Show officials study problem on ranges an inspection tour of ranges which are heavily e inhabited by deer was maz made monday toy by representatives of at the state fish and game commission the district k ange range manager and the local game warden purpose of the inspection was to determine the extent to which the range lands have been grazed by deer all sections inspected indicated extremely heavy use on forage plants normally palatable to deer according to dale kinna mon range manager bureau of land management he said the areas which were studied included deer flat elk mountain horse flats horse mountain dry mesa salt creek mesa and indian creek A considerable 1 number ol of deer was observed on the trip most of the deer were in tair fair condition although some were in extremely poor shape for this time of year and were carrying the characteristic rough coats ol df deer in poor condition mr Inn Kinnam amori said it appears that unless drastic measures are taken to reduce ahe ahe number at deer to carrying capacity of ranges them the herds will ultimately die said kinnamon n one bone reason for the congestion of at deer in these areas is due to extremely rough topography og after the first two days ot of hunting the deer gather in canyons and rims where they are comparatively safe from hunters itis believed that raising the number at af special permits and also opening up more areas for hunting would relieve the situation range inar mgr kinnamon appealed to the fish and game commission for their assistance in building new game roads for that purpose those making the inspection tour in addition to mr kinnamon were harold S crane sup er of game management utah state fisli ash and game commission cecil jones bones local game warden wallace jensen lloyd stevens and eugene miner state game wardens |