potential. They’ve lost touch with their primal roots. People will often say, “I can’t run. It hurts my knees too much and this race would do them in for sure!” Not so! Running and walking long distances and steep grades like this is exactly what your body and legs were designed for—2 million years of evolution in the making! This is exactly what keeps your knees strong and durable. I tell people, you need to read University of Utah’s professor Dennis Bramble’s writings on endurance running and Christopher McDougall’s Born to Run! It will completely redefine how you view running! But, I digress. Back to HEL’s Half Pound. The race date is August 29, and starts at Wolf Creek Resort at 7:00 a.m. sharp, then climbs SR158 (Powder Mountain Road) all the way to the top of Hidden Lake—3,500 feet of assent! Strategic aid and rest stations staffed by enthusiastic volunteers will assist runners along the way. ing views from the newly paved section of road between Timberline and Hidden Lake. Then there’s the equally challenging (most say more so) descent. Once runners have returned to Wolf Creek, they’ll kick up those rubber legs and enjoy a gourmet breakfast hosted by Ogden Valley’s Hearthside Catering, including the race’s signature half pound breakfast burrito! There are more runners signed up for this year’s race than ever! Many are return runners! We’ve never had a single DNF (Did Not Finish), and that says a lot about the doability of this course, in spite of people’s first impression. People like this race! It tests you. It’s a rite-of-passage race, and a great training benchmark for those running the upcoming Huntsville Marathon in September. Now, I realize, I keep saying “runners.” Let me assure any who might consider this race, and take my word for it, very few are “running” up this road. Most are walking/hiking. One of our popular tag lines is, “You can’t just run this race!” It’s true! You can’t. So, don’t feel like you have to. Take as much time as you need. There’s no cut off. You don’t have to be a seasoned athlete, just determined. This race is as much about stretching your psyche’s capacity as it is testing your cardiovascular and fitness levels. And don’t let all this race hype psyche you out. We’re really just trying to psyche you up! More interesting race dynamics—there are as many woman runners as men. The age of runners is between 23 and 63. Here’s the question, not “why would anyone run this race?” but “why not?” Why not you? And here’s the other question, “Will Summer Hogge (1st place woman finisher for the last two years) break that elusive two-hour barrier on a new 2015 course boasting nearly 1,000 more feet of elevation? No pressure Summer! For more race information on HEL’s Half Pound, visit <http://ogdenhole.com/hels-half-pound/> OBITUARIES cont. from page 7 Deceased He was always on the go enjoying life to the fullest. He will be dearly missed by all who knew him. He will be riding his motorcycle with the Angels and his Marine brethren, watching over his loved ones and waiting until they are with him again. SEMPER FI. He is survived by his mother, Kristine; his father, Sean; his sister Kasandra Davison; and his grandmother Sandra Pennings. Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd. Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and on Thursday from 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. at the mortuary. Send condolences to the family at <www. lindquistmortuary.com> Carol A. Hassel, 87, died June 2015. Beverly Ellen Linford Roberts, 65, died June 23, 2015. Terry L. Jones, 64, died June 24, 2015. Kenneth D. Lund, 87, died June 25, 2015. Eldon J. Meibos (Chub), 71, died on June 25, 2015. Gary William Flinders, 78, died June 25, 2015. Salley Le Ormond Dittmore, 41, died June 27, 2015. Connie Rae Shaw, 73, died on June 27, 2015. Gordon K. Pringle, 76, died on June 27, 2015. Emery Kent Simmons, 76, died on June 30, 2015. Larry Woodfield Carver, 72, died June 30, 2015. Daniel Troy Kendall, 45, died July 2, 2015. Lennis Jo Burton, 79, died July 4, 2015. Gaylene East Black, 63, died July 5, 2015. |