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Division of Wildlife Resources delivers payment and outlines local fisheries, deer management and trapping
Summary
Jason Vernon of the Division of Wildlife Resources presented the division's payment to Utah County, described nearly 43,000 acres held in fee title for wildlife management, and summarized local programs including nine community fisheries, a Provo River Delta community fishery, carp removal, and urban deer and CWD‑related removal policies.
Jason Vernon, regional supervisor for the Division of Wildlife Resources in the Central Region, brought the division’s payment to the commission and described the agency’s local responsibilities. Vernon said the division holds fee title to about 43,000 acres in Utah County used as wildlife management areas and that many are used to keep deer, elk and other animals along benchlands rather than bringing wildlife into city centers.
Vernon outlined a number of programs: nine community fisheries in Utah County that support youth clinics; plans to create a Utah Lake committee to guide a community fishery tied to the Provo River Delta mitigation work; carp‑removal projects; and coordination with cities on urban deer management. He said some cities, including Provo, have joined an urban deer management program that can include lethal or non‑lethal options; in areas where chronic wasting disease (CWD) exists, only lethal removal is used to avoid spreading disease through translocation.
Commissioners asked operational questions: whether animals removed from towns are returned inside the same management unit (Vernon said the agency attempts to place animals within the same management unit), whether trapping occurs in winter under ice during carp removal, and how tracking works for archery removals (arrows are tracked and individually numbered).
Vernon also noted recent removals of bears, elk and moose that entered towns and said the division works with cities to address those conflicts.
The commission accepted the payment; no formal vote beyond acknowledgment of receipt was recorded in the transcript.
