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Show Winter Forage j Increases For i Fillmore Deer I I The Fillmore deer herd will have 15 more winter forage this year than was available last year. This figure is based on actual measurements measure-ments of the current twig growth of browse plants on established transects on the deer winter range. Measurements completed recently recent-ly by Claude McFarland and Stan Johnson of the Utah State Fish & Game Commission and Forest Ranger Kenneth Bower on the four transects above Fillmore and Hol-den Hol-den showed that forage production produc-tion on some individual plants was as much as 28 higher than last year; the overall average was 15. Species used in the study include cliffrose, bitterbush, oak and sage. Bitlerbush and cliffroose are most preferred by deer and furnish the bulk of the winter diet. |