Antelope Island

ANTELOPE ISLAND -- The canvass covering the Antelope Island amphitheater is weather-worn and in need of replacing.

Friends of Antelope Island plan to discuss the issue at a meeting scheduled for 7:30 a.m., March 7, in Rm. 219 of the Davi

FARMINGTON -- To preserve a $1 million road resurfacing project for Antelope Island causeway, which is set to begin this spring, Davis County has applied for an additional $500,000 in federal funds to pay for riprap.

The riprap, 3-foot-thick armor rock, would be used to line both sides of the causeway and help prevent the wave action of the Great Salt Lake from eroding the causeway road, Davis County Public Works Director Kirk Schmalz said.

On Tuesday, the Davis County Commission approved applying to the Utah Department of Transportation for the federal funds. If the county receives the funds, it has agreed to provide a $500,000 match, bringing the total amount of the rock project to $1 million.

NORTH OGDEN -- Ron and Ginger Brown and their company, R & G Horses, are known for many business ventures with animals.

The Browns run a trail-riding business at Antelope Island, and their children have taken over a horse-training business at their home in North Ogden.

ANTELOPE ISLAND -- The high-end phase of the hunt in Antelope Island State Park is complete, with the hunters having paid a combined $283,000 in permit fees to walk away with a large trophy mule deer and a "big, mature ram," according to officials.

ANTELOPE ISLAND -- The state's first hunt for mule deer and bighorn sheep in Antelope Island State Park began Tuesday with no fanfare, ribbon cutting or balloons.

The hunters who had obtained permits through a competitive bid auction to hunt one mule deer and one bighorn sheep were tucked away behind locked gates, where they could not be reached for comment.

Two people doing film work for the hunting parties remained outside the restricted area but were reluctant to talk to the media because of public opposition to the island hunts.

ANTELOPE ISLAND — People in France know more about the Antelope Island Bison Roundup than Utahns do, one Frenchman says.

“We have a national show in France, a big show, and everything Western is shown there, including the roundup,” said Thierry Lavigne, who has lived in Salt Lake City for the past four years and has attended the Antelope Island roundup each year.