Publications and papers

Research, plans, studies, papers and various publications from the DWR

Guidebooks

• Hunting and fishing guidebooks — These guidebooks contain the information you must know to hunt or fish in Utah.

Wildlife and habitat

• Utah Wildlife Action Plan, 2025-35 — A plan for managing native wildlife species and their habitats to help prevent listings under the Endangered Species Act. – PDF (21.2 MB)
• Implementation of Secretarial Order 3362: Utah Action Plan — A plan for implementing Secretarial Order 3362, signed in 2018 by Dept. of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, providing funding to wildlife migration projects in Eagle Mountain, the I-80 and I-84 Corridor, the Zion hunt unit and the Paunsaugunt hunt unit. – PDF (13.1 MB)
• The Power of Proactive Conservation — How recent partnerships and successes are keeping Utah species off the Endangered Species List. – PDF (1.4 MB)
• Creating Landscapes for Wildlife — A Utah residents' guide to creating wildlife-friendly backyards. – PDF (2.3 MB)

Fisheries

• Lakes of the High Uintas: Bear River Drainage – PDF (5.3 MB)
• Lakes of the High Uintas: Blacks Fork Drainage – PDF (1.5 MB)
• Lakes of the High Uintas: Whiterocks River Drainage – PDF (929.8 KB)
• Conservation Agreement and Strategy for Least Chubs – PDF (2.2 MB)
• Utah Blue Ribbon Fishing – PDF (491.86 KB)
• Scofield Reservoir Fisheries Management Plan – PDF (204.29 KB)

Hunting

• Integrating moral norms and stewardship identity into the theory of planned behavior to understand altruistic conservation behavior among hunters in southwestern Utah — from Human Dimensions of Wildlife: An International Journal — This study integrates moral norms and stewardship identity to predict the use of non-lead ammunition in the California condor recovery zone of southwestern Utah. – PDF (1 MB)

Management plans

• Big game

  • Bighorn sheep

    • Statewide plan – PDF (1.7 MB)
    • Unit plans

  • Bison

    • Book Cliffs unit – PDF (551.83 KB)
    • Henry Mountains unit – PDF (18.6 MB)

  • Mule deer

    • Statewide plan – PDF (7.1 MB)
    • Unit plans

  • Elk

    • Statewide plan – PDF (2.9 MB)
    • Unit plans

  • Moose

    • Statewide plan – PDF (1.1 MB)

  • Mountain goat

    • Statewide plan – PDF (1.1 MB)
    • Unit plans

  • Pronghorn

    • Statewide plan – PDF (474.06 KB)

• Black bear

  • Statewide plan – PDF (1.2 MB)

• Furbearer

  • Beaver – PDF (1.3 MB)
  • Bobcat – PDF (204.28 KB)
  • Gunnison & white-tailed prairie dog – PDF (5.2 MB)
  • Northern river otter – PDF (3.1 MB)

• Upland game & turkey

  • Chukar – PDF (356.74 KB)
  • Sage-grouse – PDF (2 MB)
  • Wild turkey – PDF (1.9 MB)