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Show lensus taken ji marshes 'allies covering the recently lpleted census of wintering :erfowl on Utah marshes iled 42,716 birds, the de-tment de-tment of fish and game :. 1 today. f '''he total is less than the 1 I count of 68,307 birds, but A her than that of 1960 when JLV12 birds were tallied. 'l Tie counts of both duck and 'se were down this year and listed at 33,763 and 3,408 jectively. ost significant drop was in ;ails where the comparison S18 to the count of 11,059 year. pokesmen noted that wea- and water conditions are ;fly responsible for the dif- JJnces in these annual wtn- Wl waterfowl tallies. Wlie surveys are conducted I Ithe same days hi all Pa- cific Flyway States as a management man-agement measure to determine carry-over brood birds from the fall hunts, effects of the recent re-cent seasons and supplies necessary nec-essary information to the setting set-ting of future hunts. The full picture is a cooperative cooper-ative program between state departments and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Three planes and 21 personnel person-nel of the Utah Fish and Game Department took part in the recently concluded survey. |