Show are toured by group this week A team of range specialists and Utah State Department of Fish and Game Conservation Officers will make a week-long deer-browse study in the Mountains this This type of study is a cooperative effort made between the federal and state governments to determine if deer are properly utilizing the browse plants during the winter on the Federal Certain plants are specifically chosen for After a choice of plants has been a tag is wired onto one All twigs on the branch which sprouted in the current year are measured to obtain their total length in the The same measurements are again made in the spring is that an indication of how much feed the deer haVe eaten during winter can be The degree of plant utilization obtained from these studies is considered when recommendations are made for the type of deer hunt to hold the following In some areas it is difficult to determine if plants have been eaten by livestock or by To overcome this problem small areas are fenced off with four-foot fences so that cattle are kept Deer easily jump the thus making it clear to observers which type of animal is using the Some areas are enclosed with fences too high for even deer to Observations are then made on the manner in which range plants respond when no animals use Sometimes plant species are found within this fence which cannot grow elsewhere in the area because of |