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BULLETIN 1346, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGEICULTURE 



" During the past few months we have interested the Union Pacific Railroad 

 Co., which is at present working out plans for the development of the Zion 

 Park and Bruce Canyon scenic attractions, and which has agreed to give us all 

 the cooperation possible in the protection of the antelope." 



The information appears to indicate that the antelope in Utah are rapidly 

 decreasing. Very definite and prompt efforts will be necessary to prevent their 

 complete extermination. It is to be hoped that local game-protective associa- 

 tions and others will make special efforts to safeguard the few widely scattered 

 surviving bands. It is gratifying to note that in certain areas, as on the 

 Escalante Desert, in Iron County, the settlers are interesting themselves in 

 antelope protection. Unfortunately, reports from remote districts indicate that 



herders make a practice of 

 killing these animals when 

 opportunity offers. 



The antelope in Utah 

 are distributed as follows 

 (fig. 17) : 



1. In 1922 a band of 

 about 50 was ranging in 

 the vicinity of Erickson, in 

 Tooele County, where they 

 were reported as being 

 killed, especially in winter, 

 and in danger of extermi- 

 nation. Another band of 30 

 was ranging from Callao, 

 in Juab County, to Gold 

 Hill, in the same county. 



2. A band of 50 was re- 

 ported in 1922 as ranging 

 in the vicinity of Cherry 

 Creek, in Juab County, 

 where they were said to be 

 maintaining their numbers. 



3. In 1922 a band of 50 

 was reported in Snake Val- 

 ley, Millard County. These 

 are the survivors of the 

 herd of about 200 there in 

 1919. Their decrease is 

 attributed both to their be- 

 ing hunted and to the in- 

 roads of predatory 

 animals. 



4. In 1922 a band of about 20 was reported in White Valley, Millard County. 



5. In 1923 a band of not less than 75 was reported in the vicinity of Sevier 

 Lake, in Millard County. This is said to be increasing. 



6. Several bands aggregating about 150 animals were living in 1923 on the 

 desert in Emery and Wayne Counties, ranging thence down to the Green River 

 breaks. A few were reported on the east side of the Green River, in Grand 

 County. 



7. In 1922 about 50 were reported in the vicinity of Milford, in eastern 

 Beaver County. 



8. About 50 antelope are reported to live on the desert between Lund and 

 Cedar City, in Iron County. Travelers on the road between these two places 

 not uncommonly see some of these animals. As many as 50 have been seen on 

 one trip. The settlers are interested in their protection and the antelope have 

 become very tame. L. L. Carter, who has been long familiar with that region, 

 states that in 1919 there were about 250 antelope there. After a period of 

 heavy decrease it is believed that under the present protection they are now 

 increasing. 



9. About 100 antelope were reported in 1922 as about maintaining their 

 numbers in Hamblin Valley, northwestern Washington County. Another band 

 of 20 is reported from Pine Valley, in the same county, concerning which 



Fig. 17. 



-Distribution of antelope in Utah, estimated 

 at 670, in 10 areas 



