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Wildlife board approves revised Utah black-bear management plan, amid livestock and deer concerns
Summary
The Utah Wildlife Board approved revisions to Rule R657-33 on black-bear management after extensive public comment from livestock producers and sportsmen. The division kept most recommendations but agreed to several clarifications and to add an action item to study baiting on private land.
The Utah Wildlife Board on Jan. 9 approved revisions to the Utah black-bear management plan and related rule (R657-33), endorsing the Division of Wildlife Resources’ mix of permit allocations and hunting strategies but adding follow-up work requested by several board members and public commenters.
The board approved the division’s package after discussion about permit numbers, harvest strategies on specific units, and the use of metal barrels for baiting. The division also agreed to pursue an action item to examine allowing baiting on private lands in limited cases and to look at implementing targeted opportunities that assist landowners coping with livestock depredation.
Why it matters: Producers and outdoor recreationists told the board they are seeing more bears, and some lambing and fawn losses were attributed to…
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