DWR conservation officers work to protect Utah's wildlife.
The dispatches below are a fraction of our ongoing efforts to protect your wildlife. If you have information on illegal wildlife-related activities, please let us know. Our success depends on the help of ethical hunters, like yourself.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are investigating the recent poaching of a pronghorn in Emery County and are seeking information from the public about the incident.
Investigators with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are seeking information after two California condors were shot and killed in southern Utah in the last two years.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers have seen an increase in trespassing violations at the old Tintic Mill on the Goshen Warm Springs Wildlife Management Area and are reminding the public that the area is closed because it is unsafe.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are seeking information after a bald eagle was shot near Cedar City earlier this year.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are seeking information in two separate cases where a cow elk and 18 Canada geese were killed and left to waste in Emery County earlier this year.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are seeking information about four buck deer that were illegally killed and left to waste in Utah County during last fall's hunting season.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are seeking information after two buck deer were illegally killed and left to waste last month in Tooele County.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are seeking information after two mule deer were killed illegally and left to waste in Cache County earlier this month.
A total of 1,056 wild animals and fish were illegally harvested in Utah in 2023, a slight decrease from the number illegally killed in 2022.
After a recent case where someone shot 27 waterfowl and left the birds to waste, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is reminding the public that it is illegal to harvest wildlife and leave the meat to waste.
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