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Show Fish-Game Board Sets Pheasant Season The opening date for Utah's 1961 pheasant season was set last week by the Fish and Game Commission for November 4. The opener was pinpointed by the five man board in a continuing continu-ing effort to assist hunters in planning vacation time to coincide coin-cide with major outdoor seasons. The length of the season, daily bag and possession limits will be set later in the year after sex ratio and brood counts are submitted sub-mitted by game managers and conservations officers. In other actions during the one day session the Commission: Approved purchase of perforated perfo-rated plating for use in fish hatcheries. . ; Approved an expenditure of $2,270 to purchase 4.54 acres of land adjacent to the Loa Hatchery Hatch-ery in Wayne County. Approved purchase of 640 acres of critical deer winter range in Iron County for $5,120. Reviewed Provo Bay drainage project and approved financial cooperation with water users in construction of a headgate to regulate marshland waters. Approved the purchase of grass and browse in the amount of $15,000. Granted approval for purchase of wire fencing materials in the amount of $14,000. Referred the American Fork Boating Club to the State Park and Recreation Commission in their request for aid in the construction con-struction of boating facilities on the north end of Utah Lake. Granted an easement on department de-partment lands in Hobble Creek to allow water users to construct a cement ditch. Denied a request to a private promotional enterprise for the use of marked fish in streams and lakes of the state. Approved a proposal from the South Davis Sewer District to allow shortening of the system's runoff. |