Show I Gun Club Dir Directors N Na m i Wildlife Projects for 1947 1941 Cooperation of of Utah Fish and Game Commission and U S Forest Service officials was as ae Monday In the project of the Vernal Gun and Imd RUle club to construct a rearing pond for game fish at McKee Draw The project has been named the num ber one lob job of the year ear of the lo- lo local lo local cal club At a meeting of the board of directors of the club Monday Don Jensen club president read reada a letter from J J Madsen superintendent of fisheries ma man man- management of the state fish and game commission stating that thata a preliminary examination of the McKee Draw area last mid mid- midsummer summer had indicated that fish would live and do well In the waters there and that the ground contour is such that a alake alake lake of fair size can be established by the building of an earthen dam The letter also stated that the state department would send a man Into the area as soon as roads will permit to tomake tomake make a survey establishing lake boundaries depth of lake yardage required to construct foli formation a dam and needed other d important before actual t in- in information i work can start Ona A Harrison Ashley Na- Na National National I Forest supervisor declared declared ed at the meeting that the for for- forest est eat service was willing to co- co cooperate co operate In any way possible In Inthe inthe the development of this project Carl E Searle reported that several favorable sites for rearing ponds were available I Ion i ion on Diamond Mountain He said that they could be built at a acost acost cost of to 1500 each Two he mentioned specifically Were located near the Dipping g Corral and on DT Diamond g Gulch fc Mr Harrison also reported to the group on deer on the forest He showed chart which illustrated ted steadily fn deer herds on the for lor forest est st during the past few years year and he said that during the sum sump mer of 1946 considerable dam age to the forage of the forest had been noted He said that the blame may not be entirely ely upon the deer He suggested that an aerial survey be made early in 1947 to establish the deer lation of the wd said that the forest service was highly in favor of at maintaining a deer herd of the theatre the range could Mr Me reported to o the di- di directors directors rectors that antelope could be obtained from Wyoming at a acost acost cost of 10 per hea head for planting in the flat fiat cc country southeast of Vernal in the area Dale Naylor of th the local office of the th e n of Grating stat stat- Continued oage on page age 8 8 Gun Club Continued from page 1 1 1 ed that there were large areas available for the planting of an- an antelope antelope and that stockmen in the Whiteriver area would welcome such a mOve Mr Naylor also re- re reported re- re reported ported that a large area In the vicinity of Bitter Creek and Sweet Water should be closed to deer hunting In 1947 and 1948 1048 due to the depletion of deer herds by mountain lions He sug- sug suggested suggested that a bounty of at least 50 10 each be placed on mountain lions He said that the cats also menaced cattle and sheep herds C R Halstead submitted a for 24 toward the purchase pur- pur purchase chase of a tank and pump for transporting fish to be owned by the Vernal club The club passed a resolution recommending to the state fish I and game commission that B P Fisher isher be authorized to Issue fishing and hunting licenses at atthe atthe the Sports Shop I The group also also voted to turn I the pounds of grain owned by the club over the Fred Reynolds Rey- Rey Reynolds gamm gam warden to be used In the feeding of game birds dur- dur during arises ing the e winter as the necessity The following men were nam- nam named named ed as committee chairman of the club Russell Montgomery re- re recreation recreation creation Eugene Weist fish Alvin Gardiner upland birds Karl Swain migratory birds Byron P Fisher big game man man- management management Don Jensen beaver Erland publicity L A Wilson gun captain Others present were Art Wil Wilson son Fred Reynolds C R Jeff Jeff- Jeffries rles ries Harry Sprouse Heary Glen Lambert and Zelph Calder Next meeting of the board of directors was set for Feb 4 |