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Teach kids to see nature in a new way

Do you love the great outdoors? Would you like to share your passion with others? The Great Salt Lake Nature Center needs volunteers to teach school children and other visitors about wildlife habitat and the importance of protecting it, while guiding them along the center's new 1.5 mile boardwalk.

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Native trout returning to Shingle Creek

One of Utah's native fish, the Bonneville cutthroat trout, will soon be returned to the Shingle Creek drainage. Shingle Creek is one of the primary tributaries of Clear Creek, located on the north end of the Tushar Mountains in Piute and Sevier counties.

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Take your kids duck hunting

Duck and geese hunters 15 years of age and younger will have Utah's marshes all to themselves on Sept. 18, 2010. That's the day Utah hosts its annual Youth Hunting Day.

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Great hunts for kids

Utah's cottontail rabbit, snowshoe hare and forest grouse hunts start Sept. 11, 2010. The cottontail rabbit and forest grouse hunts are great ones to take your children along.

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Apply for swan permits by Sept. 9

If you want to hunt tundra swans in Utah this fall, you need to apply for a permit no later than 11 p.m. on Sept. 9, 2010. Just like last year, a total of 2,000 permits will be available for this fall's hunt. (Last year, 4,406 hunters applied.)

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Stay on guard; mussels still a threat

Even though boaters are putting their boats away for the season, a nasty little invader — the quagga mussel — could still make its way into Utah over Labor Day weekend.

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2010 duck hunt starts at 7:30 a.m.

Hunters in five counties will get a 30-minute head start when Utah's duck and goose hunt opens Oct. 2, 2010. The Utah Wildlife Board approved a 7:30 a.m. start time in Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Salt Lake and Weber counties.

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Cougar hunting permits set for 3 years

On Aug. 19, 2010 members of the Utah Wildlife Board approved Utah's first three-year cougar guidebook. The permit numbers and the rules in the guidebook will guide cougar hunting in Utah for the next three seasons.

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Rule change could help bobcats

The Utah Wildlife Board approved trapping and hunting changes that should help Utah bobcat populations, which may have bottomed out a year ago, rebound. They also reopened six areas to beaver trapping.

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Proposal could lead to bigger bass

Many of Utah's anglers aren't happy about the size of the bass they're catching. Fortunately, Division of Wildlife Resources biologists have an idea to fix the problem that could become effective in January 2011.

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Two new otter populations possible

On Aug. 19, 2010, the Utah Wildlife Board approved a plan that will guide how river otters are managed in Utah through 2020.

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