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County commissioner and former Utah wildlife official investigated for alleged big game baiting

Then-Wildlife Board member Wade Heaton, who is a Kane County commissioner, resigned last fall on the heels of a wildlife investigation.

(Utah Division of Wildlife Resources) A mule deer on the Alton Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit in Kane County in 2022. Allegations of illegal baiting on the property in 2023 were investigated by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, but the Utah County Attorney's Office has not yet decided whether to file charges.