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Show Wildlife Notes times, stress law enforcement enforce-ment officers of the Division of Wildlife Resources of the Department of Natural Resources Re-sources and Energy. Dog control is for the good of the owner and the dog, as well as wildlife. This year, Class B. misdemeanor charges have been filed against several persons whose dogs have chased deer. The Utah State Code states, "Any person may kill a dog while it is attacking, chasing or worrying any domestic animal having commercial com-mercial value, or any species of hoofed protected wildlife, while attacking domestic fowl, or while such dog is being pursued thereafter." In many areas of the state, local ordinances require a dog to be on a leash when it is off the owner's property. same areas. Significant deer losses have already occurred in some areas of the Northern Region, according to John Kimball, regional game manager. During the range rides, biologists will note location and elevation of dead deer. Pellet group counts will also be made to note how long herds wintered winter-ed in specific areas. Weekend Week-end range rides have been scheduled on state land in Summit, Morgan and Cache Counties. Of particular interest in-terest to the public, says Kimball, may be the range rides on the newly-acquired Henefer-Echo Wildlife Management Man-agement Area. Dog Control Deer weakend by lack of. food and cold weather experience stress and sometimes some-times death when chased by dogs. Dog owners should be in control of their pets at all CougarBearTurkey Regulations The 1982-83 cougarbear regulations and spring turkey tur-key regulations will be set by the Wildlife Board of Thursday, Thurs-day, March 11, at 10 a.m. at the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, 1596 West North Temple, Salt Lake City. The Wildlife Board welcomes the public to attend the meeting, and share their ideas about the seasons. In other business, the Wildlife Board will review ' new names for the Panguitch Hatchery and an amendment to the proclamation for guides. Spring Range Rides Deer range rides are scheduled from mid-March through early May on most deer herd units in Utah. Interested persons are encouraged en-couraged to assist state wildlife officers in over 100 of these horseback surveys. Range rides are conducted each spring by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Resour-ces, in cooperation with federal agencies, to assess the condition of deer herds, winter mortality and condition condi-tion of vegetation on the range. Deer are classified according to' the number of adults and fawns and compared com-pared with classification counts conducted after the general deer season. Each region of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Resour-ces of the Department of Natural Resources and Energy prints a list of range rides, including meeting place and time and officer in charge. Conservation officers offi-cers lead the range rides in their own districts. Persons interested in participating in a range ride may contact their local conservation officer offi-cer or one of the six Wildlife Resources offices in Ogden, Salt Lake, Springville, Ver- -nal, Cedar City or Price. Some range rides dates are to be announced, depending on weather conditions. All persons must provide their own horses. Range rides in southwestern south-western Utah will be concentrated concen-trated at the lower elevations ele-vations where deer have wintered this year, according to Floyd Coles, Southern Regional game manager. A minimum of two range rides will be held on each unit. In the Southeastern Region, Re-gion, Gordon Creek is the only area where a significant signifi-cant amount of deer loss may be found during the spring range rides, says Jim Bates, regional game manager. In other parts of the region, the winter was not severe.." Northeastern Region biologists bio-logists will be monitoring deer mortality closely in Duchesne County, where the winter was more harsh than in Uintah and Daggett Counties. In the Central Region, areas of concern include Sanpete County, Tank Hollow Hol-low in Spanish Fork Canyon and Lassen Draw, where the snow was very deep. Last year, after a mild winter, only eight winter-killed deer were counted on all range rides in the Central Region, according to Jordan Peder-son, Peder-son, regional game manager. Two years ago, 157 mortalities morta-lities were counted on the |
