DWR Southeastern Region Open House

[Shags1]

Thursday, February 16th, 2012 DWR office in Price, Utah (319 North Carbonville Rd) from 6-8 PM

The DWR is inviting everyone out to an Open House to share your input on possible changes to mule deer objectives. At some of the Open Houses, personnel will be on hand to help with big game applications. Read more about it on the wildlife blog.


They're hoping to gather input on two very important topics:
1- What criteria should be used to place deer hunting units into different management objectives? (They are considering things like the amount of public land vs. private land, road density, and possibly the distance from population centers.)
2- What management objectives would the public support for individual units? The current objective for all general-season deer units is 18-25 bucks per 100 does (after the hunting season). One option might be to manage some units at 15-17 bucks per 100 does and others at 18-20 bucks per does.

They gathering this input before putting together formal recommendations that will go out to the Regional Advisory Council (RACs) in April. The wildlife board will hear the recommendations and RAC feedback in May, when it could decide to set new objectives for individual units. New objectives would affect how many permits the Wildlife Board approves for the 2012 deer season.


In addition to discussing these topics, DWR biologists will be available to answer questions about the status of the local deer herds and the switch to unit by unit hunting.

At their Open House here in the Southeastern Region, personnel also will be on hand to help you apply for the Big Game Drawing. To join them, mark the date on your calendar.

[one hunting fool]

I would be interested in finding out when and where the northern open house is if anyone knows

[Shags1]

http://wildlife.utah.gov/dwr/news/42-ut ... eb-13.html

Looks like Feb. 13th.

Attend an open house at Sportsman's Warehouse on Feb. 13. The open house will run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sportsman's Warehouse is in Riverdale at 1137 W. Riverdale Road.

[stillhunterman]

Here is the contact info for the various Regions. If you can't attend any of the meetings, email or call and let the division know your thoughts! They will also be holding an open house at the SLC Division Office: 1594 West on North Temple. It will be on February 23rd, from 6 to 8pm.

Northern Region Units
Send ideas and comments to NorthernRegionWildlife@utah.gov or Wildlife Manager Randy Wood at RandyWood@utah.gov. This region oversees the following units:

Unit #1 — Box Elder
Unit #2 — Cache
Unit #3 — Ogden
Unit #4/5/6 — Chalk Creek/East Canyon/Morgan-South Rich
Unit #7 — Kamas
Unit #8 — North Slope (management shared with the Northeastern Regional Office)

Northeastern Region Units
Send ideas and comments to Wildlife Manager Charles Greenwood at CharlesGreenwood@utah.gov. This region oversees the following units:

Unit #8 — North Slope (management shared with the Northern Regional Office)
Unit #9A — South Slope, Yellowstone
Unit #9B/9D — South Slope, Bonanza/Vernal
Unit #17B/17C — Wasatch Mtns, Avintaquin/Currant Creek
Unit #11 — Nine Mile (management shared with the Southeastern Regional Office)

Southeastern Region Units
Send ideas and comments to Wildlife Manager Justin Shannon at JustinShannon@utah.gov. This region oversees the following units:

Unit #11 — North Slope (management shared with the Northeastern Regional Office)
Unit #12/16B/16C — Central Mtns, Manti/San Rafael
Unit #13A — La Sal, La Sal Mtns
Unit #14A — San Juan, Abajo Mtns

Central Region Units
Send ideas and comments to Wildlife Manager Craig Clyde at CraigClyde@utah.gov. This region oversees the following units:

Unit #16A — Central Mtns, Nebo
Unit #17A — Wasatch Mtns, West
Unit #18 — Oquirrh-Stansbury
Unit #19A — West Desert, West
Unit #19C — West Desert, Tintic

Southern Region Units
Send ideas and comments to Wildlife Manager Teresa Griffin at TeresaGriffin@utah.gov. This region oversees the following units:
Unit #20 — Southwest Desert
Unit #21A — Fillmore, Oak Creek
Unit #21B — Fillmore, Pahvant
Unit #22 — Beaver
Unit #23 — Monroe
Unit #24 — Mt Dutton
Unit #25A — Plateau, Fishlake
Unit #25B — Plateau, Thousand Lakes
Unit #25C/26 — Plateau, Boulder/Kaiparowits
Unit #28 — Panguitch Lake
Unit #29 — Zion
Unit #30 — Pine Valley