SALT LAKE CITY \u2014 Steps taken by hunters who are heading to southern Utah this month could help protect California condors. At the same time, hunters may receive free ammunition and qualify for a prize.<\/p>\n
As part of the Hunters Helping Condors program<\/a>, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is asking anyone hunting in the Zion unit<\/a> to use lead-free ammunition or pack out animal remains after a hunt.<\/p>\n The program was established to tackle the leading cause of death for California condors \u2014 lead poisoning. The division said the condors consume lead when feeding from the remains of hunted animals.<\/p>\n Wildlife experts said lead poisoning is still the biggest threat to free-flying California condors in Utah and Arizona.<\/p>\n Hunters holding Zion unit permits can benefit in a couple of ways by using lead-free ammunition. Those who show proof at a Division of Wildlife Resources check station can enter to win an $800 outdoor gear gift card. Hunters can also receive a coupon for free, non-lead ammunition. However, Utah wildlife officials warn on the website that ammunition supplies are restricted, and the agency urges hunters to redeem the coupon as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SALT LAKE CITY \u2014 Steps taken by hunters who are heading to southern Utah this month could help…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,6996,6995,6813,1286,972,100,4201,6997,127,4509,821,4591,19],"class_list":["post-489938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-cars","tag-classifieds","tag-homes","tag-jobs","tag-local","tag-news","tag-radio","tag-salt-lake","tag-sports","tag-television","tag-traffic","tag-utah","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}