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Wildlife officials outline urban‑deer program and CWD testing as Copperton considers enrollment
Summary
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources staff told the council enrollment in the urban deer program requires liability insurance, a no‑feeding ordinance and population estimates; the division said relocation was removed because of chronic wasting disease risk and now recommends lethal removal with testing protocols.
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources briefed the Copperton Town Council on May 21 about options for managing deer that use town streets and parks and on the state’s urban deer program requirements.
Jason Robinson, a division wildlife biologist, said the management unit that covers the area has a population objective of 8,800 mule deer; current estimates for the larger unit are about 7,680 animals, a shortfall the biologists attribute in part to past drought and a heavy winter. "Each year, we capture deer… and attach GPS units to them,"…
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