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Show Fish-Game Board Readies Report For Distribution The 33rd Biennial Report to the Governor from the department depart-ment of fish and game will soon be ready for distribution. As required by law, this report must be submitted to the Governor Gov-ernor preceding each regular session of the Legislature. The biennial report, which has become a valuable historical and resource references, covers the period from July 1, 1956 through June 30, 1958, and details the department's operation in the management of the state's fish and game resources. The current report details the department's progress in such important management facets as browse revegetation, lake and stream survey, development and improvement of hunting and fishing , areas, as well as other management and research activities. The first report was made to the Governor and Territorial Legislature prior to statehood and since then has increased in volume indicating that every effort ef-fort is being made by the Department De-partment to keep pace with .the ever increasing demands on the state's resources. The activities, progress and achievements of the department of fish and game will be added to the previous 32 reports, to serve as another important document docu-ment in the history of management manage-ment of our state's . wildlife resources. Copies of this report will be available to all interested parties par-ties in early January. Meanwhile, with the big game seasons at an end for another year the department asked hunters hunt-ers to return any ear tags that might have been taken from deer during the last hunting season. A number of deer have been ear tagged with silver dollar-sized dollar-sized discs in past years in an effort to better determine the extent of movements during the annual migrations. Return of these tags, together with the date and location of kill, will supply game managers with useful information in-formation to aid in better management man-agement of big game population. Persons returning tags will be sent full information on where the animals were tagged and their age. Information gathered in past years has indicated that deer may move as much as 40 to 50 miles in a single year. |
