Utah Chukar & Wildlife Foundation

Category: Recent News

  • Another Great Chukar Hunt

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    General season opens Sept. 24 After flying in helicopters over two areas in Utah’s West Desert, Divis ion of Wildlife Resources biologists have some exciting—and unusual—news to report: the number of chukar partridge in north-central Tooele County is close to a record high. And the number in central Box Elder County is the highest since surveys…

  • USU Forest Grouse Project Update – Sept 2016

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    It’s time for an update on the Utah State University Forest Grouse Research Project in the Bear River Range, USFS Logan Ranger District. We have been busy catching and marking grouse, following broods, completing vegetation surveys, and assessing utilization distribution within pastures used by grouse. Captures – We have captured 35 grouse since July 1,…

  • New Web Design

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    Welcome to the new and improved Utah Chukar & Wildlife web page. We were experience some issues with the old site and needed to upgrade to a new Content Manager which allows us an easier way to update information and display content that is most important to those who access the site. All information that…

  • Parker Mountain Sage-grouse Flush Counts July 29-30, 2016

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    UCWF members have been coming to Parker Mountain the last weekend in July since 2004.  We will again hold our annual flush counts this year (2016) July 29-30 (Fri and Sat).  We have multiple experimental plots where we try to keep track of sage-grouse use. Bird dogs are a great asset to this end.  Folks…