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Utah Division of Wildlife Resources delivers PILT and reviews county habitat work
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Summary
Chris Wood of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources presented the annual payment in lieu of taxes and summarised DWR-managed lands in Emery County and recent habitat and outreach efforts, including mule deer meetings and pheasant releases.
Chris Wood, regional supervisor for Utah's Division of Wildlife Resources (Southeastern Region), delivered the Division's annual payment in lieu of taxes (PILT) to Emery County and briefed commissioners on local wildlife lands and programs.
Wood listed state-managed areas in Emery County: Desert Lake Wildlife Management Area (~2,800 acres), Huntington Game Farm (323 acres), Upper Centerfield WMA (just under 1,000 acres) and Lower Centerfield WMA (just over 4,000 acres). He described the Division's habitat work with partners through the Watershed Restoration Initiative and recent community outreach to support mule deer management; the Division held meetings in Price and San Juan County and invited Emery County constituents to provide local observations and suggestions on habitat, water development and predator management.
Wood also reported pheasant releases, noting nearly 1,000 birds were reared and released at Fuller Bottom, Desert Lake, Huntington Game Farm and Lower Centerfield this season. He thanked Emery County for its partnership and the county's public-lands council involvement.
Commissioners asked how the public can provide input; Wood said regional advisory councils and hosted mule-deer meetings are two primary routes and named biologist Wade Paskett as a county resident who can be contacted.