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New pact keeps 3.4 million acres open to Utah hunters, fishers

Deal between wildlife and trust lands officials to cost state taxpayers $1 million yearly, but does not resolve underlying clash pitting hunter access against school budgets.

(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Deer roam in the Willow Creek area of the Book Cliffs, considered a prime hunting ground. State wildlife and school trust lands officials announced Monday they had settled a longstanding dispute over how much Utah's hunters and fishers should pay for accessing state-managed public lands.