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.
On May 29, 2019, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) conservation officers received information regarding a poached doe pronghorn off Laho Road, west of Minersville.
Just before Memorial Day weekend, a bull elk was illegally shot and killed just north of Mill Meadow Reservoir. The animal was left to waste, and DWR conservation officers are asking for your help in finding the poacher.
In early February, 2019, conservation officers with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) were dispatched to a location east of Jensen, Utah where two buck pronghorn had been killed and left to waste.
IRON COUNTY — On March 3, 2019, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) Conservation Officer Kody Jones located a poached doe and fawn deer.
Mark Thayn, the owner of La Sal Mountain Outfitters, pled guilty to Wanton Destruction of Protected Wildlife, a third degree felony, for his role in the poaching of a cow elk.
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