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Show Forest Rangers Conduct Tour Of Deer Ranges A 1-day inspection tour of the deer winter range in Millard county coun-ty was conducter last week by Forest Ranger Burt Rouse of Kan-osh Kan-osh and Kenneth G. Bowers of Fillmore. Participating were 14 sportsmen, game warden and representatives re-presentatives of local agencies. Starting at Oak Creek, the group observed the deer winter range made up largely of, cliffrose and juniper. It was noted that deer grazing had hedged off or high-lined high-lined many of these plants a decade de-cade ago, but that .noticeable re-growth re-growth from these hedger surfaces is now furnishing much more forage for the deer in this area. The amount of available browse forage per deer day here was responsible res-ponsible for one of the lowest death rates in the states during the heavy winter of 1948-49. At Pioneer Creek southeast of Holden a browse uitlization study transect was observed and disucs-sed. disucs-sed. Ranged Bower explained that grazing of the current twig growth Ln excess of 60 was detrimental ot the continued welfare of the plant, reducing vitaliy which results re-sults in lower forage production and eventual early death of the plant. He demonstrated how accurate accu-rate measurements of uttilization are made, pointing out that the study here shows an average utilization uti-lization o'l 75 over the past 6 years on cliffrose plants. At Meadow Creek a seriously overgrazed deer winter range was seen. It was pointed out that winter win-ter death losses on this area during dur-ing the winter of 1948-1949 were very heavy, due to lack of available avail-able forage. At Damron Canyon, south of Kanosh, the group observed a fenced fen-ced plot, half of which is fenced deer-tight and the other half closed clos-ed to cattle, but accessible to the deer. Recovery by regrowth of the browse in the deer-tight enclosure is outstanding, while very little difference can be noted between the condition of the browse plants . inside the cattle-tight enclosure and the unfenced area outside. The advisability of managing the deer herds to keep numbers in balance with available 'forage, thus eliminating heavy winter losses,- is apparent after seeing the condition of much of the deer winter win-ter range in this area. Those making the tour were John A. Day, Earl Kelly, Bill Star-ley, Star-ley, Rulon Anderson, Joseph Beck-strand Beck-strand and Alma Christensen of Delta; Henry Brunson.'Mae" West Lloyd Davies, Clyde Larsen, Carl Wilker and Jack Murray of Fillmore. Fill-more. ' ' |
