Show Mild Winter Helps Wildlife Survive This year's mild winter is helping both big game and upland game wildlife With lower snow depths keeping winter forage easy to find for deer and elk and tall grasses and wheat stands still high enough to provide cover and food for upland game birds wildlife in general will likely move into springtime in much better condition than last year A year ago heavy snows forced big game animals into backyards and the open mouths of predators grip Wildlife biologists are finding now that the picture is much brighter "We just finished our helicopter survey of Fishlake National Forest and found both elk and deer still on range slopes" said southern region biologist Don mid-wint- er Beale The higher elevation for big In ’96 Futurity of Bom-In-Uta- h FILLMORE — In celebration 100 years of Utah's statehood the Millard County Centennial Committee has approved plans for a horse race for "bom-in-Utathoroughbreds and quarter horses on the Fourth of July 1996 JcrE Brinkerhoff chairman of the Fourth of July Race Meet said his committee is still seeking entries for the scries of four races The race will be held in Fillmore at the Millard County Fairgrounds which feature the state's largest covered grandstand Pheasants quail chukar partridge and grouse were easy prey and vulnerable to mother nature's chilling a one-fourt- mile h straightaway a new 250 ft by 110 ft indoor arena and a race track At a fee of S25 to buy a nomination foals from as far away as Lonewly-resurfac- Moab St George and gan Brigham City plus all other areas of the state have already been entered but the committee has voted to hold nominations open to allow more participation Trials will be held tw’o weeks prior to the races The first race the Beehive State old Futurity will feature two-yequarter horses with a $10000 added purse The Blue Spruce Futurity a run between two-yeold thoroughbreds also has a $10000 added purse The Sego Lily Futurity is a race for three-yea- r old quarter horses with a purse of $5000 added The same purse of $5000 added goes to the winner of the Seagull Futurity ar ar old thoroughfeaturing three-yea- r breds According to Utah State University statistics Utah has the fourth largest horse industry in the nation topping $15 billion annually For more information about the Fourth of July Centennial Futurity contact JcrE Brinkerhoff PO Box 224 Fillmore Utah 8431 or phone (801)743-693- 1 Lady Close Season With A Win T-Bir- ds JUNCTION — Piute's Lady Thundcrbird basketball team pulled out a last minute 43-4- 1 victory over South Sevier Tuesday in its last game of the season Trailing throughout the game Piute's Marissa Johnson scored a field goal with a minute left on the clock and was fouled in the act of shooting Johnson hit the free throw to tie the game After the Lady Rams missed a chance to score at the charity stripe Kcna Roberts after Lady three offensive rebounds scored a basket to grab the win for Piute Piute’s Johnson led the scoring with 15 points followed by Gcnny Poll with 10 game means the animals stay off harsher terrain lower forage-spars- e and farmland In some areas of the state depredation problems are re- duced "If these animals can hold out until winter breaks and if they do well during the spring and summer we should see greater numbers when we count again" Beale said But hold back on visions of bagging abundant game this year If deer produce twin fawns a good sign of herd recovery these young animals w ill not be ready for pursuit for at least two more years With that in mind hunting restrictions arc still likely Pheasants chukars and grouse arc doing well too Winter grasses arc still plentiful winter wheat stands arc high and for pheasants that means better survival "Birds have put on some weight Wednesday February 16 this winter" said northern region biologist George Wilson "Last year these birds used up their fat reserves had to rely on muscle tissue to survive and then nest When it came time to molt many birds just did not have any more energy and perished" Predators arc less likely to find hens or young chicks when there's plenty of cover "Predation mostly on pheasants is the key to survival" Wilson said "With a mild winter grasses are taller there is plenty of escape cover and the birds arc more secure More birds are likely to survive the winter for spring nesting" If there is a dow n side to all the mild w inter cheer it's precipitation If there isn’t enough moisture for grasses shrubs and other forage to flourish next w inter will not be as pleasant New Wildlife Council Meets Wednesday The newly established Southern Region Wildlife Advisory Council will hold its first meeting at 7:30 pm Wednesday in the auditorium in the basement of the Sevier County Courthouse to discuss the upcoming bear hunt Regional advisory councils have been formed in five regions of the state Their purpose is to take pub lie comment regarding wildlife issues in the respective regions and then to make formal recommendations to the Division of Wildlife Resources' Board of Big Game Control and to the Wildlife Board dealing with these issues The Southern Region includes Washington Iron Beaver Millard Kane Garfield Piute Wayne and Sevier counties 1H Tri-Cit- (8-12- ): (Thursday Night Men's) ): (8-12- 386 Lacy Huntsman 333 High Scries Hdcp: Allen Nielson 644 Amber Christensen 612 Stcrmer Brooks High Scries Scr (13-18- ): Roundy 654 Lyndsey Kesler 273 High 200 Games: Nolan Peterson 213 201 Mike Jorgensen 234 Skcctcr Siermcr 269 Chad Anderson 210 Troy Olsen 255 Art Lee 208 Jerry Mangum 221 Russ Okcrlund 207 Ray Walters 210 203 John Brcdsguard 203 213 Roger Barney 210 Brad Anderson 204 Gopher Jensen 205 Joe Lee 208 High Team Game: Scr Brcin-ho- lt Ideal Const 984 Hdcp Cleaners 1275 High Team Series: Scr Brcin- - Nicmcycr vice president Ron Sandcn secretary treasurer Krcig Rasmussen and Doug Mcacham ar ar 3 The newly formed Regional Wildlife Advisory Council was discussed This council will now start to hold regional meetings to receive input from agency biologists and the public on wildlife issues In a meeting on Monday Feb 7 Paul Nicmcycr was elected chairman of this committee Their first public meeting will be held Wednesday Feb 16 at 7:30 pm in the basement of the Sevier County Courthouse This meeting will be the High Individual Game: Scr Debbie Christensen 212 Hdcp Donna Hughes 248 High Individual Scries: Dora McKinlay and DccAnn Devinish 548 Hdcp Monctta Christensen 646 200 Games: Debbie Christensen 212 Dora McKinlay 204 Camille Syddall 201 High Team Game: Scr Syddall's Floors 812 Floors 1040 Syddall’s Hdcp Scries Hdcp: Brooks Roundy 747 Cassandra Jensen 636 High Team Game: Scr BJ's 481 Hdcp BJ's 881 High Team Series: Scr BJ’s 1330 Hdcp BJ's 2530 Lola Warr and Angie Curtis 219 Hdcp Lisa Hinkins 267 High Individual Scries: Scr Angie Curtis 549 High Individual Hdcp Angie Curtis 669 200 Games: Kathleen Curtis 204 Rcnon Reed 202 Elaine Ams 203 Stephanie Ball 209 High Team Game: Scr Kathleen's New You 889 Hdcp Kathleen’s New You 1138 High Team Scries: Scr Moni's Grooming 2400 Hdcp Moni's Grooming 3000 federation directors and Kim Anderson and Scott Dalcabout one-yedirectors Business conducted concerned the following items: 1 Discussion of the proposed deer hunt regulations 2 Monroe Mountain Elk plan was discussed The club voted to support the local interagency recommendation regarding target numbers for the elk herd High Team Scries: Scr Alley Hdcp Ken's Auto 2955 Cats 2305 Sunday Mixed Doubles Richfield City Basketball Games played Feb 8 and 9 Men’s City League Sevier Valley Communication 60 Newby GMC 51 Richfield Sales & Leasing 60 Roger's Foods 55 Sunny Shopper 85 Western Clay 42 Topsficld 84 Lethal Weapon 59 Coca Cola 64 Richfield City 50 Pressed Petals 57 Far West Bank 49 ‘public hearing on setting the proclamation on the hunting of Black Bears If you have an interest and would like to have some input into the issue of hunting Black Bears this is the meeting you should attend These meetings arc designed to give the public a chance to have early input into the decision making process regarding wildlife The next meetings of the Regional Council will be March 7 and March 16 regarding Big Game deer and elk The locations will be in Fillmore and St George at 7:30 The locations will be announced when arrangements for buildings arc made 4 Some very interesting elk videos were then shown Local photographers Krcig Rasmussen and Steve Nielson showed some videos they had taken on Monroe Mountain and they were fantastic The next meeting of the Sevier Wildlife Federation will be held on Wednesday March 9 at 7 pm in the Sevier County Courthouse Bret Ilamatake left and Ed Burnside both of show off part of their morning's catch while ice fishing at Fish Lake Saturday Simi- - lar results were experienced by over 100 per-Lesons who flocked to the lake to participate in one of the area's newest popular sports hi icrzf d There arc several meetings regarding wildlife in the near future Come and be part of the decision making process High Individual Game: Skcctcr Stcrmer 244 men Rcnon Reed 246 women Hdcp Skcctcr Stcr-mcr 257 men Rcnon Reed 266 women High Individual Scries: Scr Skcctcr Stcrmer 618 men Rcnon Reed 600 women Hdcp Don Olsen 671 men Rcnon Reed 660 women 200 Games: Andy Grcnz 206 Shannon Heaps 212 Allen Robins 208 Cal Curtis 221 Don Olsen 214 202 Rcnon Reed 246 Stephanie Ball 205 Mark Nielsen 200 Skcctcr Stcrmer 244 Lloyd Dickinson 203 600 Scries: Don Olsen 605 Rcnon Reed 600 Skcctcr Stcrmer 618 High Team Game: Scr Hi Roe Dairy 715 Hdcp DP Curtis Trucking 840 High Team Scries: Scr Hi Roc Dairy 2063 Hdcp Hi Roc Dairy 2417 Double 'C' (Tuesday Night Men's) ft iipj 200 Games: Dustin 215 Gerry 203 215 212 Dane 220 Skcctcr 207 227 201 Larry 243 208 John 212 Cal 213 Lloyd 234 Rick 218 High Team Game: Scr Mason Equipment 946 Hdcp Mason Equipment 1158 High Team Scries: Scr Honda Polaris 2629 Hdcp Honda Polaris 3298 Richfield Ice Fishing Heaven Over 100 winter enthusiast participated Saturday at Fish Lake in one of that area’ newest and most popular winter sports ice fishing Despite a heavy snowstorm the previous night and cold tem nnjiw nwti By hm idufw peratures the hardy fishermen act up chairs revved up their ice augers and most had excellent result for their effort Angler come from throughout the state to participate in the activities 11-- Cody High Game Scr Stcrmer 136 Lacy Huntsman 133 High Game Hdcp: Allen Nielson 226 Destiny Waters 234 Brooks High Game Scr (13-18Roundy 248 Tiffany Baker 108 High Game Hdcp: Brooks Roundy 279 Tiffany Baker 237 ): Cody High Scries Scr y Words from The Wild Side two-ye- RTflTrTFm REAPER Reaper Scoreboard Sevier Wildlife At the Federation’s regularly meeting in February the following officers and directors were elected: Paul Kay Kimball president TTTF Junior Tinbusters Racquetball |