In a post to their Facebook page on Aug. 18 the Millard County Sheriff’s Office acknowledged a complaint against one of their deputies regarding a hunt. In the post they shared the Division of Wildlife Resources has been contacted and is conducting an investigation independent of the Sheriff’s Office into […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Collecting shed antlers from many big game species, including deer, elk and moose, is a popular pastime in Utah. But before you head outdoors to collect shed antlers during the next few months, you are required to complete the 2024 Utah Division of Wildlife Resources’ Antler Gathering […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Anyone who goes fishing knows how thrilling it is to catch a fish, especially if it is a large, potentially record-breaking one. And in 2023, anglers set a few new fishing records in Utah. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources began tracking records for harvested fish […]
SALT LAKE CITY — During a public meeting Thursday, the Utah Wildlife Board approved a few changes to the state’s black bear management plan and hunting rules and also some updates to the rules that authorize rewards for people who report poachers, as well as a few other items. Changes […]
On Nov. 15, the city of Richfield had an unexpected visitor when a bear was found sitting in a tree. It was spotted around 7 a.m. in a tree near 300 South 100 East. According to reports, police used dogs to keep the bear in the tree while they waited […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Five Utahns had their hunting privileges suspended recently after the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources’ monthly hearings on April 24 and May 5. The individuals had all previously been sentenced in district or county justice courts in connection with various wildlife-related violations. Those who had their […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah wildlife biologists are monitoring a sensitive species by wading through ponds in search of their eggs. The Daily Herald reports Division of Wildlife Resources officials were near Diamond Fork Canyon on Monday searching for eggs belonging to the Columbia spotted frog to monitor their population […]
A man from Antimony is upset with the division of wildlife resources after he claims they shot a gun on his property at a deer he helped raise. According to Cole Montague, a DWR officer came to his property on Jan. 8th while no one was home and shot a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Division of Wildlife Resources has found that a herd of bighorn sheep on Antelope Island has somehow contracted a devastating respiratory disease and is dying off. About 150 animals were counted among the herd last year. But KSL-TV reportsbiologists on Wednesday flew over the island […]
Biologists with the Division of Wildlife Resources are recommending changes that will affect anglers in Utah for the next two years. If the changes are approved, you’d be allowed to use corn as bait at all of Utah’s fishing waters, keep more lake trout at Flaming Gorge Reservoir, enjoy a […]
