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| Shivik, J.A. | |
| Events in Utah's Cougar Management, 2011-2014 | |
| 2014 Conference Proceeding | |
Utah's current cougar management plan was approved by the Wildlife Board in 2009. The plan incorporated a regional management approach where hunting units were grouped in ecosystem-sized management areas, and ideas of source-sink dynamics were implemented. Some units were assigned as limited entry units and others as harvest objective units, with others being a hybrid of the two, split units, which opened a limited entry units and then transitioned into harvest objective units for the second part of the season. The plan was designed to be followed until 2021, with management recommendations only being made on 3-year cycles. However, continued controversy and discussions led to frequent revisions by the Wildlife Board during the 2011-2014 timeframe. Some units were put onto predator management plans, and some were assigned minimum harvests. A complex flow-chart and series of rules that dictated allocation of permits was devised. Another unit was closed by emergency action. Most recently, the Division has been given direction by the Wildlife Board to simplify the plan, which we hope to do by returning to a unit based management system that incorporates data collection at an ecosystem scale. |
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