From Deseret News archives:
Antler-gathering rules considered
DWR also seeking public comment on cougar hunt
However, the practic is causing problems for the state's big-game animals.
To help solve the problem, the Division of Wildlife Resources is asking for public input.
It also wants public comment on the upcoming cougar hunt.
The DWR's proposals are available at www.wildlife.utah.gov/public_meetings.
Comments can be made at one of the five Regional Advisory Council meetings that will be held across Utah.
Citizens representing the RACs will take the input received at the meetings to the Utah Wildlife Board. Board members will use the information to set rules and permit numbers for Utah's 2008-09 cougar hunting
season and for other hunting and trapping seasons in the state.
The meetings will be:
July 8 Southern Region at 7 p.m. at Panguitch Triple C Arena, 50 E. 900 North in Panguitch.
July 9 Southeastern Region at 6:30 p.m. at
John Wesley Powell Museum, 1765 E. Main St. in Green River.
July 15 Central Region at 6:30 p.m. at Springville Junior High School, 165 S. 700 East in Springville
July 16 Northern Region at 6 p.m. at Brigham City Community Center, 24 N. 300 West in Brigham City.
Individuals can also provide their comments to a RAC via e-mail. E-mail addresses are available at www.wildlife.utah.gov/public_meetings.
A committee is looking for ways to make late winter and early spring easier for deer, elk and moose at a time when people swarm over winter ranges in search of antlers.
"Late winter and early spring is a critical time for big-game animals," said Mike Fowlks, chief of the DWR's law enforcement section. "It's a time of year when the animals are usually stressed and weak. It's also a time when the habitat the animals rely on can be easily damaged.
"We like the committee's ideas, but we're open to other ideas too."
The committee is proposing the following:
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