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It's a sight you have to see to believe: Thousands of geese lifting off Gunnison Bend Reservoir amid honks and the beating of wings. If you want to see the incredible spectacle yourself, head to the annual Delta Snow Goose Festival later this month.
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 Ethics course.
February is the best time of the year to see one of America's most iconic birds here in Utah. Bald eagles fly to Utah in the winter to find food and escape colder conditions farther north. By the time February arrives, hundreds of eagles are typically in the state.
Fisheries biologists from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources will share updates on the Flaming Gorge fishery, as well as work plans for 2024, at an upcoming public meeting.
In 2023, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and Utah Department of Transportation, as well as other partners, installed seven different structures to reduce wildlife/vehicle collisions and help fish and wildlife migrate safely in various areas throughout Utah.
During a public meeting Thursday, Jan. 4, 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.
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 is reminding the public that it is both illegal and harmful to introduce new fish species into a waterbody in response to an illegally released walleye recently caught at Strawberry Reservoir.
Watch the Utah Wildlife Board meeting live, beginning Thursday, Jan. 4 at 9 a.m. The agenda and meeting materials are available on the public meetings page.
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources recently partnered with Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife and the Utah Wild Sheep Foundation to create a new nursery facility for desert bighorn sheep in Utah in an effort to help grow the species' population in the state.
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