[CPEO-MEF] Poaching on Utah range

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Guard warns poachers to stay off training area

Associated Press
Daily Herald (UT)
January 11, 2005

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah National Guard is trying to discourage 
hunters from poaching on a training ground near Provo, saying it has had 
several problems with the practice at Camp Williams.

Besides being illegal, it's also dangerous.

Live-fire training continues at the 28,000-acre training ground about 30 
miles northwest of Provo, and old ammunitions on the property could kill 
or maim someone, officials say. Unexploded artillery dating back more 
than 90 years has been found.

People found poaching on the property face possible jail time, up to 
$8,000 in fines and forfeiture of their weapons.

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Lenny Siegel
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