Commentary: A chance to modernize Utah’s wildlife management rules

FILE - This April 18, 2008 file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife shows a grey wolf. A federal report says gray wolves killed a record number of livestock in Wyoming in 2016, and wildlife managers responded by killing a record number of wolves that were responsible. The report released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found that wolves killed 243 livestock, including one horse, in 2016 in Wyoming. As a result, wildlife managers last year killed 113 wolves that were confirmed to be attacking livestock. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gary Kramer, File) With Mike Styler’s impending retirement as boss of the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Utah has a golden opportunity to make enlightened advances in how it manages public lands, waters and wildlife.

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