Law enforcement
Utah's conservation officers work to protect our wildlife heritage on behalf of ethical sportsmen and others who value wildlife. These dispatches represent a fraction of the ongoing efforts to protect your wildlife resources.
February 11, 2019, 4:04 pm
With the big game hunt application period upon us, conservation officers with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) wish to issue a friendly reminder that residency fraud is a serious crime that steals opportunity from lawful applicants.
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January 18, 2019, 4:26 am
On Monday, January 14, 2019, a concerned citizen called local conservation officers to report multiple dead ducks along Spring Creek Place Road in Springville, Utah. During the investigation, officers found that several of the birds had most likely been shot with a pellet gun.
December 14, 2018, 12:33 pm
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers responded to a report of an elk that had been shot and abandoned within view of the Seep Ridge Road in the Book Cliffs, south of Vernal, Utah.
November 8, 2018, 3:10 pm
Conservation officers are seeking information related to the illegal killing of a bull moose in East Canyon above Little Dell Reservoir.
November 5, 2018, 12:26 pm
On Nov. 1, 2018, a headless buck deer was discovered in an irrigation station by the western shoreline of Utah Lake, near Mosida Farms. DWR conservation officers investigated the scene and determined the buck had been shot with a rifle, likely in the week before its discovery.
October 31, 2018, 1:26 pm
On October 29, 2018, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) Conservation Officer Kody Jones received information regarding a poached 26-inch 4x4 buck mule deer in a field, west of Cedar City, Utah. The deer had been shot and left to waste.
October 19, 2018, 2:41 pm
On Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, a headless buck deer carcass was discovered in a cultivated field, approximately 2.5 miles below Lost Creek Reservoir. Conservation officers investigated the scene and are now offering a reward for information that leads to the successful prosecution of the poacher.
Conservation officers with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources recently investigated two deer poaching incidents in central Utah and need the public's help in locating those responsible.
September 10, 2018, 1:48 pm
On Wednesday, August 22, 2018, a dead doe was discovered in the area of East McKee Road off Highway 191 in Uintah County.
September 5, 2018, 3:10 pm
On August 16, 2018, wildlife officials were notified of the theft of a guzzler apron (metal that aids in the capture of water). The guzzler is located near the Bonanza area, west of the 7 Sisters road, in Uintah County.
