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Utah DWR Proposes Changes to 2021 Waterfowl Hunts


Submitted by:  TBC Press
Posted on: 05/24/21
News # 14379
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  • Creating regulations to not allow guiding on waterfowl management areas
  • Creating a permit process that allows guides to use waterfowl management areas to access other non-DWR lands
  • Prohibiting the construction of new permanent blinds on waterfowl management areas
  • Adding Duchesne County to the Uintah County Hunt Area for sandhill crane
  • Defining the use of dogs, shot types (including requiring non-lead ammunition) and firearm use on the Utah Lake Wetland Preserve

"These waterfowl management areas provide high-quality hunting areas, and we want to give the general public the opportunity to utilize these lands," DWR Migratory Game Bird Program Coordinator Blair Stringham said. "Some of these proposals are designed to help reduce crowding and to maintain a better experience for the public."

Public comments submitted within the online-comment timeframe listed below will be shared with the RAC and wildlife board members at the respective meeting below. While members of the public can watch a livestream of each of the RAC meetings and the Utah Wildlife Board meeting, public comments will not be accepted during these electronic meetings.

The presentations can also be viewed on the  DWR YouTube Channel, but comments can only be submitted through the forms on the DWR website.

Utah Wildlife Board meeting: June 3 at 9 a.m. (Public comments must be submitted by May 27 at 11:59 p.m.)

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After the passage of a new wildlife-related law during the 2021 legislative session, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is recommending a few changes to waterfowl hunting, as well as a few other items.

H.B. 295 prohibits commercial hunting guides and outfitters from using DWR-owned waterfowl management areas without a permit. The new law also prohibits the construction of new blinds on waterfowl management areas, and authorizes the Utah Wildlife Board to make rules regarding the creation and management of waterfowl management areas.

Based on that law and feedback from a recent public survey, the DWR is recommending the following changes to 2021 waterfowl hunting: