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Officials warn public to take precautions as they prepare for busy fire season in Southwest Utah
Officials warn public to take precautions as they prepare for busy fire season in Southwest Utah
Fire managers in the Color Country Interagency Fire Management Area are preparing for what could be a busy fire season, according to a release. “Precipitation received this past winter and spring has promoted a hazardous grass crop in lower elevations and will likely pose an increased fire hazard when it dries out,” Fire Management Officer Mike Melton states.  “We are a ...
DWR could reduce buck deer permits
The Division of Wildlife Resource could slash the number of buck deer permits as the 2020 hunting season approaches.  Wildlife experts say more than 91-hundred permits may need to be cut this year.  They cite recent droughts, long winters and wildfires that have gradually reduced the state deer population since it peaked back in 2016.  Mor ...
BLM to conduct prescribed burn 30 miles south of Fredonia
The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Arizona Strip Field Office is planning to burn slash and vegetation debris in an area located 30 miles south of Fredonia, Arizona, in the Kanab Creek riparian corridor. High winds which impeded the completion of the burn project in October has necessitated postponing the burn into the month of November. T...

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