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Show Deer Fatalities Drop Sharply on Utah Roads Deer fatalities on Utah's highways from the July, 1973 to June 30, 1974 period were cut nearly in half from the previous one year period, according to Division of Wildlife Resources game biologist Rudy Drobnick. Figures compiled by conservation con-servation officers and game biologists in the state's five regions show a total of 903 deer highway deaths, compared com-pared to 1,772 between July 1, 1972 and June 30, 1973. Drobnick, who earlier this year forecast the mortality reduction, attributed it to the 5C- miles per hour speed limit' and gasoline shortage during dur-ing the period. By region, mortality figures fig-ures were Northeaster, 75; Southern, 379; Central, 256; Northern, 139; Northeastern, 75; and Southeastern, 54. |