Show i I Sports In The Open Space March 17 to 23 has been set for the annual observance of National Wildlife This is the time when most sportsmen of the nation take from thoughts of floods and financial or domestic worries to think of the birds and animals that make up our outdoor wildlife Each year a theme is chosen to be placed before the reminding them of the problems facing the wildlife of our This chosen by the National Wildlife is voiced by the television and through personal appearances by individuals fighting to restore and maintain our out-door This for seems one of the finest in many It is one that can be fitted to any section of the and particularly We have our problems here with practically all our We must work to preserve and better The battle against pollution is fought continually by the department of fish and game and the sportsman's Also tied in with water are our state marsh Without adequate water and proper our marsh seven of which are would quickly be With this depletion would go homes untold thousands of waterfowl and shore Sportsmen of Utah would lose what is the finest public shooting in the And the thousands of who invade the wetlands each year would lose their chance to view some species of birds which visit Utah each Lack of homes for pheasants has been a problem for several Clean farming and the housing boom has cut into what was once top-notch While scientific management may help maintain our pheasant it is up to the land owners sportsmen to look to the pheasant Plants which serve as cover and food for wildlife and windbreaks for the farmer have been offered by the department of fish and and many land owners have taken advantage of this opportunity to improve their property at little or no Homes for our larger game species have become he biggest problem in the particularly during the winter when the deer and elk are pushed down from the higher Winter as the lower lands are have reached a deplorable Too much use by too many along with the encroachment of has reduced our winter and some thousands of deer starve to death for lack of winter One solution is to reduce game numbers using the so that it can come back to some Many of the plants are annually eaten back to the point of no If they are not given the chance they we will lose both our range and game in many Proper and advancing management is the Wildlife experts are working to this They alone the education and experience to find the answers for the immediate and future homes of everyone can better understand and promote for during the week now set for this |