DWR publications and papers

Research, plans, studies, papers and various publications from the DWR

Guidebooks

Hunting and fishing guidebooks — These guidebooks contain the information you must know to hunt or fish in Utah.

Wildlife Action Plan — A plan for managing native wildlife species and their habitats to help prevent listings under the Endangered Species Act. — 2015–2025 (PDF)
Implementation of Secretarial Order 3362: Utah Action Plan — A plan for implementing Secretarial Order 3362, signed in 2018 by Dept. of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, providing funding to wildlife migration projects in Eagle Mountain, the I-80 and I-84 Corridor, the Zion hunt unit and the Paunsaugunt hunt unit. — (PDF)
The Power of Proactive Conservation — How recent partnerships and successes are keeping Utah species off the Endangered Species List. — 2018 (PDF)
Creating Landscapes for Wildlife — A Utah residents' guide to creating wildlife-friendly backyards. — (PDF)

Fishing Boulder Mountain — A Utah Blue Ribbon fishing destination — A brochure about Utah's Blue Ribbon fisheries — 2015 (PDF)
Conservation Agreement and Strategy for Least Chubs — 2005 (PDF)
Utah Blue Ribbon Fishing— 2015 (PDF)
Scofield Reservoir Fisheries Management Plan— 2017 (PDF)

Big game
- Bighorn sheep
  - Statewide plan — (PDF)
  - Unit plans
- Bison
  - Book Cliffs unit — (PDF)
  - Henry Mountains unit — (PDF)
- Mule deer
  - Statewide plan — (PDF)
  - Unit plans
- Elk
  - Statewide plan — (PDF)
  - Unit plans
- Moose — (PDF)
- Mountain goat
  - Statewide plan — (PDF)
  - Unit plans
- Pronghorn — (PDF)
Black bear — (PDF)
Furbearer
- Beaver — (PDF)
- Bobcat — (PDF)
- Gunnison & white-tailed prairie dog — (PDF)
- Northern river otter — (PDF)
Upland game & turkey
- Chukar — (PDF)
- Sage-grouse — (PDF)
- Wild turkey — (PDF)