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Park City police officers summoned as moose seen in road, on Rail Trail
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It’s been a dry spring and summer across the American West. With 75% of the region in “severe drought“, and a quarter of that reaching “exceptional” drought conditions characterized by extreme fire risk, water emergencies, and widespread loss of both crops and pasture, according to NOAA wildlife are feeling the pinch. On Antelope Island, wildlife biologists are considering drastic action: Flying fresh water to the island’s wild inhabitants via helicopter.
Antelope Island, the largest of ten islands in Utah’s Great Salt Lake, is home to mule deer, pronghorn, bison, and a herd of bighorn sheep. It’s the sheep that have biologists most concerned: The current herd of about 30 is new to the island, introduced in January 2020 after the previous bighorn population was completely wiped out by a mystery respiratory disease. Like most bighorn, the n
Wildlife biologists considering flying fresh water to herds on Antelope Island
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Utah wildlife officials had their hands full once again trying to stop the spread of quagga mussels. This story and more in Tuesday evening s news brief.
Tuesday evening, July 27, 2021
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Pioneer Day Quagga Mussel Inspections
Utah wildlife officials had their hands full once again trying to stop the spread of quagga mussels. During Pioneer Day weekend, more than 12,000 boats were inspected for the invasive species. Officials performed just under 300 decontaminations. Both the number of inspections and decontaminations were down this year compared to the 2020 Pioneer Day holiday. Across Utah, Division of Wildlife Resources officers issued 100 citations to folks who violated laws meant to contain the spread of the mussels. More than half of those were given out in the Lake Powell area.