The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has issued several emergency changes to Utah's fishing regulations in anticipation of low water levels due to drought conditions.
Utah wildlife officials announced Wednesday they are increasing the number of fish people can catch at 10 different bodies of water across the state, citing anticipated lower water levels due to the ongoing statewide drought.
FOX 13 News 360: Handling the rare but real dangers from wildlife encounters in Utah
Utah is home to an estimated 2,700 cougars. They range the mountains and deserts, and they are deadly predators. But they almost never kill people. In fact, most hikers in Utah never see cougars at all.
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SALT LAKE CITY â On May 13, Jared Smith was running on the Broad Fork trail, four and a half miles from the entrance to Big Cottonwood Canyon, when he heard something move beside the trail and then looked to see a cougar.
The big cat followed him closely, within 15 feet at times, for about five minutes.
ST. GEORGE The creeping spread of an international disease has occupied the public conscience for almost a year and a half. Ironically, the very animal that may have triggered the global pandemic is facing an epidemic of its own here in the United States.
On Thursday night, biologists with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources traveled to Mammoth Cave to test bats for white-nose syndrome: a fungal disease that has been making its way across the United States since it was first documented in New York in 2006.
Keith Day, a biologist who manages non-game birds and mammals for the Southern Region Office, led a team of researchers in setting up nets, catching bats and gathering samples to test for the disease.