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.
Gov. Spencer J. Cox administered the oath of office to 140 officers in the newly created Utah Department of Natural Resources Division of Law Enforcement during a ceremony Monday morning, Jan. 13 at the Capitol Rotunda.
A total of 1,007 wild animals and fish were illegally killed and investigated by Utah Division of Law Enforcement conservation officers in Utah in 2024, a slight decrease from the number illegally killed in 2023.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are seeking information from the public after two buck deer were illegally shot and killed in Iron County last month.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are seeking information after a buck deer was shot and left to waste earlier this month in San Juan County.
Learn what Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers want you to know so you can have a safe and legal hunt or fishing trip.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are seeking information after a buck deer was shot and left to waste earlier this month in Washington County.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are seeking information after a cow moose was shot and left to waste earlier this month in Strawberry Valley in Wasatch County.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are hard at work patrolling the state to protect wildlife and to make sure hunters are obeying the laws.
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.
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