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Wolf Management Plan Includes Animal Compensation For Death/Injury

Wolf Management Plan Includes Animal Compensation For Death/Injury

Mar 20, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Colorado Parks and Wildlife provided an update this month on the Wolf Restoration and Management Plan. The draft of the plan was released in December and since then CPW has received about 4,000 comments online and heard from 232 people at public meetings. Consensus statements from the Commission at their meeting on final plan revisions […]

Uintah FFA Enjoys Success At State Convention

Uintah FFA Enjoys Success At State Convention

Mar 20, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Thirty-one Uintah High FFA chapter members joined over 2,000 FFA members from around the state in attending the FFA State Convention in Logan last week. The events were all highly competitive and Uintah represented very well. The Uintah FFA Conduct of Chapter Meetings team placed second. Emerson Hackford placed third in Prepared Public Speaking. Kaylee […]

Congressman Moore Leads Range Access Act Effort

Congressman Moore Leads Range Access Act Effort

Mar 20, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Congressman Blake Moore is leading the way with the bipartisan Range Access Act for the 118th Congress to promote and expand access to safe recreational target shooting practice. This bill would require the Forest Service and BLM to ensure that each National Forest and BLM district has at least one designated public recreational shooting range […]

Theft Arrest Another Local Example Of High Theft At Unattended Properties

Theft Arrest Another Local Example Of High Theft At Unattended Properties

Mar 20, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Theft, especially in the remote areas of Duchesne County, continues to be a problem. An arrest this month is an example of how unattended properties are targeted. According to court documents, including the Affidavit of Probable Cause, 58-year-old Cole Cuttler Warner was arrested in the area of Coleman Drive in Fruitland on March 11th on […]

Local Sheriffs Among Signatures On Second Amendment Focused Statement

Local Sheriffs Among Signatures On Second Amendment Focused Statement

Mar 16, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

The names Erik Bailey, Travis Tucker, and Steve Labrum can be found on the signature list accompanying a statement now circulating from the Utah Sheriffs’ Association titled “THE CONSTITUTION & INDIVIDUALS’ RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS”. In case you didn’t know, these three men are the Sheriffs of Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah Counties and the statement […]

Uintah County Approves Participation In Public Lands Related Lobbying Effort

Uintah County Approves Participation In Public Lands Related Lobbying Effort

Mar 16, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Uintah County Commissioners have approved their participation in an effort to lobby for greater representation in Washington D.C. when it comes to public lands. The effort is through the National Association of Counties for the Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund. The topic was explored during Tuesday’s Commission meeting as it was explained that Counties […]

Flaming Gorge Releases Decrease With DROA Plan Amendment In Effect

Flaming Gorge Releases Decrease With DROA Plan Amendment In Effect

Mar 16, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Releases from Flaming Gorge Reservoir have officially decreased with the amendment in effect to the 2022 Drought Response Operations Agreement Plan. As of March 8th, the Flaming Gorge Reservoir pool elevation was 6005.73 feet which equals 67 percent of live storage capacity. Unregulated inflow for February was approximately 58,000 acre-feet which is 73 percent of […]

Local Sheriffs Among Signatures On Second Amendment Focused Statement

Local Sheriffs Among Signatures On Second Amendment Focused Statement

Mar 16, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

The names Erik Bailey, Travis Tucker, and Steve Labrum can be found on the signature list accompanying a statement now circulating from the Utah Sheriffs’ Association titled “THE CONSTITUTION & INDIVIDUALS’ RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS”. In case you didn’t know, these three men are the Sheriffs of Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah Counties and the statement […]

Two Winners And A Runner Up For Union High School Sterling Scholars

Two Winners And A Runner Up For Union High School Sterling Scholars

Mar 15, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Every year an impressive lineup of local high school seniors are selected as their school’s Sterling Scholars and every year these youth show that the future is in capable hands. Union High School recognized their 16 Sterling Scholars during the Duchesne County School District awards night two weeks ago and one week ago the youth […]

Avalanche Control Causes Temporary Closures Of Highway 40

Avalanche Control Causes Temporary Closures Of Highway 40

Mar 15, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

It’s not actually a new practice but the concept of avalanche control exercises is new to many in the Uintah Basin as controlled explosions were set off on Tuesday morning in Daniel’s Canyon, temporarily closing Highway 40. UDOT is who conducts the exercises while UHP assists with traffic control. UHP shared with Evans Family Media […]

Application Period Approaches To Hunt Big Game

Application Period Approaches To Hunt Big Game

Mar 15, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

The application period for hunting big game opens this month. This has been a change from previous years which opened big game hunt applications in January. Moving forward it will stay with March and April so hunters are able to see the proposed permit numbers before applying for the hunts. “We don’t have the data […]