Show Public Invited To Open House At Camp Co Continued from page 1 splendid d work ork check checking n the ravages ravage e es cf r torn fl t t fire fires From California they were ru hed tl t the Great Te Te- Te Tet t III art tr n u ur n 11 rt re 11 n elf of Wyoming to reduce certain fire hazzards and check forest fires On Omm comple completion tion of this work they answered on an immediate call to assist um In the checking of vast forces of soil er- er lion in Southern Nevada A fourth call found them building a wild life sanctuary at Locomotive Springs Utah on the north shores of the Salt Great Great Salt Lake under the ther r sponsorship hip hip- of the thc Utah State I Fish and Game commission to re- re relieve lie lieve the hard pressed lake and marsh birds which like thousands of our citizens were Suffering greatly from the effects of drouth ll By August 5 1935 the entire com com- company company pany was moved to its present site immediate in Cross with the imme- imme diate p problem of creating a water fowl waterfowl refuge in the Farmington Bay The company carries on tin un- tinder der the leadership of commanding officer Captain Joseph R R Knowles who was given command of the company August 9 1935 with Richard project super super- superintendent for National Parks Servo Service ice and the present officiating per per- personnel personnel 1st Lt John S Cutup Crull junior juniar officer Dr A F Sterling medical officer and J T Arbon educational adviser iser THE BAY PROJECT A very commendable work for forthe forthe the National Parks Service thru V EC funds is being accomplished by company in cooperation with the State Fish and Game Commission at Farmington Bay where miles of dykes are being constructed to cut off offa a recession bay of Great Salt Lake This historic his his- historic work is truly pioneering A Awater Awater water fowl refuge is being creat- creat created created ed b by time the construction of dykes and artificial lakes controlled by intake and outlet spillways Leach Leaching Leaching ing of salts and alkalis by flushing then them from the areas with fresh freshwater freshwater water is being accomplished Vegetation Vegetation is rapid rapidly succeeding Ducks geese marsh marshand and shore shorebirds shorebirds birds have ha already used the first unit trait of the project which is near near- nearing nearing ing completion This refuge bids well to become an important unit of ofa a chain of water fowl resting feeding and nesting areas sponsor sponsor- sponsored ed cd by the Utah State Fish and Game commission Completion of this project will willbe willbe be an outstanding contribution to toone toone one of the major conservatIOn moves es Cs of the century |