Box Elder producers are struggling with big game flattening new apricot and nectarine trees.
“When wildlife do cause damage to crops and other property, the division’s depredation program helps address those issues,” she said. “We work alongside agricultural producers to develop a variety of options intended to alleviate the damage.”
Unlike coyotes, which are shot indiscriminately in Utah, mule deer are valued wildlife and enjoy broad protections. Under pressure from predators, hunting, drought, loss of habitat and collisions with motor vehicles, deer numbers in Utah remain below what wildlife officials believe are optimal. Accordingly, DWR is reluctant to kill problem deer. And so are the orchardists.
Last year, deer demolished 141 apricot trees, 88 pluot trees and 31 nectarine trees in the Eskelsen orchard, according to his filing. DWR offered $4,187.61, reflecting the cost of replanting the lost trees. Using a model that accounted for the lost future production of fruit, Eskelsen calculated his losses at closer to $14,000.
It takes up to seven years for a new tree to bear fruit, so replacing it could set the production clock back years. That’s money lost to the grower that is not covered by DWR’s math.
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