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Show Page 8 The Ogden Valley News Volume XXX Issue V December 15, 2022 Need a Great Christmas Gift Idea? While some people may not be thinking about hunting or fishing during December, there are still plenty of opportunities to do both this time of year. So why not surprise your friends or family with a Utah fishing or hunting license for Christmas or by paying for their registration fee for a hunting or fishing challenge? They make thoughtful presents, and they’re easy to buy. Along with ice fishing, Utah also offers several hunts during the winter months. Hunts for, cottontail rabbit, chukar, and gray (Hungarian) partridge, snowshoe hare and the fall generalseason turkey hunt run through most of the winter so the recipient of the gift could use it immediately if they wanted to. Annual Utah fishing and hunting licenses are 365-day licenses, so the license is valid starting the day you buy it, and they can start using it immediately. Buying a hunting or fishing license online on the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources website is the easiest way to get one. However, you can also buy a license at one of the six DWR offices or from any fishing and hunting license agent across Utah. Combination licenses—which allow the license holder to fish and hunt small game—are also available at the same locations and on the website. To buy a license for someone, you need the person’s name, their approximate height and weight, their eye color, hair color, date of birth, address, and phone number. If you buy a license on the DWR website, you can have it mailed to you so you can wrap it and give it as a gift, or the license can be mailed directly to the person you’re buying it for. It usually takes about seven days for a license to arrive in the mail, so order one early if you want it to arrive in time for Christmas. If the person you’re buying the license for is 18 years of age or older, instead of buying a one-year license, you also have the option of buying a license that’s valid for up to five years. If the person you’re buying for already has a license, you can extend the period of time when their current license is valid. For example, if the person you’d like to buy for has a license that will expire next April, you can buy a license extension for them now. The extension will keep their license valid for one, two, three, four, or five years from the day the license was supposed to expire. Please be aware, however, that a license extension may be bought only for a license that will expire within six months from the day you buy the extension. For example, if a license doesn’t expire until November 2023, the soonest you can buy an extension for it is June 2023, six months before it expires. Utah resident license costs are as follows: • Combination license (ages 14-17): $20 • Combination license (ages 18-64): $38 • Combination license (age 65 & older): $29 • Fishing license (ages 12-13): $5 • Fishing license (ages 14-17): $16 • Fishing license (ages 18-64): $34 • Fishing license (age 65 & older): $25 • • • • Hunting license (age 13 & under): $11 Hunting license (ages 14-17): $16 Hunting license (ages 18-64): $34 Hunting license (age 65 & older): $25 Gift givers should also note that hunting and combination licenses do not include a deer or elk permit and do not allow someone to hunt deer or elk. Hunters can apply for a 2023 general-season buck deer permit starting March 23. (This timeframe is a change from past years when the application period opened in January.) General-season elk permits will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, starting in July. Utah Cutthroat Slam - Another great gift idea for the angler in your life is a registration fee for the Utah Cutthroat Slam. The goal of the slam is for anglers to catch each of the four native Utah cutthroat trout—Bonneville, Colorado River, Bear River, and Yellowstone— in their historic ranges. Registration costs $20 for adults and $10 for youth, and you can register on the DWR website. All but $1 of the registration cost is dedicated to conservation projects throughout the state that help native cutthroat trout. The slam can provide a fun challenge and a great way to get outdoors. Waterfowl Slam - If you have an avid hunter in your life, consider gifting them the opportunity to add an extra challenge to their hunting season. The DWR offers the Utah Waterfowl Slam and the Utah Upland Game Slam. Hunters earn one of the Utah Waterfowl Slams by completing different requirements, such as harvesting a group of species in a certain time period or location. There are currently ten waterfowl slams with different levels of difficulty, so you can find a variety of fun, unique challenges. Along with trying something new, hunters who complete the slams can also earn colorful, collectible leg bands. The entry fee for the waterfowl slams is $20 for hunters 18 years of age or older or $10 for hunters 17 years of age or younger. You can pay for the entry fee on the DWR website or at any available license agent, including Valley Market, South Fork Mercantile, Lee’s Marketplace, Smiths, Walmart, and many more. For a full list in your area, visit wildlife.utah.gov/licenses/locator/index.html. The money earned from the slam is used to complete habitat-improvement projects on waterfowl management areas across the state. Upland Game Slam - Similar to the waterfowl slams, hunters complete one of the eight Utah Upland Game Slams by harvesting the required amount of the target species. Each one is designed to give you an extra challenge while you’re hunting, as well as the opportunity to earn a commemorative, collectible coin. The entry fee is $20 for hunters 18 years of age or older, or $10 for hunters 17 years of age or younger. You can pay for the entry fee on the DWR website or at available license agents. Funds earned from the slams help pay for upland game habitat projects, which have improved multiple sites and allowed DWR biologists to establish upland species in new areas across the state. Obituaries Bonnie Jean Noorlander Clark: “Grandma Jean” Bonnie Jean Noorlander Clark, 87, passed away at Avamere at Mountain Ridge in South Ogden, Utah on December 7, 2022. Bonnie was born Bonnie Clark March 20, 1935 to John Henry and Minnie Noorlander in Ogden, Weber County, Utah. She married Carlos Alton Clark June 10, 1955 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Together they raised three daughters and a son. Bonnie worked as a beautician; also, at the Huntsville Town Elementary School in the lunchroom and playground supervisor. She loved the children and most of them called her grandma Jean. Because they heard her two grandchildren call her grandma, everyone did, too. Bonnie served in the LDS Church. She loved to quilt, garden, and raise all types of baby farm animals. She is survived by her children Lori Lee (Russ) Osmond, Carlene (Polo) Vazquez, son Kelly Gene (Karen) Clark, and daughter Cozette (Don) Misner; one brother, Blaine (Marsha) Noorlander; 11 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren; and 4 great-great-grandchildren. Bonnie was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Carlos; and two sisters and four brothers. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at Myers Mortuary, 845 Washington Blvd., Ogden, Utah. Friends may visit with the family Monday, December 12 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment, Huntsville Town Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at myers-mortuary.com. Sleigh Rides at Hardware WMA to Resume This Winter Season It’s been two winters since horseBecause this is the first time since 2019 that drawn sleigh and wagon rides were offered through the middle of hundreds of wild elk at the Hardware Wildlife Management Area in Hyrum. Starting Dec. 2, the rides are back! COVID-19 concerns canceled the rides in 2020, and the popular activity was again canceled last year due to extreme drought conditions impacting the hay production on the wildlife management area. Hay is needed to feed the elk during the winter months. This year, Haviland’s Old West Adventures—a long-time business in Cache County—will offer the rides on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Starting Dec. 2, rides will be offered every weekend through Feb. 12. Rides start at 10:00 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. each day. “We’re excited to be able to offer the sleigh rides again at the Hardware WMA and to have Haviland’s as our partner in these efforts,” Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Hardware WMA Manager Brad Hunt said. “We know they’ll do a great job.” Each ride lasts about 40 minutes. The fee to go on a ride is $10 for those 9 years of age or older and $4 for those 4 to 8 years old. Those 3 years of age or younger ride for free. the rides will be offered, there will likely be large crowds this winter. If you’d like to spend less time in line for a ride, consider visiting the WMA on a Sunday. “Fewer people visit the WMA on Sundays, so you can typically get on a sleigh faster,” Hunt said. In addition to the sleigh rides, you can buy lunch from a food trailer that Haviland’s will have on site. The Hardware WMA is 16 miles east of Hyrum. You can reach the WMA by traveling on state Route 101 through scenic Blacksmith Fork Canyon. For more information, visit the DWR website. You can also call the wildlife management area at 435-753-6206 or email Hunt at bradhunt@utah. gov. Activities & Displays - In addition to riding through the middle of hundreds of wild elk, you can learn more about wildlife and the WMA at the Hardware Wildlife Education Center. Activities for families will be held in the center at 11:00 a.m., noon, 1:00 p.m., and 2:00 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Each program runs about 30 minutes. “A very popular activity we’ve held in the past is making Christmas ornaments using sagebrush, bitterbrush, and other plants found at the WMA,” Marni Lee, the DWR’s interpretive director at the center, said. “We’ll offer that activity in December.” In addition to the activities, you can learn more about the migration habits of wildlife in Utah by taking a brief walk through the center’s habitat room. |