Hardware Ranch

Hardware Ranch (officialy the Hardware Ranch Wildlife Management Area) is a working ranch owned by the U.S. state of Utah. It is located in the Blacksmith Fork Canyon, which is part of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, about convert|15|mi|km|abbr=on east of Hyrum, Utah.

History

The state of Utah purchased the ranch in 1946 from the Box Elder Hardware Company,cite news|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HkIOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0H8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3586,3058248&dq=hardware-ranch|title=Hardware Ranch Solving Cache Elk Problems|last=Miller|first=Hack|publisher="Deseret News, The"|pages=A14|accessdate=2008-10-05] using money from the Wildlife Restoration Act.cite web|url=http://wildlife.utah.gov/hardwareranch/history.php|title=History of Hardware Ranch|publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources|accessdate=2008-10-05] The original size of the ranch was convert|7560|acre|km2 sqmi, but acquisitions by the state enlarged it to about convert|19000|acre|km2 sqmi.cite news|url=http://www.kutv.com/content/outdoors/story.aspx?content_id=2dc6ad14-ad94-4f51-9053-f60f0577a8d4|title=Travel Guide: Hardware Ranch|last=Eakle|first=Adam|date=2008-01-13|publisher=KUTV|accessdate=2008-10-05] During the first year only 120 Rocky Mountain Elk were fed over the winter, but in 2008 that number is between 500 and 600.cite web|url=http://wildlife.utah.gov/hardwareranch/about.php|title=About Hardware Ranch|publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources|accessdate=2008-10-05]

References

External links

* [http://wildlife.utah.gov/hardwareranch/ Official Website]