DWR to institute hunting, fishing checkpoints in 2008
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The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) has announced that it will conduct a number of administrative checkpoints this summer and fall. Checkpoints, once called roadblocks, provide a means to contact a lot of people along the state’s transportation arteries. Anglers and hunters can expect to encounter one or more of these checkpoints as they fish and hunt, DWR officials said.

Checkpoints provide the DWR with the opportunity to monitor compliance with hunting and fishing regulations. Biologists can collect data from anglers and sportsmen and harvested wildlife. Where necessary, conservation officers can issue citations, seize illegally taken game, and make arrests, DWR officials said.

Checkpoints will be conducted on a variety of highways and roads throughout the state as a way to help DWR officers protect and conserve the state’s wildlife by curbing poaching, over-limits, and other unlawful activities, a news release from the agency stated.
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