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ByCarter Williams, KSL.com| Posted – Oct. 25, 2022 at 7:21 p.m.
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources unveiled a possible new elk management plan Tuesday, which will go through a public process before it takes effect in 2023. (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources)
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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah wildlife officials are proposing a new plan to manage elk populations as their agency’s current plan expires and the demand to hunt the species grows to all-time highs.
Dax Mangus, the big game coordinator for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, says that the proposal seeks to address growing concerns about the ability to obtain an elk hunting permit and overcrowding during the hunting season.
“We evaluated a lot of different options, trade-offs, and ultimately, in the end, have drafted some really innovative new strategies to help with elk…
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