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Fun fact: We stock many of Utah's high-mountain lakes from the air. The fish are tiny — anywhere from 1–3 inches long — which allows more than 95% of them to survive the fall.
#Utah
#TroutTuesday
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Not my seagulls, not my flooded pit where there used to be a Sears store.
n̶o̶t̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶c̶i̶r̶c̶u̶s̶, ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶m̶o̶n̶k̶i̶e̶s̶
not my pasture, not my badgers
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When 2020 drops you on your face, make like this elk during the rut & get back up.
This big guy was so focused on chasing a cow elk, he didn’t notice Biologist Brian Maxfield in his truck nearby, or the fence. The bull continued chasing the cow, acting like nothing happened. 😀
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Moose will usually give birth to one calf, but it is not uncommon for twins to be born if food is plentiful. Enjoy this footage of a
#Utah
#moose
and her twin calves in honor of
#NationalSiblingsDay
!
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Joel Long of Salt Lake had perfect timing when he captured this photo of a coyote leaping up to try and steal a bald eagle's prey (a small duck) at
#FarmingtonBay
. Incredible photo, Joel! 👏👏👏
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What do you think this majestic bull elk is thinking while standing out in the gently falling snow? ❄️✨ Wrong answers only.
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You can find enormous
#bullfrogs
here in Utah. They're an invasive species (so catch as many as you want), and they're really tasty!
See this blog post for tips on catching and cooking them:
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Our biologists feel confident that the footage showing an animal running on
@AntelopeSP
is of a wolverine sighting. Wolverines — typically found in high mtn areas — are rare in
#Utah
. |
Footage courtesy of Kyle Mays
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😲 Covered 214 miles.
😲 Migrated an average of .43 miles each hour. (Although on some occasions, it covered up to 3 miles in an hour — as the crow flies — in areas with over five feet of snow!)
😲 Crossed from one side of the Uintas to the other four different times.
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Piebaldism or albinism?
Our biologists and veterinarian say that because this deer — recently photographed in northern
#Utah
— has *some* dark hair, it’s considered a piebald. The pink nose, a trait typically seen in albinism, makes this deer especially unique.
📸: Kathy Paulin
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BEAR RESCUE: It's not often our people are able to take a non-drug approach to get black bears out of sticky situations. But the other day when this young bear was discovered in a sandstone hole, our officer was able to help free him by coaxing him up a makeshift ladder.
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Your public lands are being trashed. 😒 Pictured are three DWR wildlife management areas and a fishing access point on the lower Bear River. Help us fight littering on DWR lands by watching for this type of activity & jotting down a license plate number and vehicle description.
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BIG FISH ALERT: Biologists were pleasantly surprised during a recent survey at
#StarvationReservoir
. They discovered this 26-lb brown trout in their nets. She was 34" long w/ a 24-inch girth! After taking a few quick measurements, the fish was quickly released.
@UtahStateParks
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Many thanks to
@Snowbird
for calling us as soon as they spotted this tangled bull moose!
#Utah
#helpingwildlife
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🧵(1/3) “On July 4, 2022 at 2 a.m., a two-year-old collared female cougar — designated F66 by the researchers — sat on the banks of the Confluence bend of Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Wyoming.”
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Yo, we have a salmon cam! 👀
Take a peek at our livestream to see spawning kokanee salmon swim up the river near Strawberry Reservoir:
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We’re working with
@USUAggies
to study interactions between cougars and other animals at kill sites. When a collared cougar is detected occupying an area over several hours, we visit the site to determine if the cougar has made a kill, and we set up a camera on the carcass.
#Utah
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Exciting news: We were able to place a GPS collar on a wolverine for the first time in Utah! We look forward to learning more about these animals from the tracking data. Learn more about the process of capturing and collaring this elusive animal:
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WHEN FISH FLY.
No, it's not hyperbole. It's the time of year when we stock high-elevation lakes aerially. Because the fish are small and released along with water, they easily survive their airplane drop without injury. See the entire video:
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This mature
#buck
found himself in a dilemma in southern
#Utah
recently, but our biologists were able to help.
#WildlifeRescue
#MuleDeer
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Just the thing you need to kickstart your Wednesday:
#Utah
views and wildlife.
#MountainGoats
This footage was shot above Lake Hardy near Bighorn Peak ⛰️ 😍
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Quite a rare sight! This
#Utah
buck didn't shed his antlers on one side earlier in the year, so he's sporting some extra headgear.
#deer
#testoteroneprobs
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Thanks to
@UTHighwayPatrol
troopers, we were all able to work together to safely sedate and relocate this
#moose
that was stuck between Highway 40 and a fence. 👏👏👏
#Utah
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Earlier this week, one of our fisheries technicians — Kody Callister — found an
#elk
tangled in a barbed-wire fence.
#helpingwildlife
#Utah
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Last week, our biologists responded to reports in Parowan of a mature mule deer buck with a huge mass of string (probably a hammock) caught in his antlers and obscuring his vision. After tranquilizing the buck, we removed the string and released him. Looks like he's doing great!
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Deer are noisier than you'd think! Turn up the volume to listen to these migrating mule
#deer
in southern Utah.
#WildlifeWednesday
#Utah
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We're celebrating
#WorldWildlifeDay
with a look at a few of Utah's amazing species. What are your favorite animals to see in the outdoors?
#Utah
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When you go to sleep after a warm, spring day, and then wake up to fresh snow 🌨️
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#NationalLetsLaughDay
reminds us to add a little humor to our day. (The bull elk was distracted by a cow elk during the rut. We watched him for a while and he was okay 👌)
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@AndrewAdamsKSL
@UtahDPS
@KSL5TV
@Photog_Steve5
🤔 Too bad we can't ask the bighorns out there what they've seen.
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Shay Hunt recently came across this
#buck
buried in sand in
#southernUtah
. One mountain lion can consume up to 20 or 30 pounds of meat in a single meal. After feeding on its kill, the lion will cache the prey, or bury it. It will return to feed on the prey for up to 10 days.
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ICYMI: DWR launches its new line of perfume and cologne: Sagecrush. Now you can smell like the attractive aroma of Utah sagebrush — spicy, bitter, sharp and fresh. 🙌
Watch for it in our online store soon.
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If you see a box like the one pictured, please leave it alone! There could be nesting flammulated owls inside. 🦉 These photos were taken last week while biologists placed GPS trackers on the owls. These
#owls
are elusive & nocturnal & biologists want to learn more about them!
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Many thanks to the
@PCFireDistrict
& local citizens for assisting in removing this
#moose
that was trapped at a construction site yesterday! Crews got a strap under the moose and lifted it out with a mini excavator. The animal was tired, but in good condition when he was freed.
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Exciting news! We submitted the winning bid in an auction for the Cinnamon Creek property, located in northern Utah. This parcel will become a wildlife management area and provide important public access for wildlife-related recreation. Learn more:
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Elk are using the new crossing structures on Highway 191 between Monticello and Blanding that we teamed up with the
@UtahDOT
, San Juan County,
@UTHighwayPatrol
,
@SFWOrg
and numerous private landowners to install! |
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Our officers were hard at work this weekend. During one checkpoint at Strawberry Reservoir on Saturday, they stopped 254 vehicles, issued 30 citations, and seized 47 fish that were taken illegally. The fish were then donated to the food bank in Heber City.
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Live in
#SaltLake
County & want to see mountain goats in the wild? Go to 4385 Little Cottonwood Canyon Road (in the north park-and-ride lot at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon) and look up! Viewers have seen up to a dozen goats at this location during this time of year.
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Kim Dallas recently caught this giant striper with Uplake Adventures at
#LakePowell
! After getting spooled, they thought the fish was gone forever. But 5 minutes later they saw the line in the water and re-tied it back onto the reel. It was 40.25" long and 25.5 pounds.
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It’s me. Hi. I’m the problem, it’s me (because I’m an invasive species).
Flaming Gorge has invasive burbot. Despite being unwanted in this waterbody, burbot are delicious and typically become more active as the temperatures drop.
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You never know what
#wildlife
you might see when you're a Utahn and you look out your window. Les Birch, a Wastach Front resident, got to see bighorn sheep recently.
#Utah
#BighornSheep
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Back to the wild! The cougar we captured in Bluffdale this morning is now roaming the mountains of
#Utah
County.
#WildlifeWednesday
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Back in June, 10-year-old Tyler Grimshaw caught & released a 41-pound lake trout at Flaming Gorge. Over the weekend, Tyler (who is now 11) caught & successfully released this 48-pounder (also at
#FlamingGorge
), again, by 👏 him 👏 self 👏 — way to go, Tyler!
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“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” — L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
📸: Jim Shuler
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Huge project milestone: 🎉💧 Yesterday, the Provo River was diverted into the channels and ponds that the Provo River Delta Restoration Project has built over the past three years. This connected the river with the restored delta and Utah Lake.
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We're so happy to see this little (but also not-so-little) one out in the wild and doing so well! 🎉
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Due to extreme drought & wildfire danger, we're temporarily banning campfires and recreational target shooting with a firearm on wildlife management areas (WMAs) across the state.
These proactive, preventative measures will help protect wildlife habitat.
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Biologists wired some roadkill deer legs to an aspen tree as bait to attract carnivores for a study in Utah's southeastern region. The bait certainly got a lot of attention over the last eight months!
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If you see baby wildlife this spring, let them be, you must. This is the way.
Happy
#StarWarsDay
!
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
#KeepWildlifeWild
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We’d like to give a huge thanks to our conservation officers and biologists who safely relocated this moose from a North Salt Lake neighborhood to the East Canyon Wildlife Management Area over the weekend.
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