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Show Fish-Game Board Lists Flying Time Fishery, game and law enforcement enforce-ment activities accounted for a major share of the 885 hours of flying time which were logged by the three Utah Department of Fish and Game planes during 1961. The planes serve all phases of the department's management program throughout the State. They are based at Price, Salt Lake City and Tremonton. A total of 313 hours was flown in making the annual game management man-agement surveys of both big game and waterfowl. Included in this phase of the work were several hours of flying time used in "herding" antelope into net enclosures where they were tagged tag-ged and then transported to specific spe-cific study areas. The stocking of small trout into the high country lakes required re-quired 230 hours of flying during the past year. An even 100 hours were logged log-ged in law enforcement activities activi-ties using air to ground vehicle radio contact during periods of heavy outdoor activity and in problem areas. Many hours were flown in cooperation co-operation with other agencies for search and forest patrol activities. ac-tivities. The department noted use of the planes over the past several years has upgraded the manage-mnt manage-mnt program and amounted to a considerable saving of the fish and game dollar. |