Show Hardware I Welcomes I Visitors Snow has fallen raUen the elk are In and the sleighs are running at Hardware Ranch for anyone who would like to visit this popular showplace of elk operated by the Utah State Department of Fish and Game In Cache County THOUSANDS OF visitors are expected to see the Hardware Ranch this winter not only to see elk but to hear about the ranch and how It aids in the management management management manage manage- ment of the Cache elk herd Purchased by the Fish and Game Department in 1946 the ranch provides a place to hold part of the Cache elk herd back in the Interior of the area away from critical deer winter range along the Wasatch Front The Hardware has been very successful successful successful suc suc- in this respect IN ADDITION to providing a place to winter elk the ranch has been an excellent site for trapping operations so the Fish and Game Department can conduct conduct conduct con con- duct studies on where these elk spend their summers and Winters winters win winters Win Win- and migration patterns they follow Hardware Ranch Is located east of Hyrum in Cache County about 17 miles up Blacksmith Fork Canyon The There r e is no charge for the sleigh rides but buta a 3 week mid k visit Is recommended recommended mended because of the large crowds on week ends I |