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Article: Deer herds dinning out
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- February 7, 2008
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HUNTSVILLE -- Deer in four Utah counties started getting some
relief this week, albeit limited to isolated groups and not likely
to be of much benefit to fawns.
Biologists from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources have been
closely monitoring Utah herds in light of record snowfall and below-
normal temperatures.
Late Friday, the DWR set into motion its emergency deer feeding
program in parts of Cache, Weber, Morgan and Summit counties.
"The storm on Friday was too much, based on what was already on
the ground," said Phil Douglass, outreach coordinator for the DWR.
"At that point we had the materials and were prepared to move. These
are critical times for deer."
The division began calling ...