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Utah’s deer population is still down — and the state wants your ideas on how to change that

Utah’s mule deer population typically ebbs and flows, but Dax Mangus says it has felt more like a downward spiral recently. The state’s deer population dropped from about 376,450 in 2018 to as low as ...
KSL

After drop in recent years, Utah seeks new ways to improve mule deer population

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The Atlantic

A Giant Deer Fence Is Going Up in the American West

Every spring, about 2,000 mule deer traipse through Utah’s Cedar Valley, a broad, sage-dotted flatland some 40 miles south of Salt Lake City. The herd winters in the Lake Mountains, nibbling sagebrush ...
E&E

BLM Utah director leaving to head Mule Deer Foundation

Greg Sheehan was appointed as BLM Utah director during the Trump administration. The director of the Bureau of Land Management’s Utah office is leaving the bureau this fall after four years to lead ...
Daily Herald

Utah wildlife officials invite public to help grow deer populations

Utah’s deer population has faced significant challenges in recent years, prompting state wildlife officials to call on the public for help. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is inviting ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

This Utah city is building a ‘luge’ to guide wildlife through its fast-growing neighborhoods

Editor’s note • This story was originally published by High Country News. Eagle Mountain • Every spring, around 2,000 mule deer traipse through Utah’s Cedar Valley, a broad, sage-dotted flatland some ...
Standard-Examiner

Utah Wildlife Board approves 2025 big game hunting permits, other rule updates

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Wildlife Board approved the big game hunting permit numbers for 2025, as well as a few other changes to big game hunting rules in Utah, during its public meeting on May 1.