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SFW’s Salem Pond Wheelchair Access Project Completed
SFW and friends have made major improvements at Salem Pond. Over 280 feet of wheel chair fishing platforms and railing have been installed to improve access for children. Click here to see this great improvement project made at the pond. Better yet join us next Tuesday at Salem Pond to see your SFW money at work for a great cause. This was a big project. A thank you to all the contributors on this amazing project including Salem City, Walmart Foundation, Donahue Welding, Dave Woodhouse of WW Construction, The Home Depot, Cory & Noel Hyatt, Rick Houghton &Lloyd Jacobson Nationwide…
SFW Helps Raise $1.3 Million for Utah’s Wildlife
* * * * A PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES * * * * Salt Lake City — Utah’s wildlife received a $1.3 million gift recently. The gift came courtesy of Utah’s conservation permit program. Here’s how the program works: The Division of Wildlife Resources allocates a small number of big game, black bear, cougar and turkey hunting permits to conservation organizations in Utah. The groups auction the permits at their yearly banquets. After auctioning the permits, at least 90 percent of the money the groups raise must be used on DWR-approved projects that benefit…
Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife Issues Open Letter to Utah Sportsmen
(April 10, 2012 Salt Lake City) – Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife was founded nearly 20 years ago during a time of great challenge to hunting in the state of Utah. Since that time, thousands of unpaid volunteers of Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife have repeatedly risen to address challenges to wildlife in Utah and across the Western United States. As a result, the ability to enjoy and pursue many species of wildlife in Utah has grown. Not only has a tremendous amount been accomplished through these collective efforts, but pragmatic solutions are also being implemented to address new challenges…
UPDATE: How SFW is helping fix Utah’s Mule Deer
Big Dollars for Predator Control in Utah There has been a tremendous amount of interest in two bills from Utah’s legislature aimed at using sportsmen and public/private partnerships aimed to increase mule deer fawn survival. Theses two forward thinking bills, S.B. 87 and S.B. 245 provide more than $1 Million new dollars for funding predator control in the state of Utah. Last month, both bills were signed by Governor Gary Herbert in a historic ceremony at Hoyt archery’s worldwide headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah. S.B. 87 entitled, “Predator Control Funding,” and sponsored by Senator Hinkins places a $5 dollar…
Millions to Pour Into Mule Deer Recovery
Salt Lake City, Utah – March 18, 2012 – Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed two pieces of legislation into law that will bring millions to the rescue of struggling mule deer herds in the Beehive state. Gov. Herbert’s official support means that Utah coyote control funding will increase by $1.25 million a year. $500,000 comes from a $5 license fee increase, and $750,000 comes from general sales tax revenue from the state of Utah. In total, now nearly $2 million annually will be invested to control coyotes and rebuild deer herds. The governor has studied the issues surrounding why Utah’s…
6th Annual Western Hunting & Conservation Expo Summary
SALT LAKE CITY, February 2012 — The recently completed 6th Annual Western Hunting & Conservation Expo (Hunting Expo) in Salt Lake City was a four-day long wildlife conservation event that brought together more than 30,000 hunting enthusiasts from all parts of North America and other parts of the world. Hunters and sportsmen from all walks of life joined exhibitors and conservation organizations as they converged on downtown Salt Lake City between February 8th and 12th in what has become the premier hunting exposition in the western United States. One of the main attractions of the Hunting Expo is 200 Limited…
Hunters Show Support for SFW’s Mule Deer Initiative
Sportsmen for Fish & Wildlife (SFW) held several town hall-style meetings with hunters in many parts of the Beehive State in recent weeks. The purpose was to outline SFW’s Mule Deer Now initiative, a bold new plan to increase Utah’s Mule Deer populations. Roughly 360 SFW members/hunters met with Utah Governor Herbert in Cache Valley and a week earlier more than 400 hunters attended the meeting in Cedar City. “Mule deer is our number one priority species, and our members are focused keenly on improving both quantity and quality of our deer population,” said SFW President Byron Bateman. “There is…
Wolves delisted in Western Great Lakes
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that gray wolf populations in the Great Lakes region have recovered and no longer require the protection of the Endangered Species Act. Salazar said. “Thanks to the work of our scientists, wildlife managers, and our state, tribal, and stakeholder partners, gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region are now fully recovered and healthy.” To read the U.S> Department of the Interior’s official press release click here.
SFW Donates $609,000 to Wildlife
SFW’s Fulfillment Board donates $609K to Utah Division of Wildlife Resources for 65 Wildlife Habitat Improvement Projects completed in fiscal year 2011. These projects consist of habitat enhancement, water projects, highway mortality studies/fencing, mule deer and bison studies. These projects were done throughout all five regions in Utah.
Utah’s Conservation Permits Program Found “Beneficial” by Legislative Auditor General
Conservation Permits and Cooperative Wildlife Management Units – Beneficial Read the Utah Auditor General’s November 2011 Performance Audit of The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, specifically Chapter IV: Conservation Permits and Cooperative Wildlife Management Units Appear Beneficial
