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Southeastern RAC approves revised big-game objectives amid CWD concerns on La Sal units
Summary
The Southeastern Regional Advisory Council approved unit objective increases for three deer units after debate about modeling, local habitat work and chronic wasting disease hot spots in the La Sal area. The division said the updated numbers use new, unit-specific parameter data and that targeted CWD hunts will focus on hotspots.
The Southeastern Region Regional Advisory Council voted unanimously to approve updated big-game management objectives for three mule-deer units after receiving a presentation and extended discussion about model parameters, habitat work and chronic wasting disease (CWD) hotspots.
The council acted during its meeting in Green River, where Dustin Mitchell, identified in the meeting as the region's wildlife manager, said the division reviews and updates unit deer plans every five years and proposed increases on three units in the region. "Every 5 years, we we review and our and update our unit deer plans," Mitchell said.
The updated objectives reflect new, unit-specific parameter values the division said it now has from recent studies. Mitchell told the RAC that the modeling approach is not a wholly new model but uses updated parameter inputs (adult doe survival, buck:doe ratios, harvest, etc.) drawn from unit-level data collected since the prior…
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